After a seven-year absence, UCF is returning to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.
The Knights earned an at-large bid to the 68-team field on Sunday and will be headed to the East Region. It’s the sixth overall appearance in the NCAA Tournament, but the first since the 2018-19 season.
Tenth-seeded UCF (21-11, 9-9 Big 12) will face UCLA (23-11, 13-7 Big Ten) in the first-round matchup in Philadelphia on Friday.
There was plenty of nervousness surrounding Knight Nation over the past few weeks.
After a dominating 97-84 win at then-No. 19 BYU on Feb.