UAB Blazers women's basketball

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UAB Blazers women's basketball
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University University of Alabama at Birmingham
Head coach Randy Norton (12th season)
Conference American Athletic Conference
Location Birmingham, Alabama
Arena Bartow Arena
(capacity: 8,508)
Nickname Blazers
ColorsUAB Green and UAB Gold [1]
   
Uniforms
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Home
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Away
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Alternate
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
2000
NCAA tournament second round
2000
NCAA tournament appearances
1994, 2000
Conference tournament champions
1994
Conference regular season champions
1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2018

The UAB Blazers women's basketball team represents the University of Alabama at Birmingham in women's basketball. The school competes in the American Athletic Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Blazers play home basketball games at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. [2]

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History

The Blazers have an all-time record of 575–539 as of the end of the 2015–16 season. They played in the Sun Belt Conference from 1984 to 1991 and in the Great Midwest Conference from 1991 to 1995 before settling into Conference USA in 1995. They reached the Sweet Sixteen in 2000, the farthest a Conference USA team has reached in the NCAA Tournament. They won the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational. [3]

SeasonRecordConference RecordCoach
1978–7915–11n/aFran Braasch
1979–8021–10n/aFran Braasch
1980–8122–12n/aFran Braasch
1981–8219–6n/aAvie Bridges
1982–8314–14n/aAvie Bridges
1983–844–24n/aAvie Bridges
1984–8514–154–2Bill Ivey
1985–8612–163–3Bill Ivey
1986–8712–191–5Bill Ivey
1987–8815–143–3Jeannie Milling
1988–898–201–5Jeannie Milling
1989–9019–114–2Jeannie Milling
1990–9124–86–0Jeannie Milling
1991–9224–88–2Jeannie Milling
1992–939–184–6Jeannie Milling
1993–9423–612–0Jeannie Milling
1994–9519–96–6Jeannie Milling
1995–9618–119–5Jeannie Milling
1996–9714–145–9Jeannie Milling
1997–989–194–12Jeannie Milling
1998–9913–148–8Jeannie Milling
1999-0021–138–8Jeannie Milling
2000–0120–1110–6Jeannie Milling
2001–0212–164–10Jeannie Milling
2002–038–194–10Jeannie Milling
2003–049–193–11Jeannie Milling
2004–057–214–10 Audra Smith
2005–0614–147–9Audra Smith
2006–0719–1312–4Audra Smith
2007–0814–1610–6Audra Smith
2008–0910–205–11Audra Smith
2009–1017–158–8Audra Smith
2010–1120–157–9Audra Smith
2011–1219–119–7Audra Smith
2012–1318–139–7Audra Smith
2013–1416–157–9 Randy Norton
2014–1518–1311–7Randy Norton
2015–1615–167–11Randy Norton
2016–1715–158–10Randy Norton
2017–1827–713–3Randy Norton
2018–1926–712–4Randy Norton
2019–2020–1112–6Randy Norton
2020–2110–133–11Randy Norton
2021–2216–158–10Randy Norton
2022–2314–175–15Randy Norton

Postseason

NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

The Blazers have appeared in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament twice. They have a record of 2-2.

YearRoundOpponentResult
1994 First RoundGeorge WashingtonL 66–74
2000 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Oregon
Mississippi State
Rutgers
W 80–79 (OT)
W 78–72
L 45–60

References

  1. UAB Brand Refresh - Toolkit . Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  2. "UAB Athletics Official Athletic Site – Women's Basketball".
  3. "2014–15 UAB Women's Basketball Media Guide". 5 December 2014.