The 2018–19 UCF Knights men's basketball team represented the

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during the

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. The Knights were members of the

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. The Knights, in the program's 50th season of basketball, were led by third-year head coach

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and played their home games at the CFE Arena on the university's main campus in

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. They finished the season 24–9, 13–5 in AAC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the AAC tournament to

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. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated VCU in the first round before losing in the second round to

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Previous season

The

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finished the 2017–18 season 19–13 overall and 9–9 in AAC play to finish in sixth place. In the AAC tournament, they defeated

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in the first round before losing to

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in the quarterfinals. Despite having 19 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2018 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

On March 2, UCF defeated (#8 AP Poll/#6

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)

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stopping the nation's longest home winning streak at 33. With the win UCF entered the AP Poll for the first time since the 2010–11 UCF Knights spent four weeks in the poll peaking at 19. , - !colspan=9 style=, Exhibition , - !colspan=9 style=, Non-conference regular season , - !colspan=6 style= , AAC regular season , - !colspan=9 style=, American Athletic Conference tournament , - !colspan=9 style=, NCAA tournament

Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

References

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