1978-1979 UAB Blazers Men's basketball team

The 1978-1979 UAB Blazers men's basketball team were the inaugural team representing UAB as an Associate Member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 1978-79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

The Blazers were coached by Gene Bartow and played their home games at BJCC Coliseum in the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center.

The Blazers finished the regular season with a 15-11 record. As a team, the Blazers scored an average of 75.9 points per game while holding opponents to 71.7 points per game.

Coaching Staff

Name	Position	Seasons at UAB
Gene Bartow	Head coach	1st
Lee Hunt	Associate coach	1st
Larry Finch	Assistant coach	1st
Jim Nelson	Part-time Assistant coach	1st

Roster/Stats

PLAYER              GP   FG-FGA   FG%  3FG-FGA  3PT%   FT-FTA   FT%   PTS  PTS/G
Larry Spicer        26  165-342  .482   —   —     —    57-84   .679   389  15.0
Greg Leet           26  147-290  .507   —   —     —    60-77   .779   354  13.6
Daryl Braden        26  143-284  .504   —   —     —    56-75   .747   342  13.2
George Jones        26  110-220  .500   —   —     —    81-95   .853   301  11.6
Oliver Robinson     26   73-147  .497   —   —     —    34-56   .607   180   6.9
Raymond Gause       19   42-101  .416   —   —     —    18-28   .643   102   5.4
Leon Morris         23   39-89   .438   —   —     —    29-43   .674   107   4.7
Stan Scales         24   29-63   .460   —   —     —    12-26   .462    70   2.9
Donnie Speer        18   18-37   .486   —   —     —     9-14   .643    45   2.5
Scott Simcik         6    6-8    .750   —   —     —     1-3    .333    13   2.2
Derrick Bentley     13    8-21   .381   —   —     —    10-19   .526    26   2.0
Doug Owens           3    2-3    .667   —   —     —      —       —      4   1.3
Tim Almquist         5    2-3    .667   —   —     —     2-2   1.000     6   1.2
Scott McCammon      10    3-14   .214   —   —     —     4-8    .500    10   1.0
TOTAL               26  800-1645 .486   —   —     —   374-530  .706  1974  75.9