South Florida Bulls during a men's basketball game against the University of Central Florida Knights on March 19, 2024. (Mary Holt/South Florida Basketball)
TAMPA (March 21, 2024) – Head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim and the South Florida men’s basketball team will look to extend their program-record 25 wins on the season Sunday when the Bulls host their first postseason game at Yuengling Center since 2010.
USF will take on VCU in a second-round National Invitation Tournament (NIT) game on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in Yuengling Center. The game will be televised on ESPNU and can be heard on 102.5 FM The Bone and Bulls Unlimited.
Tickets for the Sunday night contest start at $20. USF men’s basketball season ticket members will have first priority to secure their tickets. The general public may reserve tickets starting at 2 p.m. on Thursday at this LINK. USF students will receive information on tickets to the game in their USF e-mail.
USF (25-7; 16-2 AAC) downed UCF, 83-77, on Tuesday in Orlando to post the program’s first postseason victory since 2012 and first win in the NIT since a 75-59 victory against Coppin State in 1995. The Bulls will be looking to advance to the quarterfinals of the NIT for the second time in program history and first since winning a pair of games in the 1995 NIT. The Bulls have hosted five NIT games, going 2-3 in those contests.
The Bulls have set a program record with 25 wins and claimed the program’s first regular-season conference title in their first season under Abdur-Rahim, who was named the AAC Coach of the Year and the NABC District 24 Coach of the Year.
VCU (23-13; 11-7 A-10) won at No. 1-seed Villanova, 70-61, Wednesday night in their first-round NIT game. The Bulls and the Rams have met 38 times previously with VCU holding a 26-12 lead in the series. This will be the first meeting for the former Sun Belt and Metro conference foes since a 69-46 VCU victory in Richmond, Va. In 2011.
