NCAA Tournament March Madness

#45 UCF

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Projected seed: 8

UCF’s résumé is built on a blend of signature victories and harmful road lapses, which explains its current standing. The home win over Kansas and the road triumph at Kansas State sit alongside a neutral-site victory over Pittsburgh and an impressive road result at Texas A&M, showing the team can beat strong opponents in multiple venues. Those highs are offset by ugly losses at Arizona and at Iowa State that reveal defensive fragility and leave the profile vulnerable. The rest of the slate offers clear chances to move the needle with trips to Houston, Cincinnati, BYU and Utah and home tests against West Virginia, TCU and Baylor. Winning on the road or holding serve at home would upgrade the résumé while more poor road results would erode it. Overall UCF has enough top-line wins to command respect but enough damaging defeats that its standing reflects upside balanced against real risk.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Hofstra114W82-78
11/8Vanderbilt14L105-93
11/11Florida A&M326W97-60
11/14@Texas A&M27W86-74
11/17Oakland117W87-83
11/20(N)Pittsburgh101W77-67
11/25Quinnipiac194W102-91
11/29VMI359W82-57
12/7Towson158W86-61
12/17Mercer140W81-63
12/20FGCU217W102-80
12/23(N)FL Atlantic110W85-80
1/3Kansas12W81-75
1/6@Oklahoma St57L87-76
1/11Cincinnati62W73-72
1/14@Kansas St91W82-73
1/17Arizona2L84-77
1/20@Iowa St4L87-57
1/24@Colorado72W95-86
1/27Arizona St77W79-76
1/31Texas Tech22W88-80
2/4@Houston613%
2/8@Cincinnati6251%
2/14West Virginia6874%
2/17TCU5370%
2/21@Utah11670%
2/24@BYU1521%
2/28Baylor5166%
3/3Oklahoma St5771%
3/6@West Virginia6853%