UCF Knights women's basketball 2024-25 schedule, results

The UCF Knights have put together a strong schedule for the 2024-25 season under coach Sytia Messer.

The Knights are coming off a 12-17 season in Messer's second year in Orlando. She did not lead the Knights to the NCAA Tournament last season, a slight step down from her debut in 2022-23, when the Knights lost 14-15.

She is a former assistant coach under Kim Mulkey at both Baylor and LSU and was once the head coach at Tennessee Tech. The Knights competed in the NCAA Tournament the season prior to their arrival. Her predecessor, Katie Abrahamson-Henderson, filled the open position at Georgia.

The Knights will play two games in Las Vegas at the Thomas and Mack Center, facing UNLV and then Montana in the UNLV Thanksgiving Classic.

UCF opens Big 12 play on December 21st at home against TCU, while it closes the league on the road on March 2nd at Houston.

The Big 12 Tournament will take place March 5-10 at T-Mobile Arena and all 16 teams will participate, with the top four teams in the final standings receiving double byes and the teams placed fifth through eighth receiving receive individual bye tickets.

Here's the entire schedule with show times and TV names.

UCF Knights Women's Basketball Schedule 2024-25

(all times local)

November 5th against Iona, 7 p.m

Nov. 7 vs. Marquette, 7 p.m

November 16 vs. Stetson, TBA

Nov. 19 vs. North Florida, 11 a.m

Nov. 22 vs. SIU-Edwardsville, 7 p.m

Nov. 24 vs. Florida A&M, 1 p.m

Nov. 27 at UNLV@, 3 p.m

Nov. 29 vs. Montana State@, 3 p.m

Dec. 7 at Texas Southern, TBA

Dec. 17 vs. High Point, 7 p.m

December 21st vs. TCU*, 2 p.m., ESPN+

January 1st in West Virginia*, 2 p.m., ESPN+

January 4th vs. Arizona*, 2 p.m., ESPN+

January 8th in Colorado*, 9 p.m., ESPN+

January 11th against Cincinnati*, 2 p.m., ESPN+

January 14th at TCU*, 7:30 p.m., ESPN+

January 18 against Oklahoma State*, 4 p.m., ESPN+

January 25 at Iowa State*, 5 p.m., ESPN+

January 29 against Baylor*, 7 p.m., ESPN+

February 1st vs. Houston*, 12 p.m., ESPN+

February 5 at BYU*, 9 p.m., ESPN+

February 8th in Utah*, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+

February 12th against Arizona State*, 7 p.m., ESPN+

February 15 at Kansas State*, 5 p.m., ESPN+

February 18th in Kansas*, 7:30 p.m., ESPN+

February 22nd against Texas Tech*, 2 p.m., ESPN+

February 25 against Iowa State*, 7 p.m., ESPN+

March 2 in Houston*, 3 p.m., ESPN+

All home games in bold at Addition Financial Arena, Orlando, Florida; *-Big 12 Conference games; @-UNLV Thanksgiving Classic, Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada; The Big 12 Tournament will take place March 5-10 at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

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