1996-1997 UAB Blazers Men's basketball team

Schedule/Results

Date	Rank	Opponent	Score	Location	Notes
November 22		Auburn	64-57	UAB Arena
November 27		Florida A&M	83-50	UAB Arena
December 1		Grambling State	76-65	UAB Arena
December 4		at Vanderbilt	62-66	Nashville, TN
December 7		Maryland-Eastern Shore	84-51	UAB Arena
December 10		at South Alabama	63-74 (OT)	Mobile, AL
December 14		vs. Ball State	70-82	Honolulu, HI	Hawaii Nike Festival
December 15		vs. Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo	93-81	Honolulu, HI	Hawaii Nike Festival
December 18		Tennessee-Chattanooga	75-65	UAB Arena
December 20		Stephen F. Austin	70-55	UAB Arena	UAB Classic
December 21		Long Island	74-69	UAB Arena	UAB Classic
December 27		vs. St. Bonaventure	61-63	Tempe, AZ	Tribune Classic
December 28		vs. William & Mary	57-55	Tempe, AZ	Tribune Classic
January 3		#14 Louisville	79-93	UAB Arena
January 5		Tulane	61-86	UAB Arena
January 8		at #6 Cincinnati	54-74	Cincinnati, OH
January 11		at Houston	69-66	Houston, TX
January 18		at Southern Miss	59-74	Hattiesburg, MS
January 25		Memphis	51-48	Bartow Arena	Arena re-dedication game
January 29		at Saint Louis	62-45	St. Louis, MO
February 1		South Florida	60-63	Bartow Arena
February 6		at Tennessee-Chattanooga	59-64	Chattanooga, TN
February 8		DePaul	71-56	Bartow Arena
February 13		at #23 Tulane	64-61	New Orleans, LA
February 15		Southern Miss	65-52	Bartow Arena
February 17		Marquette	52-68	Bartow Arena
February 23		at UNC-Charlotte	74-86	Charlotte, NC
March 1		at South Florida	74-65 (OT)	Tampa, FL
March 5		vs. Houston	55-54	St. Louis, MO	Conference USA First Round
March 6		vs. Tulane	74-70	St. Louis, MO	Conference USA Second Round
March 7		vs. Charlotte	65-67	St. Louis, MO	Conference USA Semi-Finals
March 12		at TCU	62-85	Fort Worth, TX	NIT First Round
*Rankings - Associated Press

Coaching Staff

Name	Position	Seasons at UAB
Murry Bartow	Head coach	1st
Andy Kennedy	Assistant coach	1st
Scott Rigot	Assistant coach	1st
Robert Scott	Assistant coach	1st

Players/Stats

#	Player	Games	Field Goals	FG%	3 Pt FGs	3FG%	Free Throws	FT%	Rebounds	Assists	Turnovers	Blocks	Steals	Points	Pts/G
5	Carlos Williams	32	230-564	.408	24-81	.296	145-218	.665	318	54	92	24	40	629	19.7
24	Cedric Dixon	32	155-410	.378	82-222	.369	64-89	.719	102	71	77	3	35	456	14.3
11	Damon Cobb	32	91-235	.387	65-161	.404	58-81	.716	94	39	56	8	35	305	9.5
10	Chad Jones	31	50-141	.355	3-15	.200	46-64	.719	81	35	53	7	22	149	4.8
44	Norman Williams	32	41-82	.500	0-0	.000	36-60	.600	126	21	39	12	25	118	3.7
4	Chris Lee	31	43-65	.662	0-0	.000	14-43	.326	100	19	36	13	14	100	3.2
32	Will Bailey	32	25-78	.321	2-23	.087	40-58	.690	69	76	49	10	36	92	2.9
25	James Bristow	17	36-68	.529	0-0	.000	16-24	.667	49	1	11	8	3	88	5.2
23	Hal Lewis	28	26-64	.406	0-1	.000	16-31	.516	40	4	14	1	5	68	2.4
3	Torrey Ward	22	27-53	.509	3-10	.300	5-12	.417	17	9	16	2	10	62	2.8
33	Chris Albritton	28	21-64	.328	10-31	.323	9-10	.900	36	12	15	2	3	61	2.2
51	Felix Okam	21	4-16	.250	0-0	.000	2-7	.286	38	1	5	13	3	10	0.5
50	Earl Ike	5	1-4	.250	0-0	.000	2-2	1.000	4	0	0	0	1	4	0.8
Team	Totals	32	750-1844	.407	189-544	.347	453-699	.648	1206	342	468	103	232	2142	66.9

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Preceded by: 1995-1996

UAB Men’s Basketball Teams 1996–1997

Succeeded by: 1997-1998