UCF Knights women's basketball

UCF Knights
2025–26 UCF Knights women's basketball team
UniversityUniversity of Central Florida
First season1977–78
Head coachSytia Messer (4th season)
LocationOrlando, Florida
ArenaAddition Financial Arena
(capacity: 9,432)
ConferenceBig 12
NicknameKnights
ColorsBlack and gold
   
Student sectionKnightmare
All-time record655–647 (.503)
NCAA Division I tournament second round
2022
NCAA Division I tournament appearances
NCAA Division I
1996, 1999, 2009, 2011, 2019, 2021, 2022


NCAA Division II
1983, 1984
Conference tournament champions
Sunshine State Conference
1982, 1983, 1984
TAAC
1996, 1999
Conference USA
2009, 2011
The American
2022
Conference regular-season champions
1982, 1983, 1984, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2022
Uniforms
Home
Away
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The UCF Knights women's basketball team represents the University of Central Florida located in Orlando, Florida in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and the Big 12 Conference. The Knights play their home games at Addition Financial Arena located on the university's main campus. Sytia Messer was named head coach on April 3, 2022.

The Knights have participated in the NCAA/AIAW Tournament eight times, five as a Division I team and three times as a Division II program. The Knights reached the Elite Eight in 1982, and won the 1980 AIAW Division-II Florida State Championship, before losing their first game in the national tournament.