Posts Tagged ‘conference usa’

Big East Commissioner John Marinatto Resigns, UCF Not Concerned

When the UCF Athletics program accepted a bid to join the Big East Conference last December, it was a huge victory and instrumental step for the school. While there’s still plenty of excitement in Orlando regarding the move, which will happen in 2013, the Big East seems to be experiencing a little...
May 12th, 2012 | Basketball, Football, Sports | Read More

UCF Football’s Josh Linam, Adam Nissley, Charley Hughlett Sign With NFL Teams

While UCF cornerback Josh Robinson was the only player to get selected in the 2012 NFL draft, the Knights still had three players receive undrafted free agent offers. Linebacker Josh Linam signed with the San Diego Chargers, tight end Adam Nissley signed with the Atlanta Falcons and long snapper Charley...
May 1st, 2012 | Football, Sports | Read More

UCF Baseball Drops Series To Memphis, Loses First Weekend Series Of Year

The usually potent UCF baseball team’s (35-10, 13-5 C-USA) batting order fell silent in the series decider on Sunday at Jay Bergman Field, losing 1-0 to the Memphis Tigers (20-24, 7-11 C-USA) and dropping their first weekend series of the season. It has been nine games since the Knights were last...
April 30th, 2012 | Baseball, Sports | Read More

UCF Football: Coach O’Leary, Jeff Godfrey To Discuss Potential Return To Knights

Jeff Godfrey’s career with the Knights doesn’t appear to be over just yet. After two seasons with the program, the quarterback’s tenure with UCF abruptly ended when the junior-to-be decided he would transfer after a shaky sophomore campaign with UCF. However, Godfrey’s departure...
April 12th, 2012 | Football, Sports | Read More

Ronnie Richardson Helps UCF Baseball Sweep Houston Cougars

It may have taken an extra inning, but the UCF baseball team (23-6, 5-1 C-USA) pulled out their fifth sweep of the season in a 3-1, 10-inning ballgame against Houston (10-16, 1-5 C-USA) Sunday afternoon. “We talked before the game about toughness,” head coach Terry Rooney said in a press release...
April 1st, 2012 | Baseball, Sports | Read More

UCF Basketball Roundtable: KnightNews Writers Debate Knights Basketball’s Season

In what’s been a season-long trend, the KnightNews.com Sports Department has returned for the latest edition of the UCF Sports Roundtable- this time with a focus on UCF basketball team’s 2011-2012 season, which ended a couple of weeks ago in the first round of the NIT. UCF fell short of expectations,...
March 30th, 2012 | Basketball, Sports | Read More

Alex Friedrich, UCF Baseball Pull Away Late Vs. ECU, Take Game 2 Of Series

A light rain sprinkled throughout the afternoon as the UCF baseball team (19-5, 2-0 C-USA) claimed the series in just two games against conference rival, East Carolina (15-7, 0-2 C-USA), with a 10-6 victory Saturday night at Jay Bergman Field that extended the Knights winning streak to six games. After...
March 25th, 2012 | Baseball, Sports | Read More

Balanced Effort Helps UCF Move Past UAB

The UCF men’s basketball team kept their NCAA tournament hopes alive with a 64-54 win over UAB on Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the C-USA conference tournament. It was UCF’s third time beating UAB this season and second win over the Blazers within the past five days. The balanced effort...
March 9th, 2012 | Basketball, Sports | Read More

Conference-USA Tournament Preview: UCF Basketball Set To Face UAB In Quarterfinals

After securing the fourth seed and a first-round bye in the Conference-USA Tournament, the UCF men’s basketball team will return to action Thursday night to face UAB in the quarterfinals of the league tournament. UCF finished the season 21-9, the program’s third-highest win total since joining...
March 8th, 2012 | Basketball, Sports | Read More

UCF Basketball’s Keith Clanton Earns All Conference-USA First Team Honors

In helping lead the UCF men’s basketball team to one of its finest seasons in program history, junior forward Keith Clanton was named to the All Conference-USA First Team Monday. “Well deserved. We had a lot of guys that played well on our team this year, obviously Keith had a really good...
March 5th, 2012 | Basketball, Sports | Read More
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