UCF looks to advance another round in the NIT when it travels to face top-seeded Illinois State in a second-round contest Monday. The Knights are No. 1 in the nation in field-goal percentage defense, holding teams to 36.4 percent shooting, but the Redbirds are almost as good, ranking fifth at 37.8 percent.

Illinois figures to have a little extra motivation on its side Monday, when it hosts Boise State in the second round of the NIT. That comes because new Fighting Illini coach Brad Underwood, hired away from Oklahoma State on Saturday, will be on hand after holding his official introductory press conference earlier that day.