[Post Game Thread] UCF defeats Villanova, 104-98 in OT

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Box Score

Team	1H	2H	1OT	Total
UCF	48	40	16	104
Villanova	44	44	10	98

^{Index Thread for April 05, 2025}

[u/Moneyspreader400]

Scott Frost civil war at noon tommorow 

[u/u-s-u-r-p → u/Moneyspreader400]

noon? i thought it was 5ET

[u/xUCFx- → u/u-s-u-r-p]

Same?

[u/stayclassypeople → u/u-s-u-r-p]

ESPN app says 5:30

[u/Citruspilled]

42 for Darius Johnson. Now we get the battle for Scott Frost. Absolute cinema

[u/kiwi_strudle → u/Citruspilled]

Amazing how much better we look as a team without Hall

[u/ItsFreakinHarry2 → u/kiwi_strudle]

Ya know when the season started I was all in on Hall and all out on Darius and Thiam. I must now eat my words.

[u/kiwi_strudle → u/ItsFreakinHarry2]

Yeah, I'm willing to bet they prioritized Thiam with our limited NIL. Hall is a ball stopper on offense

[u/Hugo_Hackenbush]

Nebraska vs. UCF on Scott Frost Day

[u/kingofthesqueal]

Damn, we’re really the P5 team that can most benefit from the NIL money in this tourney too. We have like the lowest MBB in the P5.

Nice to see us advancing further and further

[u/zachuhry → u/kingofthesqueal]

I would assume the NIL is being divvy’d up between the players who stayed still no?

[u/QuadCring3 → u/zachuhry]

Yep it's not money to the NIL fund, it's money split between every player that traveled for the tournament

[u/QuadCring3]

DARIUS JOHNSON HAVE MY CHILDRENNNNNNNN

[u/Redditawesome15]

Thank you for everything Dixon. Literally Villanova's most prolific scorer. Sorry Neptune failed you. Let the Willard era begin.

[u/genpabloescobar2 → u/Redditawesome15]

Neptune was a disaster, without argument, but they can't even blame him for blowing it today.

[u/Redditawesome15 → u/genpabloescobar2]

That was more so a comment on how he never got Dixon to the NCAA Tournament in his tenure.

[u/xUCFx-]

Hell of a W!!

[u/Zloggt]

They almost pissed it away...but in the end, the Knights held on!

Alas, the Crown's Championship shall now be a Collision of Citrus and Corn! It's a Crop Conflict in the City of Casinos!

[u/Winter_Win_5531]

Brutal last game for Dixon. Pulled it together at the end, but not his best game.

[u/u-s-u-r-p]

Good luck tomorrow Knights

[u/Fonzie5]

Retire DJ’s number

[u/bluethree]

The Mike Nardi era has come to an end.

[u/DrunkRoach]

We made it to 20 wins!

[u/15Warrior15]

Good job Knights. Now go win the tournament.

[u/kiwi_strudle]

We are playing so much better without Keyshawn Hall. The ball is actually moving on offense

[u/RJMonster]

Big UCF fan as of 18 min ago

[u/Table_Corner]

Darius Johnson should get the entire payout

[u/yesacabbagez]

The real Final Four was played in the afternoon

[u/Zloggt → u/yesacabbagez]

You guys could also be the only Florida team to win a game today too lol

(hopefully I didn't just jinxed it...)

[u/Troll_Enthusiast]

Nice

[u/Barnhard]

I would bet that the CBC semifinal games will be scheduled a bit earlier in the day next year.

[u/FCSVoter → u/Barnhard]

Still dealing with pacific time zone

[u/Big_You_8936]

[u/Doggystyle-Gary]

Respect to all the kids who stayed and played hard throughout this strange little tournament

[u/mjd1977]

Real Philly basketball sickos went from Villanova in the CBC semis to Sixers/Timberwolves. Another overtime and there may have been overlap.

[u/dont_ask_my_cab]

The Willard Curse begins

[u/Oh_he_steal]

Is Willard coaching these games?

[u/Spirited_State2867]

wtf is the college basketball crown tournament!?

[u/kiwi_strudle → u/Spirited_State2867]

A tournament y'all would be playing in if your AD wasn't on the selection committee :)

Kidding aside, it's been a pretty fun tournament surprisingly. A lot of teams with seniors want to keep playing, and some of the players that entered the portal are getting a chance to showcase. Not to mention the NIL prize (good for poor teams like us).

[u/PinkSaldo]

[u/Stemoftheantilles]

Maryland fans rejoice