College Basketball - Conference USA
UAB Blazers
| Location: Birmingham, AL University Founded: 1936 Enrollment: 17,600  Nickname: Blazers Mascot: Blaze School Colors: Green, white and gold Joined the C-USA: 1995 Varsity Sports: 17 U. President: Dr. Carol Z. Garrison Basketball Head Coach: Mike Davis Conference Titles: C-USA: none Basketball Arena: Bartow Arena Current Capacity: 8,508 First Year of Basketball: 1978 |
The school men’s basketball team is known as the Blazers and the team had its first season in 1978.
The team’s first coach Gene Bartow brought great success to the team including 13 appearances in the NCAA Tournament as well as having 1 Elite Eight appearance and 3 Sweet Sixteen.
The team has been part of the NIT tournament 8 different times and has played 2 times in the NIT Final Four.
Other Blazers’ great coaches have been Murray Bartow from 1996-2002, Mike Anderson from 2002-2006 and finally the current coach Mike Davis.
Among some of the team’s most outstanding players are: Steve Mitchell and Oliver Robinson who played in the NBA. Other 15 UAB basketball players have also achieved a professional career in the NBA.
For the season 2007-08, UAB got one of the best seasons by finishing with an overall record of 23-11 and getting into the NIT tournament but losing in the second round against Virginia Tech 49-75. This season 2008-09, Coach Mike Davis is aiming for a similar season and possibly expecting to obtain better results in the conference and NIT with his new roster.
UAB 2009/2010 Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Time/Result |
| 13-Nov | vs. Green Bay | W 68-56 |
| 14-Nov | at Kent State | L 72-65 |
| 15-Nov | vs. Samford | W 55-52 |
| 17-Nov | at Jacksonville State | W 87-62 |
| 21-Nov | Georgia | W 72-56 |
| 24-Nov | Troy | W 77-59 |
| 28-Nov | Florida A&M | W 90-59 |
| 2-Dec | Middle Tennessee | W 65-64 |
| 4-Dec | East Tennessee State | W 74-52 |
| 16-Dec | Cincinnati | W 64-47 |
| 19-Dec | at South Alabama | W 72-54 |
| 22-Dec | No. 16Butler | W 67-57 |
| 30-Dec | at Virginia | L 72-63 |
| 2-Jan | at Arkansas | W 73-72 |
| 6-Jan | East Carolina | W 76-68 |
| 9-Jan | at Tulane | W 58-49 |
| 16-Jan | at Southern Methodist | W 63-62 |
| 20-Jan | Southern Miss | W 57-56 |
| 23-Jan | at Marshall | W 61-59 |
| 26-Jan | Tulsa | W 65-55 |
| 30-Jan | UTEP | L 74-65 |
| 3-Feb | at Memphis | L 85-75 |
| 6-Feb | at Rice | W 76-65 |
| 13-Feb | Marshall | 8:00 PMET |
| 17-Feb | at Southern Miss | 8:00 PMET |
| 20-Feb | Houston | 8:00 PMET |
| 24-Feb | at UCF | 7:00 PMET |
| 27-Feb | Tulane | 2:00 PMET |
| 3-Mar | Memphis | 7:00 PMET |
| 6-Mar | at UTEP | 9:05 PMET |