2018–19 UCF Knights men's basketball team

2018–19 UCF Knights men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Second Round
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record24–9 (13–5 AAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCFE Arena
2018–19 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 11 Houston 16 2   .889 33 4   .892
No. 22 Cincinnati 14 4   .778 28 7   .800
Temple 13 5   .722 23 10   .697
UCF 13 5   .722 24 9   .727
Memphis 11 7   .611 22 14   .611
Wichita State 10 8   .556 22 15   .595
Tulsa 8 10   .444 18 14   .563
South Florida 8 10   .444 24 14   .632
UConn 6 12   .333 16 17   .485
SMU 6 12   .333 15 17   .469
East Carolina 3 15   .167 10 21   .323
Tulane 0 18   .000 4 27   .129
2019 AAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 UCF Knights men's basketball team represented the University of Central Florida during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Knights were members of the American Athletic Conference. The Knights, in the program's 50th season of basketball, were led by third-year head coach Johnny Dawkins and played their home games at the CFE Arena on the university's main campus in Orlando, Florida. They finished the season 24–9, 13–5 in AAC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the AAC tournament to Memphis. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated VCU in the first round before losing in the second round to Duke.