2024–25 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team

The 2024–25 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team represented Utah Valley University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wolverines, led by second-year head coach Todd Phillips,^[1] played their home games at the UCCU Center in Orem, Utah, and competed as members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).^[2]

2024–25 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball
WAC regular season champions
NIT, First round
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	25–9 (15–1 WAC)
Head coach	Todd Phillips (2nd season)
Associate head coach	Todd Okeson (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Rosbie Mutcherson (2nd season) Adam Jacobsen (1st season)
Home arena	UCCU Center (Capacity: 8,500)
Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 WAC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Utah Valley	15	–	1		.938			25	–	9		.735
Grand Canyon †	13	–	3		.813			26	–	8		.765
California Baptist	9	–	7		.563			17	–	15		.531
Abilene Christian	8	–	8		.500			16	–	16		.500
Seattle	8	–	8		.500			14	–	18		.438
Tarleton State	7	–	9		.438			12	–	20		.375
UT Arlington	6	–	10		.375			13	–	18		.419
Southern Utah	4	–	12		.250			12	–	19		.387
Utah Tech	2	–	14		.125			7	–	26		.212
† 2025 WAC tournament winner

Previous season

Main article: 2023–24 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team

The Wolverines finished the 2023–24 season 16–16, 11–9 in WAC play, to finish in a tie for fourth place.^[3] As the No. 5 seed in the WAC tournament, they lost to California Baptist in the first round.^[4]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Position	Height	Year	Reason for departure
Trevin Dorius	C	7' 1"	Senior	Graduated[5]
Cache Fields	G	6' 6"	Senior	Graduated[5]
Jaden McClanahan	G	5' 10"	Senior	Graduated[5]
McCaden Adams	G	6' 3"	Freshman	Transferred to Snow College[6]
Simon Akena	G	6' 6"	Junior	Transferred to Westminster University[7][8]
Drake Allen	G	6' 4"	Junior	Transferred to Utah State[7][9][10]
Peter Amakasu	G	6' 4"	Freshman	Initially committed to Snow College;[11] ultimately transferred to Westminster University[8]
K'Mani Doughty	G	6' 5"	Junior	Transferred to Indiana State[12]
Caleb Stone-Carrawell	F	6' 7"	Senior	Transferred to Loyola Marymount[13]
Nate Tshimanga	F	6' 10"	Junior	Transferred to New Mexico State[14]

Incoming transfers

Name	Position	Height	Year	Previous school
Kylin Green	G	6' 0"	Junior	Daytona State[15]
Andre Johnson Jr.	G	6' 4"	Junior	UConn[16]
Dominick Nelson	G	6' 5"	Junior	Polk State College[17]
Noah Taitz	G	6' 4"	Senior	Loyola Marymount[16]
Carter Welling	F	6' 10"	Sophomore	UC Irvine[18]
Hayden Welling	F	6' 9"	Sophomore	UC Irvine[18]
Cory Wells	F	6' 7"	Senior	Xavier University of Louisiana[19]
Majer Sullivan	C	6' 8"	Junior	Yuba College[20]

Roster

2024–25 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Dominick Nelson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Liberty Heights Athletic Institute Polk State Miami, FL G 1 Andre Johnson Jr. 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 182 lb (83 kg) Jr South Kent HS UConn Bristol, CT G 2 Jackson Holcombe 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Timpanogos HS Orem, UT G 3 Kylin Green 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Lewisville HS Daytona State Dallas, TX F 4 Tyler Medaris (W) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Middleton, HS Middleton, ID G 5 Tanner Toolson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS So Union HS BYU Vancouver, WA G 6 Jake Nadauld (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Springville HS Springville, UT G 7 Noah Taitz 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Sr Bishop Gorman HS Loyola Marymount Las Vegas, NV F 8 Hayden Welling 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Corner Canyon HS UC Irvine Draper, UT G 10 Trevan Leonhardt 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS So Davis HS Kaysville, UT F 11 Tyler Weaver (W) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Aliso Niguel HS Aliso Viejo, CA F 12 Osiris Grady 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Wasatch Academy Las Vegas, NV F 13 Cory Wells 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Wylie HS Xavier University of Louisiana Murphy, TX F 22 Carter Welling 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Corner Canyon HS UC Irvine Draper, UT G 23 Dylan Metoyer (W) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Sierra Canyon HS Chatsworth, CA C 32 Majer Sullivan 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Jr Antelope HS Yuba College Sacramento, CA F 35 Ethan Potter 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Layton HS Layton, UT	Head coach Todd Phillips (Lewis–Clark State) Assistant coach(es) Todd Okeson (Nevada) Rosbie Mutcherson (Covenant) Adam Jacobsen (Pacific) Strength and conditioning coach(es) Kaleb John-Lewis Athletic trainer(s) Troyce Solley Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 12, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Western Colorado	W 92–57	1–0	UCCU Center (2,075) Orem, UT
November 9, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		UTEP WAC/C-USA Alliance	W 89–60	2–0	UCCU Center (1,653) Orem, UT
November 14, 2024* 11:00 a.m., Midco		at North Dakota	L 71–77	2–1	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2,131) Grand Forks, ND
November 22, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Murray State	W 77–75	3–1	CFSB Center (5,037) Murray, KY
November 26, 2024* 2:00 p.m.		vs. West Georgia Samford MTE	W 77–74	4–1	Pete Hanna Center (177) Homewood, AL
November 27, 2024* 5:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Samford Samford MTE	L 76–84	4–2	Pete Hanna Center (913) Homewood, AL
November 28, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		vs. North Dakota State Samford MTE	L 63–83	4–3	Pete Hanna Center (121) Homewood, AL
December 3, 2024* 8:00 p.m., ACCN		at Stanford	L 63–77	4–4	Maples Pavilion (2,033) Stanford, CA
December 7, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at James Madison	L 61–78	4–5	Atlantic Union Bank Center (3,726) Harrisonburg, VA
December 11, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		North Dakota	W 80–57	5–5	UCCU Center (2,135) Orem, UT
December 14, 2024* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Jacksonville State WAC/C-USA Alliance	L 66–70	5–6	Pete Mathews Coliseum (1,033) Jacksonville, AL
December 18, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Idaho State	W 70–56	6–6	Reed Gym (1,127) Pocatello, ID
December 21, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Weber State	W 64–62	7–6	Dee Events Center (3,609) Ogden, UT
December 28, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Bethesda (CA)	W 119–59	8–6	UCCU Center (1,463) Orem, UT
WAC regular season
January 4, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Abilene Christian	W 64–53	9–6 (1–0)	UCCU Center (1,601) Orem, UT
January 9, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Grand Canyon	W 72–64	10–6 (2–0)	UCCU Center (2,351) Orem, UT
January 11, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		California Baptist	W 75–69	11–6 (3–0)	UCCU Center (1,863) Orem, UT
January 16, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UT Arlington	W 85–83 OT	12–6 (4–0)	College Park Center (1,824) Arlington, TX
January 18, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Utah Tech Old Hammer Rivalry	W 96–80	13–6 (5–0)	UCCU Center (2,334) Orem, UT
January 23, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPNU		at California Baptist	W 74–69	14–6 (6–0)	Fowler Events Center (3,867) Riverside, CA
January 25, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Seattle	W 70–66	15–6 (7–0)	Redhawk Center (999) Seattle, WA
February 1, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Grand Canyon	L 57–75	15–7 (7–1)	GCU Arena (7,219) Phoenix, AZ
February 6, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		UT Arlington	W 94–73	16–7 (8–1)	UCCU Center (2,681) Orem, UT
February 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Tarleton	W 81–56	17–7 (9–1)	UCCU Center (1,676) Orem, UT
February 15, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Southern Utah	W 70–68	18–7 (10–1)	America First Event Center (1,555) Cedar City, UT
February 20, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Utah Tech Old Hammer Rivalry	W 79–77 OT	19–7 (11–1)	Burns Arena (1,984) St. George, UT
February 22, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Seattle	W 61–55	20–7 (12–1)	UCCU Center (2,813) Orem, UT
March 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Southern Utah	W 100–59	21–7 (13–1)	UCCU Center (3,449) Orem, UT
March 6, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Abilene Christian	W 73–60	22–7 (14–1)	Moody Coliseum (1,523) Abilene, TX
March 8, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Tarleton	W 71–66	23–7 (15–1)	Wisdom Gym (3,000) Stephenville, TX
WAC tournament
March 12, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	(1)	vs. (9) Utah Tech Quarterfinals/Old Hammer Rivalry	W 74–57	24–7	Orleans Arena (1,645) Paradise, NV
March 14, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	(1)	vs. (5) Seattle Semifinals	W 68–55	25–7	Orleans Arena (3,867) Paradise, NV
March 15, 2025 9:40 p.m., ESPN2	(1)	vs. (2) Grand Canyon Championship	L 82–89	25–8	Orleans Arena (3,780) Paradise, NV
NIT
March 19, 2025 9:00 p.m., ESPNU		at (1) San Francisco First round – San Francisco Region	L 70–79	25–9	Sobrato Center (1,309) San Francisco, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain.

Source:^[21]

See also

• 2024–25 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team