| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2008–09 |
| Team: | UCF Knights |
| Conference: | Conference USA |
| Short Conf: | C-USA |
| Record: | 0–14 |
| Conf Record: | 0–9 |
| Asst Coach1: | Mike Jaskulski |
| Asst Coach2: | Craig Brown |
| Champion: | UCF Holiday Classic Champions (vacated) |
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.[1]
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.[2] [3] The team's pre-sanction record was 17–14 (7–9). The "official" record stands as 0–14.
| Name[4] | Number | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Type | College | Graduating year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk Speraw | Head coach | University of Iowa | 1980 | |
| Mike Jaskulski | Associate Head Coach | 1976 | ||
| Craig Brown | Assistant coach | University of Florida | 1995 | |
| Micah Byars | Director of Basketball Operations | University of West Florida | 2006 |
|-!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.|}