ORLANDO – UCF men’s basketball continues its historic season as the Knights received an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament for the first time in seven years. The Black and Gold head to Philadelphia as the No. 10 seed and will play 7 seed UCLA. The winner of the contest lines up with the winner of the No. 2 seed UConn and No. 15 seed Furman.
UCF (21-11) is set to face the Bruins (23-11) inside Xfinity Mobile Arena on Friday, March 20. It will be the first time the Knights face UCLA.
This marks UCF’s sixth NCAA Tournament appearance since joining the Division I ranks in 1984-85, and the second at-large berth in program history. The Knights automatic qualifiers came in 1994, 1996, 2004 and 2005 when the Black and Gold won the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament. UCF received its first at-large bid in 2019, following a successful season in the American Athletic Conference.
UCF NCAA Tournament History
|
Year |
Seed |
Round |
Opponent |
Result |
|
1994 |
#16 |
First Round |
#1 Purdue |
L, 98-67 |
|
1996 |
#16 |
First Round |
#1 UMass |
L, 92-70 |
|
2004 |
#14 |
First Round |
#3 Pittsburgh |
L, 53-44 |
|
2005 |
#15 |
First Round |
#2 UConn |
L, 77-71 |
|
2019 |
#9 |
First Round |
#8 VCU |
W, 73-58 |
|
2019 |
#9 |
Second Round |
#1 Duke |
L, 77-76 |