2008–09 UCF Knights men's basketball team

The 2008–09 UCF Knights men's basketball team was an NCAA Division I college basketball team that represented the University of Central Florida and competed in Conference USA. They played their home games at the UCF Arena in Orlando, Florida, and were led by head coach Kirk Speraw, who was in his 16th season with the team. In the previous year, the Knights finished the season 16–15, 9–7 in C-USA play.2007-08 UCF Men's Basketball Season Schedule/Results & Leaders

In February 2012, UCF vacated its wins from the 2008–09 season after it was discovered that there was an ineligible player on the team. The team's pre-sanction record was 17–14 (7–9). The "official" record stands as 0–14.

Roster NameNumberPositionHeightWeightYearHometown David Diakite 15 G/F 6–6 205 Freshman Washington, D.C. P.J. Gaynor 21 F 6–7 200 Freshman Jacksonville, Florida Jakub Kusmieruk 13 C 7–4 300 Freshman Sokołów Podlaski, Poland A.J. Rompza 3 G 5–9 160 Freshman Chicago, Illinois Isaac Sosa 11 G 6–3 180 Freshman Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Drew Speraw 10 G 6–2 175 Junior Oviedo, Florida Jermaine Taylor 1 G 6–4 215 Senior Tavares, Florida Amara Thompson 22 G 6–4 180 Freshman Tucker, Georgia A.J. Tyler 25 F 6–9 225 Sophomore Palm Harbor, Florida Jean Michel Yotio 34 F/C 6–9 235 Sophomore Abidjan, Ivory Coast Taylor Young 12 G 6–1 195 Sophomore Orlando, Florida Kenrick Zondervan 13 F/C 6–9 240 Senior Hoofddorp, Holland

Coaches NameTypeCollegeGraduating year Kirk Speraw Head coach University of Iowa 1980 Mike Jaskulski Associate head coach St. Norbert 1976 Craig Brown Assistant coach University of Florida 1995 Micah Byars Director of basketball operations University of West Florida 2006

Schedule and results

!colspan=8 style=| Exhibition

!colspan=8 style=| Regular season (non-conference play)

!colspan=8 style=| Regular season (conference play)

!colspan=12 style=| Conference USA tournament

| colspan="8" | *Non-conference game. Rankings from AP poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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