UAB Blazers men's basketball

Infobox CBB Team
name = UAB Blazers

logo_size = 150px
university = University of Alabama at Birmingham
conference = Conference USA
conference_short = C-USA
division = East
city = Birmingham
stateabb = AL
state = Alabama
coach = Mike Davis
tenure = 2nd
arena = Bartow Arena
capacity = 8,508
nickname = Blazers
color1 = Green
color2 = Old Gold
color3 = White
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hex2 = CFB53B
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NCAAchampion =
NCAAfinalfour =
NCAAeliteeight = 1982
NCAAsweetsixteen = 1981, 1982, 2004
NCAAtourneys = 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006
conference_tournament = 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987
conference_season = 1981, 1982, 1990, 1999, 2004
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a_shorts=228b22
a_pattern_s=_whitesidesThe UAB Blazers basketball team represents the University of Alabama at Birmingham in NCAA Division I men's college basketball. The Blazers compete in Conference USA where they have been since 1995. The team is currently coached by Mike Davis.

History

The UAB Blazers, in effect, started their entire athletics program with the creation of a men's basketball team in 1978. Setting high standards from the start, UAB hired former UCLA, University of Illinois and Memphis head coach Gene Bartow. Known to many as the "Father of UAB athletics", Bartow led the Blazers to almost instant success. Since their inaugural season, the Blazers have made 13 appearances in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament including 3 Sweet Sixteen appearances and 1 Elite Eight appearance. UAB has also appeared in the NIT a total of 9 times, including 2 appearances in the NIT Final Four. After only 29 years of basketball, UAB has had 26 winning seasons including memorable wins over Kentucky, Indiana, Louisville, Alabama, Florida, LSU, Virginia, Villanova, Cincinnati, UConn and Memphis, among others.

Coaches

Facilities

on January 25, 1997. The 8,508-seat arena is named after Gene Bartow, the coach who largely built the school's men's basketball program from scratch over the last quarter of the 20th century.

Attendance records