Luckily for the Jayhawks, however, UCF doesn’t match up well with KU. By most metrics, the Knights’ offense is pretty mediocre. On top of that, UCF struggles to rebound the ball and turns it over a lot.

The Kansas Jayhawks lost their first conference opener since the 1990s on New Year's Eve, and they take to the road to try and wash off the memory of that game. Unfortunately for them, the location is Orlando, where the Jayhawks suffered a huge upset in the first season that the UCF Knights were in the Big 12.

TCU trailed by six with 3:14 left to play before the Frogs would go on 7-0 run to close out the contest. Senior Brendan Wenzel, who made his first appearance since Dec. 5, fired home a crucial 3-pointer to cut the Wildcat lead to just one with 1:17 remaining.

K-State players lamented the final play of the night. It went poorly from the beginning when Tang instructed his team to call a timeout after the ball crossed midcourt. But the timeout was called too early and the Wildcats had to in-bound the ball from the backcourt.