South Florida at Central Florida 9:00 ET
Panthers (-) over Bulls- The Bulls (24-7) will travel to play their biggest rival, fourth-seeded UCF (17-15), in a first-round NIT game on Tuesday night in Orlando, Fla. South Florida, coming off the first regular-season conference title in the program's 53-year history, is ready for its next challenge. The Bulls won the College Basketball Invitational in 2019, but this is their first time making the NCAA Tournament or NIT since 2012. The Bulls have never won an NIT game away from home, going 4-8 overall. UCF is in the NIT for the second straight year. While the Knights have won seven fewer games than the Bulls. UCF, in its first season in the Big 12 Conference, defeated three teams that were in the Top 25 at the time: No. 3 Kansas, No. 23 Oklahoma and No. 23 Texas Tech. UCF made it to the second round of last season's NIT, beating Florida and losing to Oregon. UCF coach Johnny Dawkins has won the NIT twice. The Bulls beat the Knights twice in 2022-23 but this time the cream rises. Take CENTRAL FLORIDA!.