Central Florida Golden Knights NCAA Basketball News

Isaac Sosa scored 26 points and Central Florida rode a strong defensive effort to beat Massachusetts on Friday night, 84-67. The Knights held the Minutemen to 33 percent shooting and used a 9-0 run early in the second half to pull away to a comfortable victory.

Move over, Marcus Jordan. While Jordan is generating unprecedented international attention for UCF thanks to his famous last name, Orlando Christian Prep graduate Keith Clanton is the rookie who keeps impressing his teammates.

Derek Kellogg has a lot more to worry about than the other team's shoes. "I don't think we'll be ready for awhile to be where we want to be, but the schedule says we play Friday night," the University of Massachusetts men's basketball coach said on the eve of his team's season opener at Central Florida.

As basketball season approaches at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, the Knights look to get off to a fast start this Friday against the University of Massachusetts Minutemen.

Nik Garcia knows he has a chance to be part of something special . . . some day.

Baylor freshman phenom Brittney Griner got her first dunk in a game for the No. 7 Lady Bears, though she is not yet officially the seventh woman to dunk in a college game.

The kid just wants to be like Mike. He's got the tattoos with "M'' on one deltoid, "J'' on the other.

Filed under: Deals , Columns , NIKE, Inc'B' , Business of sports An interesting situation developed this week in Florida, where Heir Jordan cost the University of Central Florida its $3 million sponsorship with Adidas .

The UCF men's basketball team is losing 36.5 percent of its scoring from last season, and that's if you only count Jermaine Taylor.

Marcus Jordan's Air Jordan Nike shoe situation cost UCF any future it had with Adidas, according to Channel 13 News and the Associated Press.

UCF's starters -- PJ Gaynor, Jakub "Kuba" Kusmieruk, Isaac Sosa, A.J. Rompza and Drew Speraw.

Apparently, the new plan to spread the gospel of Christianity is to create subliminal logos that have a cross-like image, but an entirely different message.

Bring Mars Blackmon out of retirement and get him on a plane to Orlando right away.

Running off at the typewriter . ... Psst, have you heard? If George O'Leary leaves UCF in the not-too-distant future, I know of at least one big-name coach who would at least be mildly intrigued by the job.

Kentucky's John Calipari raved about the development of highly touted freshman guard John Wall during the morning portion of SEC Media Day on Thursday.

A coroner is investigating the death of a northeast Ohio cheerleader who collapsed at practice and died.

A pair of shoes could end up costing the University of Central Florida nearly $2 million a year.

The fountain of basketball youth must reside in Orlando. For the second straight season, UCF will again be one of the youngest squads in the nation.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: ESPN.com and Scouts, Inc., listed UCF 's class as the seventh-best "non-BCS" group in the country.

He connected on 57 treys as a freshman, shooting 45.2 percent. Sosa made eight starts at shooting guard and averaged 8.2 points.