UCF Men’s Basketball 2026 NCAA Tournament Capsule
March 7, 2026 · CSM Staff
UCF Knights
Big 12 (21-11, 9-9)
Big Wins: 1/3 Kansas (81-75), 1/31 Texas Tech (88-80)
Bad Losses: 1/6 at Oklahoma State (76-87), 2/14 West Virginia (67-74)
Coach: Johnny Dawkins
Probable Starters:
Jamichael Stillwell, Senior, Forward, 11.7 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 2.2 apg
Jordan Burks, Junior, Forward, 13.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg
John Bol, Sophomore, Center, 6.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 1.1 bpg
Riley Kugel, Senior, Guard, 14.4 ppg, 2.5 apg, 3.1 rpg
Themus Fulks, Senior, Guard, 14.1 ppg, 6.7 apg, 3.0 rpg
Key Role Players:
Devan Cambridge, Senior, Forward, 5.4 ppg, 3.5 rpg
Chris Johnson, Freshman, Guard, 6.4 ppg, 1.9 apg, 1.4 rpg
George Beale Jr., Senior, Guard, 3.7 ppg
Carmelo Pacheco, Junior, Guard, 4.7 ppg, 1.3 rpg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 82.2 (55th in nation, 5th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 78.8 (307, 12)
Field-Goal Percentage: 47.4 (55, 5)
Field-Goal Defense: 45.9 (271, 14)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.2 (147, 8)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 37.8 (24, 3)
Free-Throw Percentage: 74.8 (91, 5)
Rebound Margin: 4.1 (70, 5)
Assists Per Game: 16.1 (58, 5)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.2 (154, 10)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
| 2025 | CBC | First Round win over Oregon State |
| 2025 | CBC | Quarterfinal win over Cincinnati |
| 2025 | CBC | Semifinal win over Villanova |
| 2025 | CBC | Final loss to Nebraska |
| 2024 | NIT | First Round loss to South Florida |
| 2023 | NIT | First Round win over Florida |
| 2023 | NIT | Second Round loss to Oregon |
| 2019 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over VCU |
| 2019 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Duke |
| 2017 | NIT | First Round win over Colorado |
| 2017 | NIT | Second Round win over Illinois State |
| 2017 | NIT | Quarterfinal win over Illinois |
| 2017 | NIT | Semifinal loss to TCU |
| 2012 | NIT | First Round loss to Drexel |
| 2011 | CBI | First Round win over St. Bonaventure |
| 2011 | CBI | Second Round win over Rhode Island |
| 2011 | CBI | Semifinal loss to Creighton |
| 2005 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Connecticut |
| 2004 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Pittsburgh |
| 1996 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Massachusetts |
| 1994 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Purdue |
*all team stats through 3/8
