The UCF Knights have dropped two in a row, albeit to top-10 opponents. Can they bounce back against slumping Colorado?

For the first time this season, the UCF Knights are ranked in one of the major men's college basketball polls after their upset of Kansas.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Joshua Jefferson had 17 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high 12 assists for his second triple-double of the season as No. 9 Iowa State defeated UCF 87-57 on Tuesday night. Milan Momcilovic scored 20 points as the Cyclones (17-2,

The Bearcats are shooting 32% from three-point range with UCF hitting 37%. Of note, UCF guard Themus Falks hits 48% of his long-range launches (10-of-21). This comes after shooting just 26% from the arc at Milwaukee last season.

A college basketball season has an ebb and flow with peaks and valleys. Timing those is what separates winning bettors from losing ones. Too often, recreational bettors react to what they last saw, assuming it will repeat.

It’s easy to assume that the Arizona Wildcats will run over everyone, but the UCF Knights aren’t a team to be overlooked. Led by Riley Kugel (14.8 ppg), this team features four players scoring 12+ ppg,

The No. 1 team in the poll, Arizona remains undefeated despite facing off against ranked opponents Florida, UConn and Alabama and in six Quad 1 games total. The Wildcats face No. 9 BYU on Jan. 26, but they have West Virginia and Cincinnati before then — both of them top-100 teams by NET ranking — and UCF, the toughest of the bunch.

The UCF Knights sank a single-game, school-record 19 3-pointers to defeat Florida Gulf Coast 102-80 on Saturday.

The UConn men’s basketball team has been tested over the last couple of weeks, but the Huskies pulled out their 14th consecutive win at Georgetown on Saturday and were rewarded with the No. 2 ranking in the AP Top 25 poll Monday.