Posts Tagged ‘ucf basketball’

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

UCF-Drexel: Knights Can’t Overcome Dragons Hot Shooting, Routed In NIT First Round

PHILADELPHIA, Penn. – The Dragons kept shooting from beyond the arc, and they didn’t stop. Overwhelmed by lights out three-point shooting, the UCF men’s basketball team (22-11) ended its season in disappointing fashion, falling to Drexel University, 81-56, in the first round of the...
March 14th, 2012 | Basketball, Sports | Read More

NIT: No. 6 UCF Basketball vs. No. 3 Drexel Live Play-By-Play

The UCF men’s basketball team will play in their first ever NIT game tonight at Drexel University in the first round of the tournament. The No. 6 Knights will face off with the No. 3 Dragons at 7:15 in Philadelphia at the Daskalakis Athletic Center. The game will be televised on ESPN3. KnightNews...
March 14th, 2012 | Basketball, Sports | Read More

Commentary: UCF Basketball And Fans Should Be Excited About NIT Berth

The majority of people that look at the UCF men’s basketball team’s season might think disappointment, collapse or even failure. The Knights were 18-6 after beating Marshall on Feb. 8 and seemed poised to make their first NCAA Tournament berth since 2005. Then, they split their final six...
March 14th, 2012 | Basketball, COMMENTARY, Sports | Read More

UCF Basketball Earns NIT Invite As No. 6 Seed, Will Play No. 3 Drexel

Although making an NCAA Tournament appearance for the first time since 2006 was the UCF men’s basketball team ultimate goal this season, the Knights will have to settle for the program’s first-ever National Invitation Tournament bid. After losing to Memphis in the semi-finals of the Conference-USA...
March 12th, 2012 | Basketball, 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

UCF-UAB Post-Game Video Interviews: Keith Clanton, A.J. Rompza and Donnie Jones

Here is the post-game press conference from UCF men’s basketball win over UAB last Saturday night with interviews from Keith Clanton, A.J. Rompza and Donnie Jones. The Knights won their regular season finale, 71-63, over the Blazers to secure the fourth seed and first-round bye in the Conference-USA...
March 5th, 2012 | Basketball, Sports | Read More

Photos: UCF Men’s Basketball vs UAB

UCF forward P.J. Gaynor (21) and UCF guard A.J. Rompza (3) pose for pictures for senior night befoe the UAB Blazers vs UCF Knights basketball game on March 04, 2012. UCF defeated UAB 71-63 to clinch a first round bye in the C-USA tournament. (Kurt Rivers/KnightNews.com)
March 4th, 2012 | Basketball, News, Sports | Read More
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