{"id":24677,"date":"2024-04-25T06:27:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T06:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/?p=24677&post_type=story"},"modified":"2024-04-29T18:30:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T18:30:38","slug":"big-wins","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/big-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Wins"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to men\u2019s college basketball<\/a>, there\u2019s nothing quite like Big 12 competition. And the Knights delivered some big moments in their first season in their new conference.<\/p>\n

UCF\u2019s home opener against No. 3 University of Kansas was announced as the second sellout in school history more than a month before the ball tipped. UCF rallied from a 16-point deficit against the defending Big 12 champion to topple the Jayhawks 65-60.<\/p>\n

A week later, the Knights took down the University of Texas, which advanced to the Elite 8 in the 2023 NCAA Tournament, on its home court. And in February, UCF toppled two more nationally ranked opponents (74-63 over the University of Oklahoma; 75-61 over Texas Tech University), marking three wins over top 25 teams in a single season for the first time in school history.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been part of basketball for all my life and you want to be in moments like this and you want our students to be in moments like this.\u201d<\/p>\n