Utah Valley Wolverines heart Aziz Bandaogo (55) fights for a unfastened ball towards BYU at BYU in Provo on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. Laura Seitz, Deseret Information
The UVU Wolverines had a fantastic 2022-23 season, however now the roster is being hit exhausting by the switch portal after the departure of head coach Mark Madsen to the Cal Golden Bears.
On Friday, WAC Defensive Participant of the 12 months and the staff’s fourth main scorer, Aziz Bandaogo, together with the Wolverines’ second main scorer, Trey Woodbury, reportedly entered the portal.
These names are added to main scorer Justin Harmon and third main scorer Le’Tre Darthard, together with 5 others from a roster that received 28 video games final season underneath Madsen.
Two gamers, Harmon and Darthard, have already introduced that they're transferring to Energy Six faculties, with Harmon headed to Illinois and Darthard to Oklahoma.
One participant, Jaden McClanahan, entered the portal however finally determined to return to UVU.
UVU did get a constructive with the portal earlier this week, as former SUU guard Drake Allen introduced he was committing to the Wolverines.
The attrition isn’t altogether shocking, as such usually happens when there's a head teaching change inside a program.
UVU did promote Todd Phillips to move coach versus discovering Madsen’s substitute outdoors this system, though it's clear that a variety of gamers have had alternatives to go to larger faculties and are taking them.