It was symbolic in many ways that the night UCF was to find out whether the Knights made it into the NCAA Tournament, thunderstorms rocked Central Florida.
As lightning lit up the skies and thunder shook the ground around Addition Financial Arena, UCF players and coaches let out a huge sigh of relief as the team earned its first trip to the NCAA Tournament since the 2018-19 season.
It hadn’t been easy, but nothing seemed to be easy for these Knights.
Two weeks ago, UCF was all but a lock to make the 68-team tournament field after destroying No.