2026–27 season
UCF
Knights · Big 12
- Record
- 3–0
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Hero rating
- +2.6
- No. 117 in Division I
- Home
- Orlando, FL
- 955 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 365 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 365 Division I teams.
- StrengthProtects the ballTurnover rate: 10.0%99th
- StrengthGrinds the pace downPace: 65.610th
- WeaknessGives up open threesOpponent 3P %: 37.5%12th
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Dior Johnson
- 31.0 ppg
- Tallest
- John Bol
- 7′2″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Elijah Hulsewe
- 3 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dior JohnsonGuard · Kingston, NY | 6′3″ | 190 | 1 | 3 | 33.7 | 31.0 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 58.8 | 83.3 | 30.5 |
| 2Arturo DeanGuard · Miami, FL | 5′11″ | 165 | 1 | 3 | 26.7 | 10.3 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 30.0 | 66.7 | 22.9 |
| 5Lewis WalkerForward · Winston-Salem, NC | 6′6″ | 230 | 1 | 3 | 24.0 | 9.7 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 33.3 | 77.8 | 19.8 |
| 24Carmelo PachecoGuard · Harrisonburg, VA | 6′5″ | 215 | 2 | 3 | 23.7 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 58.8 | 0.0 | 14.9 |
| 7John BolForward · Boma, South Sudan | 7′2″ | 235 | 2 | 3 | 19.7 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 12.1 |
| 32Isaiah MaloneForward · Lagrange, IN | 6′9″ | 220 | 1 | 3 | 18.7 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 0.7 | 40.0 | 66.7 | 14.5 |
| 8Riley KugelGuard · Orlando, FL | 6′5″ | 210 | 2 | 3 | 16.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 7.1 | 66.7 | 31.3 |
| 0Cayden VaskoGuard · Lowell, IN | 6′6″ | 190 | 1 | 3 | 12.7 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 15.3 |
| 19Elijah HulseweCenter · Orlando, FL | 7′0″ | 260 | 3 | 3 | 11.0 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.7 |
| 9Churchill AbassCenter · Edo State, Nigeria | 6′9″ | 235 | 1 | 3 | 8.3 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 6.1 |
| 3Mister DeanGuard · Miami, FL | 6′6″ | 200 | 1 | 2 | 7.0 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 16.4 |
| 55Jason AsemotaForward · Lynn, MA | 6′8″ | 205 | 1 | 3 | 6.7 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 15.6 |
| 12Jahda Swann · Brooklyn, NY | 6′5″ | 190 | 1 | 2 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.4 |
| 4Ladarius Givan · Montgomery, AL | 6′10″ | 235 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11Dylan Mann · Pittsboro, NC | 6′8″ | 210 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30Tanner JonesGuard · Memphis, TN | 6′4″ | 200 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
1–2
ATS as favorite
1–2
ATS as underdog
0–0
ATS neutral court
0–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
2–1
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | vsFGCUFlorida Gulf Coast | W96–95OT | -22.5 | 153.5 | Miss | Over |
| Nov 6 | vsYALEYale | W87–75 | -9.5 | 152.5 | Cover | Over |
| Nov 10 | vsSOUSouth Alabama | W76–69 | -13.5 | 150.5 | Miss | Under |
| Nov 13 | vsGA Georgia Southern | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 17 | vsMISMississippi State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 20 | @VAN#22Vanderbilt1 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 26 | NBOSBoston College | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 27 | NGEOGeorgia | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 1 | vsJACJacksonville | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 6 | vsAMEAmerican University | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 12 | @INDIndiana | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 16 | vsFIUFlorida International | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 19 | vsVIRVirginia Tech11 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 22 | vsTOWTowson | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | vsUTAHUtah | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 6 | @ARI#12Arizona4 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | @ARIArizona State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 13 | vsBAYBaylor7 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | @KAN#15Kansas2 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 19 | vsCOLColorado | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | vsISUIowa State4 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | @TTU#16Texas Tech8 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 3 | vsWESWest Virginia | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | @BAYBaylor7 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 10 | vsHOU#8Houston3 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | @CINCincinnati | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 16 | @WESWest Virginia | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | vsTTU#16Texas Tech8 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 24 | @OKLOklahoma State11 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | vsBYU#23BYU7 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 3 | vsKANKansas State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 6 | @TCUTCU8 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |