1981-1982 UAB Blazers Men's Basketball team

The 1981-1982 UAB Blazers men's basketball team represented UAB as a member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 1981-82 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.

Schedule/Results

Date	Opponent	Score	Location	Notes
November 27	Illinois Benedictine	100-63	Birmingham Coliseum	#14
November 28	Pittsburgh	78-62	Birmingham Coliseum	#14
December 5	Mississippi	72-58	Birmingham Coliseum	#11
December 12	#4 Wichita State	60-75	Wichita, KS	#9
December 14	Roosevelt	86-40	Birmingham Coliseum	#16
December 18	Southern Mississippi	71-56	Atlanta, GA	#16 Cotton State Classic
December 19	Georgia	72-76	Atlanta, GA	#16 Cotton State Classic
December 22	Cal State - Chico	80-60	Birmingham Coliseum	#19
December 27	#9 Missouri	80-98	Los Angeles, CA	#19 Winston Tire Classic
December 28	Michigan	73-72	Los Angeles, CA	Winston Tire Classic
December 30	Tennessee-Chattanooga	76-50	Birmingham Coliseum
December 30	Southern Mississippi	60-55	Birmingham Coliseum
January 2	Virginia Commonwealth	54-55	Birmingham Coliseum
January 4	Jacksonville	82-62	Birmingham Coliseum
January 9	South Alabama	78-59	Birmingham Coliseum
January 11	North Carolina - Charlotte	85-81	Birmingham Coliseum
January 13	Utica	73-44	Birmingham Coliseum
January 16	South Florida	54-49	Tampa, FL
January 23	#4 DePaul	68-79	Rosemont, IL
January 29	South Florida	59-51	Birmingham Coliseum	Homecoming
February 1	Jacksonville	59-57 (OT)	Jacksonville, FL
February 4	Mississippi Valley State	102-77	Birmingham Coliseum
February 9	South Alabama	86-82	Mobile, AL
February 11	Saint Louis	79-63	St. Louis, MO
February 20	Virginia Commonwealth	56-55	Richmond, VA
February 21	North Carolina - Charlotte	78-73	Charlotte, NC
February 23	Samford	40-27	Birmingham Coliseum
February 27	South Florida	66-56	Birmingham Coliseum	Sun Belt Semi-Finals
February 28	Virginia Commonwealth	94-83	Birmingham Coliseum	Sun Belt Championship
March 13	Indiana	80-70	Nashville, TN	#20 NCAA Mideast Regional - Second Round
March 18	#3 Virginia	68-66	Birmingham Coliseum	#20 NCAA Mideast Regional - Semi-Finals
March 20	Louisville	68-75	Birmingham Coliseum	#20 NCAA Mideast Regional Finals
*Rankings - Associated Press UAB finished the season ranked #17 in the final Associated Press Poll

Players/Stats

Roster

#	Name	Position	Class	Height	Weight	Hometown	State	Previous Schools
20	Oliver Robinson	Guard	Senior	6-4	180	Birmingham	AL	Woodlawn HS
11	Murry Bartow	Guard	Sophomore	5-10	155	Birmingham	AL	W.A. Berry HS
12	Marvin Ray Johnson	Forward/Guard	Freshman	6-6	200	Birmingham	AL	Jackson-Olin HS
14	Jonath Nicholas	Guard	Senior	6-3	175	Brooklyn	NY	Mesa JC (CA) / Wingate HS (NY)
15	Luellen Foster	Guard	Sophomore	6-4	170	Birmingham	AL	Woodlawn HS
21	Scott Simcik	Guard	Junior	6-2	170	Simi Valley	CA	Simi Valley HS (CA)
22	McKinley Singleton	Guard	Junior	6-5	170	Memphis	TN	Shelby St JC (TN) / Booker T. Washington HS (TN)
24	Raymond Gause	Forward/Guard	Junior	6-5	195	Memphis	TN	Oakhaven HS (TN)
33	Scott McCabe	Forward	Freshman	6-7	210	Peoria	IL	Bergan HS (IL)
40	Chris Giles	Forward	Senior	6-8	200	Birmingham	AL	Southern Illinois / Parker HS
42	Lex Drum	Forward	Junior	6-10	225	Poplar Bluff	MO	Missouri / Poplar Bluff HS (MO)
44	Craig Lane	Forward	Senior	6-6	210	Quincy	FL	Lawson St JC (AL) / Greensboro HS (FL)
52	Donnie Speer	Center	Junior	6-8	225	Sylacauga	AL	B.B Comer HS
55	Norman Anchrum	Center	Senior	6-10	225	Birmingham	AL	UT-Chattanooga / Alabama / Jones Valley HS

Preceded by: 1980-1981

UAB Men’s Basketball Teams 1981–1982

Succeeded by: 1982-83