UCF Knights men's basketball

UCF Knights
University	University of Central Florida
Head coach	Kirk Speraw (14th season)
Conference	Conference USA East Division
Arena	UCF Arena (capacity: 10,030)
Nickname	Knights
Colors	Black and Gold
Uniforms
Home Away
Conference tournament champions
2005, 2004, 1996, 1994
Conference regular season champions
2005

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The UCF Arena. home to the Knights basketball teams.

The UCF Knights men's basketball team represents the University of Central Florida in NCAA Division I and competes in Conference USA. UCF plays its home games in the UCF Arena on the main campus in Orlando, Florida. Kirk Speraw has been the head coach of the UCF Knights since 1993.

History

UCF played its first intercollegiate basketball game before the team even had a nickname. In the Division II era, under Torchy Clark, UCF found great success including a DII Final Four appearance.

UCF has been a member of Division I since 1985, and has advanced to the NCAA tournament 4 times (94, 96, 04, 05), all under coach Kirk Speraw. UCF competed in the Atlantic Sun Conference (formerly called the Trans American Athletic Conference) from 1992 until 2005 when all sports joined Conference USA, and plays in the UCF Arena. UCF made its debut in the Conference USA Championship Tournament in the 2006 season, falling to Houston in the second round and closing out the season with the program's first losing record (14-15) since 2000-2001. The Knights made a huge turnaround in the 2006-07 season, finishing 2nd in conference play to Memphis with an overall record of 22-9.

UCF's men's basketball team played its first exhibition game in the new UCF Arena, an 86-78 win over the Saint Leo Lions, on November 3, 2007. The Knights played their first regular-season game in the new arena, a 63-60 win over the Nevada Wolf Pack, on November 11, 2007. They will host the UConn Huskies on December 28. Their first home C-USA game will be against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane on January 11, 2008.

Team Record as Division I

Statistics overview

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
UCF (Atlantic Sun Conference) (1990–2005)
1990–1991	UCF	10-17	-
1991–1992	UCF	10-18	-
1992–1993	UCF	10-17	-
1993–1994	Kirk Speraw	21-9	11-5	2nd	NCAA 1st Round
1994–1995	Kirk Speraw	11-16	7-9	T-5th
1995–1996	Kirk Speraw	11-19	6-10	T-3rd (East)	NCAA 1st Round
1996–1997	Kirk Speraw	7-19	4-12	6th (East)
1997–1998	Kirk Speraw	17-11	11-5	3rd (East)
1998–1999	Kirk Speraw	19-10	13-3	2nd
1999–2000	Kirk Speraw	14-18	10-8	T-5th
2000–2001	Kirk Speraw	8-23	3-15	10th
2001–2002	Kirk Speraw	17-12	12-8	T-4th
2002–2003	Kirk Speraw	21-11	11-5	3rd (South)
2003–2004	Kirk Speraw	25-6	17-3	2nd	NCAA 1st Round
2004–2005	Kirk Speraw	24-9	13-7	T-1st	NCAA 1st Round
UCF (Conference USA) (2005–present)
2005–2006	Kirk Speraw	14-15	7-7	5th
2006–2007	Kirk Speraw	22-9	11-5	2nd
2007–2008	Kirk Speraw	16-14	9-7	4th
Kirk Speraw:		277-253	145-109
Total:		277-253
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

External links

• UCF Arena
  
• UCF Tickets