Season coming up.

UCF played Duke last night for an exhibition game. Fun to watch. Duke has a great team. #1 ranked incoming players.

UCF might surprise a few conference teams. 14 all new players and they were near tied with Duke at the half. I don't think UCF will win the Big12, but we might knock off a team or two.

I love college basketball and follow it from start to finish.

With that said, NBA starts also. Friday is Orlando Magic first game.

2025-26 UCF men's basketball schedule

Oct. 26: vs. LSU* - Noon, ESPN+
Nov. 3: vs. Hofstra - 8 p.m., ESPN+
Nov. 8: vs. Vanderbilt - 4 p.m., ESPN+
Nov. 11: vs. FAMU - 7 p.m., ESPN+
Nov. 14: at Texas A&M - 8 p.m., SECN+
Nov. 17: vs. Oakland - 7 p.m., ESPN+
Nov. 20: Pittsburgh# - 7 p.m., ESPN2
Nov. 25: vs. Quinnipiac - 7 p.m., ESPN+
Nov. 29: vs. VMI - 1 p.m., ESPN+
Dec. 7: vs. Towson - 4 p.m., ESPN+
Dec. 17: vs. Mercer - 7 p.m., ESPN+
Dec. 20: vs. Florida Gulf Coast - TBA
Dec. 23: vs. FAU% - TBAJan. 3: vs. Kansas - 2 p.m., Peacock
Jan. 6: at Oklahoma State - 8 p.m., ESPN+
Jan. 11: vs. Cincinnati - 5 p.m., ESPN2
Jan. 14: at Kansas State - 8 p.m., Peacock
Jan. 17: vs Arizona - 4 p.m., ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU
Jan. 20: at Iowa State - 7 p.m., CBSSN
Jan. 24: at Colorado - 3 p.m., ESPN+
Jan. 27: vs. Arizona State - 7 p.m., ESPN+
Jan. 31: vs. Texas Tech - Noon, ESPN2
Feb. 4: at Houston - 7 p.m., FS1
Feb. 8: at Cincinnati - 2 p.m., CBSSN
Feb. 14: vs. West Virginia - 6 p.m., FS1
Feb. 17: vs. TCU - 7 p.m., ESPN+
Feb. 21: at Utah - 9 p.m., ESPN+
Feb. 24: at BYU - 11 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2
Feb. 28: vs. Baylor - 8 p.m., FS1
March 3: vs. Oklahoma State - 7 p.m., ESPN+
March 6: at West Virginia - 8 p.m., CBSSN

# Legends Classic at Ocean Center in Daytona Beach
% Festiball - Neutral Site TBD

fyi, UCF knocked off Texas A&M last night. 10.5 point underdogs. Won by 86-74 in College Station, Tx.

UCF was down by 14 points with 9 minutes to go and came storming back to take a sizeable win. Big Win for the Knights.

UCF has an entire new roster with everyone transferred from other schools. Nitty-Gritty team. I was not expecting an upset.

Love college basketball.

Watched UF squeak by FSU in the O dome. UF is ranked tenth but good lord they are stacked.

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On espn2 tonight (Thursday).

Nov. 20: Pittsburgh# - 7 p.m., ESPN2

Week 3 AP Top 25

1. Purdue

2. Houston

3. UConn

4. Arizona

5. Duke

6. Louisville

7. Michigan

8. Illinois

9. BYU

10. Florida

11. Alabama

12. Kentucky

13. Gonzaga

14. St. John's

15. Texas Tech

16. Iowa State

17. Michigan State

18. North Carolina

19. UCLA

20. Tennessee

21. Arkansas

22. Auburn

23. Wisconsin

24. Kansas

25. North Carolina State

Others receiving votes: San Diego State 71, Indiana 65, Vanderbilt 57, Oregon 28, Ohio State 21, Georgetown 16, USC 16, Creighton 12, Baylor 11, Saint Mary's 8, Missouri 7, Mississippi State 5, Iowa 3, Utah State 2, Georgia 2, Kansas State 1, Virginia Tech 1, Virginia 1, Stanford 1

Dropped from rankings: Creighton 23

Keep an eye on Arizona.

They beat #3 @uconn last night

UCF slides to 5-1 with a 77-76 win over Pitt.

I also got to watch a little bit of Purdue. Memphis gave them troubles but didn't have enough in the tank.

Purdue is tough team.

Duke beat the gators last night.

Barely beat the Gators. Very close game at the end.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.