2009–10 UAB Blazers men's basketball team

2009–10 UAB Blazers men's basketball
NIT, Quarterfinals
Conference Conference USA
2009–10 record 25–9 (11–5 C-USA)
Head coach Mike Davis
Assistant coach Donnie Marsh
Assistant coach Wes Flanigan
Assistant coach Chris Long
Home arena Bartow Arena
Seasons
« 2008–09 2010–11 »
2009–10 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
UTEP 15   1   .938     26   7   .788
Memphis 13   3   .813     24   10   .706
UAB 11   5   .688     25   9   .735
Marshall 11   5   .688     24   9   .727
Tulsa 10   6   .625     23   12   .657
Southern Miss 8   8   .500     20   13   .606
Houston† 7   9   .438     19   16   .543
SMU 7   9   .438     14   17   .452
UCF 6   10   .375     15   17   .469
East Carolina 4   12   .250     10   21   .323
Tulane 3   13   .188     8   22   .267
Rice 1   15   .063     8   23   .258
† 2010 CUSA Tournament winner
As of March 20, 2010 • Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 UAB Blazers men's basketball team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Mike Davis's fourth season at UAB. The Blazers compete in Conference USA and played their home games at Bartow Arena. They finished the season 25–9, 11–5 in CUSA play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament. They were invited to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament and advanced to the quarterfinals before falling to North Carolina.

Contents

Roster

Source[1]

# Name Height Weight (lbs.) Position Class Hometown Previous Team(s)
1 Aaron Johnson 5'8" 185 G Jr. Chicago, IL, U.S. Hubbard HS
3 Anthony Criswell 6'9" 205 F Fr. Oklahoma City, OK, U.S. Douglass HS
4 Jamarr Sanders 6'4" 200 G Jr. Montgomery, AL, U.S. Jeff Davis HS
NW Florida CC
5 Robert Williams 6'4" 200 G Fr. Greenville, MS, U.S. Weston HS
10 Karl Moton 5'11" 180 G Fr. Stone Mountain, GA, U.S. Chamblee HS
15 Kenneth Cooper 6'10" 260 C Sr. Grambling, LA, U.S. Richwood HS
La Tech
22 Cameron Moore 6'10" 225 F So. San Antonio, TX, U.S. Roosevelt HS
23 Dexter Fields 6'2" 190 G Fr. Orlando, FL, U.S. Olympia HS
24 Elijah Millsap 6'6" 210 G Jr. Grambling, LA, U.S. Grambling HS
Louisiana–Lafayette
32 Ovie Soko 6'8" 225 F Fr. London, England, U.K. Bethel HS
34 George Drake 6'4" 215 G Sr. Calera, AL, U.S. Calera HS
Vanderbilt
35 Howard Crawford 6'8" 240 F Sr. Eutaw, AL, U.S. Greene County HS

Schedule and results

Source[2]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance Record
Exhibition
11/3/2009 7:00pm Miles Bartow Arena • Birmingham, AL W 97–49  1,948
Regular Season
11/13/2009* 4:00pm vs. UW–Green Bay M.A.C. Center • Kent, OH
(Hispanic College Fund Tournament)		 W 68–56  NA 1–0
11/14/2009* 6:00pm at Kent State M.A.C. Center • Kent, OH
(Hispanic College Fund Tournament)		 L 72–65  2,632 1–1
11/15/2009* 1:00pm vs. Samford M.A.C. Center • Kent, OH
(Hispanic College Fund Tournament)		 W 55–52  NA 2–1
11/17/2009* 7:45pm at Jacksonville State Pete Mathews Coliseum • Jacksonville, AL W 87–62  4,218 3–1
11/21/2009* 7:00pm Georgia Bartow Arena • Birmingham, AL CSS W 72–56  6,245 4–1
11/24/2009* 7:00pm Troy Bartow Arena • Birmingham, AL W 77–59  4,129 5–1
11/28/2009* 7:30pm Florida A&M Bartow Arena • Birmingham, AL W 90–59  3,860 6–1
12/2/2009* 7:00pm Middle Tennessee State Bartow Arena • Birmingham, AL W 65–64  3,207 7–1
12/4/2009* 7:00pm East Tennessee State Bartow Arena • Birmingham, AL
(UAB Health System Gene Bartow Classic)		 W 74–52  6,411 8–1
12/16/2009* 6:00pm #25 Cincinnati Bartow Arena • Birmingham, AL CBSCS W 64–47  6,939 9–1
12/19/2009* 5:30pm at South Alabama Mitchell Center • Mobile, AL CSS W 72–54  NA 10–1
12/22/2009* 7:00pm #20 Butler Bartow Arena • Birmingham, AL W 67–57  8,367 11–1
12/30/2009* 6:00pm at Virginia #24 John Paul Jones Arena • Charlottesville, VA L 72–63  9,444 11–2
1/2/2010* 11:00am at Arkansas #24 Bud Walton Arena • Fayetteville, AR W 73–72  12,106 12–2
1/6/2010 7:00pm East Carolina Bartow Arena • Birmingham, AL W 76–68  5,877 13–2 (1–0)
1/9/2010 7:00pm at Tulane Fogelman Arena • New Orleans, LA W 58–49  1,588 14–2 (2–0)
1/16/2010 7:00pm Southern Methodist Moody Coliseum • Dallas, TX W 63–62  2,327 15–2 (3–0)
1/20/2010 6:00pm Southern Mississippi Bartow Arena • Birmingham, AL CSS W 57–56  5,156 16–2 (4–0)
1/23/2010 6:00pm at Marshall Cam Henderson Center • Huntington, WV CSS W 61–59  8,111 17–2 (5–0)
1/26/2010 7:00pm Tulsa #25 Bartow Arena • Birmingham, AL W 65–55  7,691 18–2 (6–0)
1/30/2010 7:00pm UTEP #25 Bartow Arena • Birmingham, AL L 74–65 2OT 8,533 18–3 (6–1)
2/3/2010 7:00pm at Memphis FedExForum • Memphis, TN CBSCS L 85–75  16,518 18–4 (6–2)
2/6/2010 6:00pm at Rice Tudor Fieldhouse • Houston, TX W 76–65  2,207 19–4 (7–2)
2/13/2010 7:00pm Marshall Bartow Arena • Birmingham, AL L 81–74  6,189 19–5 (7–3)
2/17/2010 7:00pm at Southern Mississippi Reed Green Coliseum • Hattiesburg, MS W 59–54  3,641 20–5 (8–3)
2/20/2010 7:00pm Houston Bartow Arena • Birmingham, AL W 75–66  5,790 21–5 (9–3)
2/24/2010 6:00pm at Central Florida UCF Arena • Orlando, FL W 53–49  4,618 22–5 (10–3)
2/27/2010 1:00pm Tulane Bartow Arena • Birmingham, AL W 76–55  4,589 23–5 (11–3)
3/3/2010 6:00pm Memphis Bartow Arena • Birmingham, AL CSS L 70–65  8,411 23–6 (11–4)
3/6/2010 8:05pm at #24 UTEP Don Haskins Center • El Paso, TX L 52–50  12,222 23–7 (11–5)
2010 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
3/11/10 2:30pm vs. Southern Mississippi BOK Center • Tulsa, OK
(Quarterfinals)		 CBSCS L 58–44  7,089 23–8
2010 National Invitation Tournament
3/16/2010 7:00pm Coastal Carolina Bartow Arena • Birmingham, AL
(First Round)		 W 65–49  3,081 24–8
3/20/2010 5:00pm North Carolina State Bartow Arena • Birmingham, AL
(Second Round)		 ESPNU W 72–52  4,096 25–8
3/23/2010 9:00pm North Carolina Bartow Arena • Birmingham, AL
(Quarterfinals)		 ESPN L 60–55  8,889 25–9
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://uabsports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/albr-m-baskbl-mtt.html
  2. ^ "2009-10 Schedule". http://uabsports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/albr-m-baskbl-sched.html. Retrieved 2010-01-22.