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]
| Utah Valley Wolverines | |||
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| University | Utah Valley University | ||
| Head coach | Dan Nielson (5th season) | ||
| Conference | Western Athletic Conference | ||
| Location | Orem, Utah | ||
| Arena | UCCU Center (Capacity: 8,500) | ||
| Nickname | Wolverines | ||
| Colors | Green and white[1] | ||
| NCAA tournament appearances | |||
| 2021 | |||
| Conference tournament champions | |||
| Great West: 2010 | |||
| Conference regular season champions | |||
| Great West: 2013 | |||
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
| Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| 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 | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Total: | |||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
