Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball

Utah Valley Wolverines
2024–25 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team
UniversityUtah Valley University
Head coachDan Nielson (6th season)
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
LocationOrem, Utah
ArenaUCCU Center
(capacity: 8,500)
NicknameWolverines
ColorsGreen and white[1]
   
NCAA tournament appearances
2021
Conference tournament champions
Great West: 2010
Conference regular season champions
Great West: 2013

The Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Western Athletic Conference.[2]

History

Utah Valley began play in 1979 as a member of NJCAA. They joined Division I in 2003. As of the end of the 2015–16 season, they have an all-time record in Division I of 109–135. They have never reached the NCAA Tournament, due to the Great West Conference (their previous conference before joining the WAC in 2013) not getting an automatic bid to a postseason tournament. They won the 2010 Great West Conference women's basketball tournament, finishing runner-up in 2012 and 2013. In 2021, the Wolverines made their first appearance in the NCAA tournament after WAC champion, Cal Baptist couldn't participate due to being in the middle of a transition from Division II.[3]

NCAA Tournament appearances

The Wolverines have appeared in one NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament and have an overall record of 0–1.

Year Seed Round Opponent Result
2021 #16 First Round #1 Stanford L 44–87

Seasons

Statistics overview
Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Utah Valley (Western Athletic Conference) (2013–present)
2013–14 Cathy Nixon 7–23 4–12 8th
2014–15 Cathy Nixon 11–19 5–9 6th
2015–16 Cathy Nixon 16–15 8–6 4th
2016–17 Cathy Nixon 9–22 3–11 7th
2017–18 Cathy Nixon 11–19 5–9 6th
2018–19 Cathy Nixon 14–16 8–8 6th
2019–20 Dan Nielson 12–16 9–6 3rd
2020–21 Dan Nielson 13–7 10–4 2nd NCAA Division I Round of 64
2021–22 Dan Nielson 16–15 10–8 4th
2022–23 Dan Nielson 6–24 3–15 12th
2023–24 Dan Nielson 10–19 5–15 10th
Total:

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ^ "Official University Color". Utah Valley University Style Guide (PDF). March 25, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
  2. ^ "Utah Valley Wolverine Athletics". Wolverinegreen.com. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  3. ^ "2016-2017 Utah Valley Basketball" (PDF). Wolverinegreen.com. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
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