NCAA Tournament March Madness
#45 UCF
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Projected seed: 9
UCF’s body of work explains a middle seed because it combines a marquee home victory over Kansas and resume-boosting road wins at Texas A&M and at Kansas State with damaging defeats that expose inconsistency, most notably the rout at Iowa State and the setback to Arizona. Strong neutral-site showings against Pittsburgh and Florida Atlantic and the road victory at Colorado reinforce that the Knights can win away from home, while the home win over Arizona State adds depth to the résumé. The remainder of the Big Twelve slate will largely decide whether they rise or fall since trips to Houston and to BYU loom as stiff tests and games at Cincinnati and home league dates with West Virginia, TCU, Baylor and Oklahoma State are clear chances to score the quality wins needed to move up.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | Hofstra | 115 | W82-78 |
| 11/8 | Vanderbilt | 12 | L105-93 |
| 11/11 | Florida A&M | 314 | W97-60 |
| 11/14 | @Texas A&M | 33 | W86-74 |
| 11/17 | Oakland | 121 | W87-83 |
| 11/20 | (N)Pittsburgh | 100 | W77-67 |
| 11/25 | Quinnipiac | 181 | W102-91 |
| 11/29 | VMI | 354 | W82-57 |
| 12/7 | Towson | 168 | W86-61 |
| 12/17 | Mercer | 141 | W81-63 |
| 12/20 | FGCU | 228 | W102-80 |
| 12/23 | (N)FL Atlantic | 97 | W85-80 |
| 1/3 | Kansas | 14 | W81-75 |
| 1/6 | @Oklahoma St | 72 | L87-76 |
| 1/11 | Cincinnati | 56 | W73-72 |
| 1/14 | @Kansas St | 86 | W82-73 |
| 1/17 | Arizona | 1 | L84-77 |
| 1/20 | @Iowa St | 5 | L87-57 |
| 1/24 | @Colorado | 80 | W95-86 |
| 1/27 | Arizona St | 78 | W79-76 |
| 1/31 | Texas Tech | 18 | 40% |
| 2/4 | @Houston | 6 | 12% |
| 2/8 | @Cincinnati | 56 | 47% |
| 2/14 | West Virginia | 58 | 69% |
| 2/17 | TCU | 51 | 63% |
| 2/21 | @Utah | 114 | 67% |
| 2/24 | @BYU | 15 | 18% |
| 2/28 | Baylor | 52 | 66% |
| 3/3 | Oklahoma St | 72 | 71% |
| 3/6 | @West Virginia | 58 | 47% |