Bearcats basketball plays the UCF Knights in the quarterfinals of the College Basketball Crown tournament in Las Vegas. Live updates here.

No one knows what will happen when UCF’s basketball team steps on the court for Tuesday’s opening round of the College Basketball Crown Tournament in Las Vegas, but one thing is sure: It will be

The inaugural College Basketball Crown from Las Vegas continued Wednesday with tickets to the semifinals on the line. Boise State advanced with a 100-93 win over Butler in the first game of the quarterfinals.

The Knights will play Cincinnati in the quarterfinals on Thursday (6:30 p.m., FS1). It would be the second time these teams have faced off this season, with UCF losing 93-83 to the Bearcats at Addition Financial Arena on Feb. 5.

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas -- even if you have a previous and future history in Cincinnati and Orlando.

Cincinnati Bearcats basketball will play UCF in a College Basketball Crown quarterfinal game Thursday at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Decimated by the transfer portal and carrying just eight scholarship players on its roster, Oregon State men’s basketball came up just short, losing 76-75 to UCF on Tuesday in the first round of the College Basketball Crown tournament in Las Vegas.

The Knights (17-16) will meet Oregon State (20-12) at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the first round of the inaugural College Basketball Crown at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. To the winners — and the runner-up and semifinalists — of the 16-team event go the spoils.

UCF's Nils Machowski and Tyler Hendricks, who both started despite entering the transfer portal last week, tied for the team lead with 15 points.