The 2016–17 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team represented Utah Valley University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wolverines were led by second-year head coach Mark Pope and played their home games at the UCCU Center in Orem, Utah, as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season with a record of 17–17 and a WAC record of 6–8, placing fifth in the conference. In the WAC tournament, they defeated Seattle in the quarterfinals but lost to Cal State Bakersfield in the semifinals. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational, where they defeated Georgia Southern and Rice before losing in the semifinals to Wyoming.
Previous season The Wolverines finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 12–18. They also went 6–8 in WAC play, resulting in a fifth-place finish. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WAC tournament to UMKC.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Marcel Davis 0 G 6'2" 180 Senior American Fork, UT Graduated Hayes Garrity 1 G 6'1" 185 RS Junior Beaverton, OR Graduate transferred to Idaho State Jaden Jackson 2 G 6'2" 185 Senior Salt Lake City, UT Graduated Darrious Hamilton 4 F 6'9" 245 Senior San Antonio, TX Graduated Jordan Poydras 10 G 6'3" 185 Senior Los Angeles, CA Graduated Konner Frey 11 G 6'5" 210 Junior Bountiful, UT Walk-on; graduate transferred to Montana State Cory Cardwell 14 G 6'2" 180 Senior Riverton, UT Graduated Josh Pollard 15 G 6'5" 200 Sophomore Orem, UT Walk-on; didn't return Alex Carr 24 G 6'3" 200 Senior Birmingham, AL Graduated Tyler Ott 25 G 6'5" 200 Sophomore St. George, UT Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons Dayon Goodman 33 F 6'7" 220 Sophomore Salt Lake City, UT Transferred to Westminster
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Conner Toolson 10 G 6'3" 190 Sophomore Highland, UT Junior college transferred from Salt Lake CC Kenneth Ogbe 25 G 6'6" 194 Senior Ehingen, Germany Transferred from Utah. Under NCAA transfer rules, Ogbe will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have one year of remaining eligibility. Jake Toolson G 6'5" 205 Junior Gilbert, AZ Transferred from BYU. Under NCAA transfer rules, Toolson will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.
Recruiting class of 2016
Roster
Radio broadcasts and streams All Wolverines games will air on KOVO, AKA ESPN 960 Sports. Games will be streamed online through ESPN 960's webpage and at Utah Valley's Stretch Internet feed.
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| WAC regular season
!colspan=9 style=| WAC tournament
!colspan=9 style=| CBI
References