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The event features an all-expenses-paid trip for teams and provides a lucrative name, image and likeness (NIL) package totaling $500,000 for the top four teams.
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The Bearcats take the court as 5.5-point favorites against the Knights.
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McKenzie Milton is deeply etched in the history books of UCF football. He dazzled for five seasons, leaving as one of the best quarterbacks to wear the Knights’ jersey.
Even though four lone teams are headed to San Antonio, new teams are forming in the transfer portal as countless talented prospects are eager to put themselves in a position to compete at the highest level in the NCAA Tournament come next season.
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With the departures of Ricky Barber Jr. and Lee Hunter, the Knights are seeking to identify players for the defensive front.
Starting defensive ends Nyjalik Kelly and Malachi Lawrence returned for UCF, as did rotational rushers Isaiah Nixon and Jamaal Johnson. Kelly paced the Knights with 5½ sacks and tied for the team lead in tackles for loss (9½), while Lawrence produced a 13.6% pass-rush win rate and registered a team-best 28 pressures, per Pro Football Focus.
The Cincinnati Bearcats square off against the UCF Knights in the College Basketball Crown. Thursday's game will be the second meeting this season between the two teams.
A basket with 5 seconds left that could’ve given the Beavers the win was waved off because their coach had called a timeout first.