One player didn't have to move far at all, as soon-to-be sophomore forward Isaac Davis is transferring from Utah State to Utah Valley to become a Wolverine.
Dominick Nelson, who won WAC Player of the Year in his first year with Utah Valley after transferring from junior college, will leave the program for his senior year.
Utah Valley will continue postseason play in the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) as part of the 32-team field and will have a chance to avenge 2023’s Final Four loss to UAB in the same tournament. This year, the Wolverines will open NIT play on the road against San Francisco out of the WCC.
Utah Valley had their chances to get back into this game, but postseason games in March require guys to step up and knock down shots, and For Tanner Toolson, it was simply too little too late.
SALT LAKE CITY - Former Utah Valley hurler Mitch Mueller will continue pursuing his pro baseball dreams after signing a minor league deal with the Minnesota Twins.
As the regular season starts to wind down, we begin to get a better sense of who has a realistic shot at an at-large birth to the NCAA Tournament, and with one last late-season push from a few squads, the possibility of the state of Utah getting four teams into the Big Dance is very much on the table.
The Utah Valley Wolverines have won two games at home in the last three days, bouncing back from their first WAC loss to Grand Canyon last week and maintaining their first-place position in the conference.
Two of Utah Valley's main contributors during their dominant run have been Tanner Toolson and Dominick Nelson, who for their performances have each earned WAC weekly recognitions.
The Utah Valley Wolverines traveled to Grand Forks North Dakota to take on the North Dakota Fighting Hawks in an untraditional matinee matchup with tipoff at 11:00 a.m. MT.