| 2019–20UCF Knights men's basketball | |
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| Conference | American Athletic Conference |
| Record | 16–14 (7–11 AAC) |
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| Home arena | Addition Financial Arena |
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| Cincinnati | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22Houston | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 23 | – | 8 | .742 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 23 | – | 8 | .742 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UConn | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCF | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Florida | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 11 | – | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note: The2020 AAC tournament was canceled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. Rankings fromAP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2019–20 UCF Knights men's basketball team represented theUniversity of Central Florida during the2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Knights were members of theAmerican Athletic Conference. The Knights, in the program's 51st season of basketball, were led by fourth-year head coachJohnny Dawkins and played their home games at theAddition Financial Arena on the university's main campus inOrlando,Florida.[1]
TheKnights finished the2018–19 season 24–9 overall and 13–5 inAAC play to finish in a tie for third place. In theAAC tournament, they lost toMemphis in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to theNCAA tournament for the first time since 2005. They defeatedVCU in the first round before losingDuke in the second round.[2]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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| B. J. Taylor | 1 | G | 6'2" | 200 | RS Senior | Orlando, FL | Graduated |
| Terrell Allen | 2 | G | 6'2" | 185 | RS Junior | Upper Marlboro, MD | Graduate transferred toGeorgetown |
| Myles Douglas | 5 | F | 6'8" | 215 | Sophomore | Edgewood, MD | Transferred toSaint Joseph's |
| Dayon Griffin | 10 | G | 6'4" | 208 | RS Senior | St. Petersburg, FL | Graduated |
| Rokas Ulvydas | 11 | F | 6'11" | 235 | RS Junior | Kaunas, Lithuania | Left team |
| Aubrey Dawkins | 15 | G/F | 6'6" | 205 | RS Junior | Palo Alto, CA | Play professionally |
| Chad Brown | 21 | F | 6'9" | 240 | Senior | Deltona, FL | Graduated |
| Chance McSpadden | 22 | G | 6'4' | 184 | RS Junior | Winter Haven, FL | Graduate transferred toStetson |
| Tacko Fall | 24 | C | 7'6" | 295 | Senior | Dakar, Senegal | Graduated |
| Anthony Catotti | 31 | G | 6'4" | 200 | RS Senior | Oviedo, FL | Walk-on; graduated |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school |
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| Yuat Alok | 0 | F | 6'11" | 225 | RS Junior | Auckland, New Zealand | Transferred fromTCU in January during the2018–19 season. Under NCAA transfer rules, Alok has to sit out until January and will be eligible to start in January during the2019–20 season. Alok has one and a half years of remaining eligibility. |
| Matt Milon | 3 | G | 6'5" | 195 | Graduate Student | Oviedo, FL | Transferred fromWilliam & Mary. Will be eligible to play immediately since Milon graduated fromWilliam & Mary. |
| Avery Diggs | 5 | C | 6'10" | 240 | Junior | Brandon, FL | Junior college transferred fromSouthwest Mississippi CC |
| Dazon Ingram | 12 | G | 6'5" | 207 | Graduate Student | Theodore, AL | Transferred fromAlabama. Will be eligible to play immediately since Ingram graduated fromAlabama. |
| Brandon Mahan | 13 | G | 6'5" | 200 | Junior | Birmingham, AL | Transferred fromTexas A&M. Mahan was granted a waiver for immediate eligibility. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. |
| Sean Mobley | 30 | F | 6'9" | 225 | Junior | Melbourne, FL | Transferred fromVCU. Under NCAA transfer rules, Mobley will have to sit out the2019–20 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. |
| Moses Bol | 35 | C | 7'1' | 230 | Junior | Wau, South Sudan | Junior college transferred fromColby CC. |
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| Tony Johnson PG | Eufaula, AL | The Skill Factory Prep School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Feb 16, 2019 | |
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| Darin Green Jr. SG | Tampa, FL | Wharton High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Jul 23, 2018 | |
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| Isaiah Adams SF | Jacksonville, FL | Paxon School For Advanced Studies | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | Sep 2, 2019 | |
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| Jamille Reynolds C | Saint Petersburg, FL | Lakewood Senior High School | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 240 lb (110 kg) | Aug 18, 2019 | |
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| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| November 9, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Prairie View A&M | W 73–69 | 1–0 | Addition Financial Arena (4,972) Orlando, FL | |||||||
| November 12, 2019* 9:00 pm, CBSSN | Miami (FL) | L 70–79 | 1–1 | Addition Financial Arena (7,514) Orlando, FL | |||||||
| November 17, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Illinois State | W 67–65 | 2–1 | Redbird Arena (4,372) Normal, IL | |||||||
| November 23, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | College of Charleston Wooden Legacy campus-site game | W 72–71 | 3–1 | Addition Financial Arena (4,578) Orlando, FL | |||||||
| November 28, 2019* 8:30 pm, ESPNU | vs. Penn Wooden Legacy quarterfinals | L 67–68 | 3–2 | Anaheim Arena (1,574) Anaheim, CA | |||||||
| November 29, 2019* 9:00 pm, ESPNews | vs. Pepperdine Wooden Legacy consolation 2nd round | W 78–65 | 4–2 | Anaheim Arena Anaheim, CA | |||||||
| December 1, 2019* 4:00 pm, ESPNU | vs. Charleston Wooden Legacy 5th place game | W 77–56 | 5–2 | Anaheim Arena Anaheim, CA | |||||||
| December 7, 2019* 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | NJIT | W 78–65 | 6–2 | Addition Financial Arena (4,178) Orlando, FL | |||||||
| December 10, 2019* 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | Green Bay | W 79–66 | 7–2 | Addition Financial Arena (4,370) Orlando, FL | |||||||
| December 15, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | Sacred Heart | W 76–65 | 8–2 | Addition Financial Arena (3,994) Orlando, FL | |||||||
| December 18, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Bethune–Cookman | W 70–65 | 9–2 | Addition Financial Arena (4,112) Orlando, FL | |||||||
| December 21, 2019* 2:00 pm, FSOK | at Oklahoma | L 52–53 | 9–3 | Lloyd Noble Center (6,875) Norman, OK | |||||||
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| December 31, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPNU | Temple | L 58–62 | 9–4 (0–1) | Addition Financial Arena (4,098) Orlando, FL | |||||||
| January 3, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | at Houston | L 63–78 | 9–5 (0–2) | Fertitta Center (7,035) Houston, TX | |||||||
| January 8, 2020 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | at SMU | L 74–81 | 9–6 (0–3) | Moody Coliseum (4,011) Dallas, TX | |||||||
| January 11, 2020 12:00 pm, ESPN2 | Cincinnati | L 54–68 | 9–7 (0–4) | Addition Financial Arena (5,482) Orlando, FL | |||||||
| January 14, 2020 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Tulane | W 74–55 | 10–7 (1–4) | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,665) New Orleans, LA | |||||||
| January 18, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPNU | South Florida War on I-4 | W 55–54 | 11–7 (2–4) | Addition Financial Arena (6,433) Orlando, FL | |||||||
| January 25, 2020 8:00 pm, ESPNU | at Wichita State | L 79–87 | 11–8 (2–5) | Charles Koch Arena (10,398) Wichita, KS | |||||||
| January 29, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPNU | Memphis | L 57–59 | 11–9 (2–6) | Addition Financial Arena (5,774) Orlando, FL | |||||||
| February 1, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPNU | at South Florida War on I-4 | L 48–64 | 11–10 (2–7) | Yuengling Center (6,254) Tampa, FL | |||||||
| February 6, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPNU | at East Carolina | W 68–64 | 12–10 (3–7) | Williams Arena (3,474) Greenville, NC | |||||||
| February 9, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | Tulsa | W 83–75 | 13–10 (4–7) | Addition Financial Arena (5,349) Orlando, FL | |||||||
| February 13, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | Wichita State | L 58–75 | 13–11 (4–8) | Addition Financial Arena (5,553) Orlando, FL | |||||||
| February 19, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPNU | at Cincinnati | W 89–87 2OT | 14–11 (5–8) | Fifth Third Arena (10,874) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
| February 22, 2020 12:00 pm, ESPNU | Tulane | L 74–75 | 14–12 (5–9) | Addition Financial Arena (4,966) Orlando, FL | |||||||
| February 26, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPNU | at Connecticut | L 65–81 | 14–13 (5–10) | XL Center (9,480) Hartford, CT | |||||||
| February 29, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPNU | at Tulsa | L 54–65 | 14–14 (5–11) | Reynolds Center (5,304) Tulsa, OK | |||||||
| March 4, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | SMU | W 61–58 | 15–14 (6–11) | Addition Financial Arena (4,591) Orlando, FL | |||||||
| March 8, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPNU | East Carolina | W 94–62 | 16–14 (7–11) | Addition Financial Arena (4,819) Orlando, FL | |||||||
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| March 12, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPNU | (8) | vs. (9) South Florida First Round | Cancelled[1] | Dickies Arena Fort Worth, TX | |||||||
*Non-conference game.#Rankings fromAP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are inEastern Time. | |||||||||||