UCF Men's Basketball 2026 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
UCF Knights
 
Big 12 (21-11, 9-9)
 
 
Big Wins: 1/3 Kansas (81-75), 1/31 Texas Tech (88-80)
Bad Losses: 1/6 at Oklahoma State (76-87), 2/14 West Virginia (67-74)
Coach: Johnny Dawkins
 
Probable Starters:
Jamichael Stillwell, Senior, Forward, 11.7 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 2.2 apg
Jordan Burks, Junior, Forward, 13.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg
John Bol, Sophomore, Center, 6.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 1.1 bpg
Riley Kugel, Senior, Guard, 14.4 ppg, 2.5 apg, 3.1 rpg
Themus Fulks, Senior, Guard, 14.1 ppg, 6.7 apg, 3.0 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Devan Cambridge, Senior, Forward, 5.4 ppg, 3.5 rpg
Chris Johnson, Freshman, Guard, 6.4 ppg, 1.9 apg, 1.4 rpg
George Beale Jr., Senior, Guard, 3.7 ppg
Carmelo Pacheco, Junior, Guard, 4.7 ppg, 1.3 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 82.2 (55th in nation, 5th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 78.8 (307, 12)
Field-Goal Percentage: 47.4 (55, 5)
Field-Goal Defense: 45.9 (271, 14)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.2 (147, 8)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 37.8 (24, 3)
Free-Throw Percentage: 74.8 (91, 5)
Rebound Margin: 4.1 (70, 5)
Assists Per Game: 16.1 (58, 5)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.2 (154, 10)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2025CBCFirst Round win over Oregon State
2025CBCQuarterfinal win over Cincinnati
2025CBCSemifinal win over Villanova
2025CBCFinal loss to Nebraska
2024NITFirst Round loss to South Florida
2023NITFirst Round win over Florida
2023NITSecond Round loss to Oregon
2019NCAARound of 64 win over VCU
2019NCAARound of 32 loss to Duke
2017NITFirst Round win over Colorado
2017NITSecond Round win over Illinois State
2017NITQuarterfinal win over Illinois
2017NITSemifinal loss to TCU
2012NITFirst Round loss to Drexel
2011CBIFirst Round win over St. Bonaventure
2011CBISecond Round win over Rhode Island
2011CBISemifinal loss to Creighton
2005NCAARound of 64 loss to Connecticut
2004NCAARound of 64 loss to Pittsburgh
1996NCAARound of 64 loss to Massachusetts
1994NCAARound of 64 loss to Purdue
 
*all team stats through 3/8