# 2019–20 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team represented Utah Valley University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wolverines, led by first-year head coach Mark Madsen, played their home games at the UCCU Center in Orem, Utah as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 11–19, 5–10 in WAC play to finish in finish in eighth place. Due to irregularities in the WAC standings due to cancelled games, they were set to be the No. 6 seed in the WAC tournament, however, the tournament was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Previous season

The Wolverines finished the 2018–19 season with an overall record of 25–10, including 12–4 in WAC play, to finish in second place. In the 2019 WAC tournament, they defeated UMKC in the quarterfinals before losing to Grand Canyon in the semifinals the following day. On March 17, they accepted a bid to play in the 2019 College Basketball Invitational. They defeated Cal State Northridge in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to South Florida.
This was Mark Pope's final season as head coach of Utah Valley; he replaced the retiring Dave Rose as head coach of the BYU men's basketball team.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 1, 2019* 7:00pm | | College of Idaho | W 59–42 | | Lockhart Arena Orem, UT |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, WAC DN | | Westminster (UT) | W 72–55 | 1–0 | UCCU Center (2,091) Orem, UT |
| Nov 9, 2019* 1:00 pm, Altitude | | at Denver | L 62–74 | 1–1 | Magness Arena (921) Denver, CO |
| Nov 12, 2019* 7:00 pm, UVUtv/WAC DN | | Ottawa (AZ) | W 101–70 | 2–1 | UCCU Center (2,091) Orem, UT |
| Nov 15, 2019* 6:00 pm, CSU.TV | | at UAB BBN Showcase | W 66–55 | 3–1 | Bartow Arena (2,532) Birmingham, AL |
| Nov 18, 2019* 5:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at No. 9 Kentucky BBN Showcase | L 74–82 | 3–2 | Rupp Arena (18,859) Lexington, KY |
| Nov 21, 2019* 7:00 pm, WAC DN | | Lamar BBN Showcase | L 68–74 | 3–3 | UCCU Center (1,928) Orem, UT |
| Nov 23, 2019* 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at North Dakota State | W 68–62 | 4–3 | Scheels Center (2,323) Fargo, ND |
| Nov 26, 2019* 5:00 pm, NEC Front Row | | at Mount St. Mary's BBN Showcase | L 61–64 | 4–4 | Knott Arena (1,405) Emmitsburg, MD |
| Dec 1, 2019* 2:30 pm, MWN | | at Colorado State | L 61–92 | 4–5 | Moby Arena (3,168) Fort Collins, CO |
| Dec 4, 2019* 7:00 pm, UVUtv/WAC DN | | Weber State | L 67–72 | 4–6 | UCCU Center (2,063) Orem, UT |
| Dec 7, 2019* 2:00 pm, Pluto TV | | at Southern Utah | L 72–73 | 4–7 | America First Event Center (3,017) Cedar City, UT |
| Dec 14, 2019* 7:30 pm, WAC DN | | Northern Arizona | L 73–79 | 4–8 | UCCU Center (1,582) Orem, UT |
| Dec 18, 2019* 7:00 pm, MWN | | at Wyoming | W 69–67 | 5–8 | Arena-Auditorium (2,716) Laramie, WY |
| Dec 21, 2019* 5:00 pm | | at Long Beach State | L 65–68 | 5–9 | Walter Pyramid (1,386) Long Beach, CA |
| Dec 28, 2019* 7:30 pm, WAC DN | | Antelope Valley | W 80–65 | 6–9 | UCCU Center (1,949) Orem, UT |
| WAC regular season ||||||
| Jan 2, 2020 6:00 pm, WAC DN | | at Chicago State | W 94–73 | 7–9 (1–0) | Jones Convocation Center (322) Chicago, IL |
| Jan 4, 2020 6:00 pm, WAC DN | | at Kansas City | L 63–68 | 7–10 (1–1) | Swinney Recreation Center (1,147) Kansas City, MO |
| Jan 11, 2020 8:00 pm, WAC DN | | at Seattle | L 50–83 | 7–11 (1–2) | Redhawk Center (999) Seattle, WA |
| Jan 16, 2020 7:00 pm, WAC DN | | New Mexico State | L 56–70 | 7–12 (1–3) | UCCU Center (2,119) Orem, UT |
| Jan 18, 2020 2:00 pm, WAC DN | | Texas–Rio Grande Valley | W 72–70 | 8–12 (2–3) | UCCU Center Orem, UT |
| Jan 23, 2020 8:00 pm, WAC DN | | at Cal State Bakersfield | L 57–58 | 8–13 (2–4) | Icardo Center (2,071) Bakersfield, CA |
| Jan 25, 2020 6:00 pm, WAC DN | | at Grand Canyon | W 73–69 | 9–13 (3–4) | GCU Arena (7,034) Phoenix, AZ |
| Jan 28, 2020 7:00 pm, WAC DN | | California Baptist | L 61–65 | 9–14 (3–5) | UCCU Center (3,367) Orem, UT |
| Feb 8, 2020 2:00 pm, WAC DN | | Seattle | L 85–87 $^{OT}$ | 9–15 (3–6) | UCCU Center (2,975) Orem, UT |
| Feb 13, 2020 6:00 pm, WAC DN | | at Texas–Rio Grande Valley | L 72–80 | 9–16 (3–7) | UTRGV Fieldhouse (2,218) Edinburg, TX |
| Feb 15, 2020 4:00 pm, WAC DN | | at New Mexico State | L 82–84 | 9–17 (3–8) | Pan American Center (5,492) Las Cruces, NM |
| Feb 20, 2020 7:00 pm, WAC DN | | Cal State Bakersfield | W 72–58 | 10–17 (4–8) | UCCU Center (2,029) Orem, UT |
| Feb 22, 2020 2:00 pm, WAC DN | | Grand Canyon | W 92–80 | 11–17 (5–8) | UCCU Center (5,236) Orem, UT |
| Feb 26, 2020 8:00 pm, WAC DN | | at California Baptist | L 66–73 | 11–18 (5–9) | CBU Events Center (2,834) Riverside, CA |
| Mar 5, 2020 7:00 pm, WAC DN | | Kansas City | L 51–61 | 11–19 (5–10) | UCCU Center (2,613) Orem, UT |
| Mar 7, 2020 2:00 pm, WAC DN | | Chicago State | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | UCCU Center Orem UT |
| WAC tournament ||||||
| Mar 12, 2020 9:30 pm, ESPN+ | (6) | vs. (3) Seattle Quarterfinals | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Orleans Arena Paradise, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||
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