1982–83 UAB Blazers men's basketball | |
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Sun Belt Tournament champions | |
Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
Record | 19–14 (9–5 Sun Belt) |
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Home arena | BJCC Coliseum |
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Old Dominion | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VCU | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 24 | – | 7 | .774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UAB † | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Alabama | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Charlotte | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 8 | – | 20 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Kentucky | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville | 0 | – | 14 | .000 | 7 | – | 22 | .241 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1983 Sun Belt Conference Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1982–83 UAB Blazers men's basketball team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham as a member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Gene Bartow's fifth season at UAB, and the Blazers played their home games at BJCC Coliseum. They finished the season 19–14, 9–5 in Sun Belt play and won the Sun Belt Tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as No. 10 seed in the Mideast region. The Blazers fell to Oklahoma in the opening round, 71–63. [1]
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Nov 26, 1982* | Auburn | L 61–63 | 0–1 | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Dec 1, 1982* | at Baylor | L 55–56 | 0–2 | Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas | |||||||
Dec 7, 1982* | at Ole Miss | L 54–66 | 0–3 | Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, Mississippi | |||||||
Dec 11, 1982* | Wichita State | L 88–89 | 0–4 | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Dec 17, 1982* | vs. Mississippi State | L 47–67 | 0–5 | | |||||||
Dec 18, 1982* | vs. Navy | W 71–57 | 1–5 | | |||||||
Dec 20, 1982* | Saint Louis | W 66–47 | 2–5 | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Dec 22, 1982* | at Hawaii | L 61–65 | 2–6 | Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii | |||||||
Dec 30, 1982* | Murray State | L 75–81 | 2–7 | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Jan 4, 1983 | VCU | L 65–67 | 2–8 (0–1) | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Jan 8, 1983 | South Alabama | W 73–67 | 3–8 (1–1) | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Jan 13, 1983 | at South Florida | L 63–64 | 3–9 (1–2) | Sun Dome Tampa, Florida | |||||||
Jan 16, 1983 | Jacksonville | W 74–73 | 4–9 (2–2) | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Jan 20, 1983* | Old Dominion | W 71–60 | 5–9 (3–2) | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Jan 22, 1983 | at Jacksonville | W 82–65 | 6–9 (4–2) | Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum Jacksonville, Florida | |||||||
Jan 25, 1983 | at Western Kentucky | W 68–66 | 7–9 (5–2) | E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky | |||||||
Jan 29, 1983* | DePaul | L 54–56 | 7–10 | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Feb 3, 1983 | UNC Charlotte | W 73–60 | 8–10 (6–2) | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Feb 5, 1983 | Western Kentucky | W 61–56 | 9–10 (7–2) | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Feb 12, 1983 | at UNC Charlotte | W 78–70 | 10–10 (8–2) | Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina | |||||||
Feb 17, 1983 | at VCU | L 68–80 | 10–11 (8–3) | Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia | |||||||
Feb 19, 1983 | at South Alabama | W 85–80 | 11–11 (9–3) | Jaguar Gym Mobile, Alabama | |||||||
Feb 23, 1983 | South Florida | L 64–69 | 11–12 (9–4) | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Feb 27, 1983 | at Old Dominion | L 57–84 | 11–13 (9–5) | Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia | |||||||
Mar 1, 1983* | Samford | W 66–65 | 12–13 | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Sun Belt Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 4, 1983* | UNC Charlotte Quarterfinals | W 65–63 | 17–13 | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Mar 5, 1983* | VCU Semifinals | W 61–59 | 18–13 | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Mar 6, 1983* | vs. South Florida Championship game | W 64–47 | 19–13 | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 18, 1983* | (10 ME) | vs. (7 ME) Oklahoma First round | L 63–71 | 19–14 | Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana | ||||||
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The 2021–22 UAB Blazers men's basketball team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by second-year head coach Andy Kennedy, and played their home games at the Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama as a member of Conference USA. They finished the season 27–8, 14–4 in C-USA play to finish second in the West Division. As the No. 2 seed out of the West Division, they defeated Florida Atlantic, Middle Tennessee, and Louisiana Tech to win the C-USA Tournament. They received the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 12 seed in the South Region, where they lost in the First Round to Houston.
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The 1986–87 UAB Blazers men's basketball team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham as a member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Gene Bartow's 9th season at UAB, and the Blazers played their home games at UAB Arena. They finished the season 21–11, 10–4 in Sun Belt play and won the Sun Belt Tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as No. 11 seed in the Southeast region. The Blazers fell in the opening round to eventual Final Four participant Providence, 90–68.
The 2004–05 UAB Blazers men's basketball team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham as a member of the Conference USA during the 2004–05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Mike Anderson's third season at UAB, and the Blazers played their home games at Bartow Arena. They finished the season 22–11, 10–6 in C-USA play and lost in the semifinals of the C-USA Tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as No. 11 seed in the Chicago region. The Blazers defeated No. 6 seed LSU in the opening round. In the round of 32, UAB fell to No. 3 seed Arizona, 85–63.
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