#110 Utah Valley Men's Basketball 2025-2026 Preview

 
 
Utah Valley Wolverines
 
2025-2026 Overall Rank: #110
 
Conference Rank: #2 WAC
 
 
2024-25 Record: 25-9, 15-1
2024-25 Postseason: NIT
Coach: Todd Phillips
Coach Record: 41-25 at Utah Valley, 41-25 overall
 
Key Departed Players:
Dominick Nelson, Guard, 14.4 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 1.7 apg
Tanner Toolson, Guard, 13.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.6 apg
Carter Welling, Forward, 13.1 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 1.4 apg, 1.8 bpg
Ethan Potter, Forward, 7.0 ppg, 4.1 rpg
Osiris Grady, Forward, 5.6 ppg, 2.7 rpg
Kylin Green, Guard, 4.7 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 1.7 apg
 
Key Returning Players:
Trevan Leonhardt, Junior, Guard, 5.8 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 5.2 apg, 1.6 spg
Jackson Holcombe, Sophomore, Guard, 5.3 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.1 apg
Hayden Welling, Senior, Forward, 4.6 ppg, 2.1 rpg
Noah Taitz, Senior, Guard, 2.7 ppg, 1.1 rpg
Braden Housley, Sophomore, Guard, DNP last season
 
Key New Players:
Isaac Davis, Sophomore, Forward, Transfer from Utah State
AJ Dixon, Junior, Guard, Transfer from Western Illinois
Isaac Hawkins, Junior, Forward, Transfer from JC
Tyler Hendricks, Junior, Guard, Transfer from UCF
Joul Karram, Sophomore, Center, Transfer from Utah
Tyler Medaris, Freshman, Forward
AJ Riggs, Sophomore, Guard, Transfer from JC
Jaxson Roberts, Freshman, Guard
Sherman Weatherspoon IV, Junior, Guard, Transfer from JC
Tyler Weaver, Freshman, Forward
 
Projected Postseason Tournament: CBC/CBI
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 76.0 (114th in nation, 2nd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 68.3 (62, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 46.8 (62, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 41.4 (53, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.0 (330, 6)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 33.5 (204, 2)
Free-Throw Percentage: 68.9 (283, 8)
Rebound Margin: 4.9 (39, 1)
Assists Per Game: 15.6 (55, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.2 (228, 3)