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Selection Sunday has arrived. In Orlando, it will play out without any fanfare.
The UCF Knights will not hear their name called when the 68-team NCAA Tournament bracket is unveiled on CBS at 6 p.m.
After losing to Kansas 98-94 in overtime Wednesday and falling out of the Big 12 Tournament, they sit in a kind of purgatory. With a 17-16 record, their season could be over.
Or they could still end up in a postseason event of some sort.
Last year, UCF participated in the National Invitation Tournament. That could be a possibility again. There is also a new 16-team showcase starting this year — the College Basketball Crown — that guarantees two spots for Big 12 squads.
The list of participants in those tournaments will be released after the March Madness field.
A seven-game losing streak during the middle of conference season killed the Knights’ chances of dancing.
In mid-January, they were a trendy pick to make the bracket. They had collected Quad 1 victories over Texas A&M and Texas Tech. They sped through their non-conference slate at 10-2.
After crushing TCU on Jan. 25, UCF held a 4-4 record in the Big 12 and 14-6 mark overall.
Then, it all crumbled.
Consecutive losses to Kansas, BYU, Cincinnati, Baylor, Iowa State, Colorado and Oklahoma State followed. The Knights didn’t claim their next win until Feb. 23 against Utah. Counting that contest, they finished the regular season 3-2 over their last five games, but the damage was done.
Their final Big 12 record: 7-13. They were the 14th seed in the conference tourney.
UCF gave up more than 90 points four times during the seven-game slump. It had previously allowed 90 or more points only nine times in Johnny Dawkins’ eight-plus years as head coach.
Dawkins signed an extension through the 2026-27 season last summer.
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: UCF will not appear in March Madness bracket for 2025 NCAA Tournament
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The UCF Knights will not hear their name called when the 68-team NCAA Tournament bracket is unveiled on CBS at 6 p.m.
After losing to Kansas 98-94 in overtime Wednesday and falling out of the Big 12 Tournament, they sit in a kind of purgatory. With a 17-16 record, their season could be over.
Or they could still end up in a postseason event of some sort.
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Last year, UCF participated in the National Invitation Tournament. That could be a possibility again. There is also a new 16-team showcase starting this year — the College Basketball Crown — that guarantees two spots for Big 12 squads.
The list of participants in those tournaments will be released after the March Madness field.
A seven-game losing streak during the middle of conference season killed the Knights’ chances of dancing.
In mid-January, they were a trendy pick to make the bracket. They had collected Quad 1 victories over Texas A&M and Texas Tech. They sped through their non-conference slate at 10-2.
After crushing TCU on Jan. 25, UCF held a 4-4 record in the Big 12 and 14-6 mark overall.
Then, it all crumbled.
Consecutive losses to Kansas, BYU, Cincinnati, Baylor, Iowa State, Colorado and Oklahoma State followed. The Knights didn’t claim their next win until Feb. 23 against Utah. Counting that contest, they finished the regular season 3-2 over their last five games, but the damage was done.
Their final Big 12 record: 7-13. They were the 14th seed in the conference tourney.
UCF gave up more than 90 points four times during the seven-game slump. It had previously allowed 90 or more points only nine times in Johnny Dawkins’ eight-plus years as head coach.
Dawkins signed an extension through the 2026-27 season last summer.
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: UCF will not appear in March Madness bracket for 2025 NCAA Tournament
Continue reading...
