Since taking over the UCF basketball program on March 29, Donnie Jones has been doing all he can to put the Knights in position for some immediate success. During a short recruiting cycle, six signees were added to a young team which finished 15-17 this past season.
Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams at UCF had their seasons come to a close in the Conference USA Championship quarterfinals in Tulsa this week. Despite the ups and downs, there seems to be enough in place for a strong turnaround.
It’s been a week since the UCF men’s basketball team last took the court, when they came away with a 67-56 win on the road. The effort broke a three-game losing streak and credited Kirk Speraw with win No. 275 as head coach of the Knights.
Still just one win shy of becoming the winningest coach in program history, the milestone for Kirk Speraw may lack the kind of celebration it otherwise deserves as UCF has hobbled along over the past month.
In front of the second-largest crowd in school history the UCF basketball team could not hold off Marshall in the second half Wednesday night as they fell, 81-75. UCF led the Conference USA matchup, 44-35, at intermission but the season-high 19 points from freshman Marcus Jordan was not enough.
After more than a week away from the hardwood the UCF men’s basketball team laces back up on Tuesday and Wednesday as they host the UCF Holiday Classic at UCF Arena more than a week after freshman Marcus Jordan earned Conference USA recognition.
It took a little extra effort over the last few minutes on Saturday night before the UCF Knights could put away a pesky in-state foe at UCF Arena. The Knights overcame 18 turnovers to down Bethune-Cookman, 63-50, at UCF Arena.
It was a successful week for Kirk Speraw’s UCF basketball team as they own three of four games and finished things off at the Glenn Wilkes Classic with a 59-50 win over Drake on Sunday in Daytona Beach.
When the UCF Knights basketball team made their way onto the court for their season opener against UMass, they stepped right into a big-time college basketball atmosphere as 8,727 fans were on hand to witness a rousing 84-67 win.
It’s been a long time since season tickets to see the UCF men’s basketball team have been so sought after leading up to the opening tip of the schedule. But that’s been the case as the Knight enter a new campaign with perhaps their strongest recruiting class ever.