1978-1979 UAB Blazers Men's basketball team

The 1978-1979 UAB Blazers men's basketball team were the inaugural team representingUAB 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.

Roster

PLAYER              GP   FG-FGA   FG%  3FG-FGA  3PT%   FT-FTA   FT%   PTS  PTS/G
Daryl Braden        26  143-284  .503   —   —     —    56-75   .746   342  13.1
James Ponder        31  163-380  .429   60-148  .405   93-123  .756   482  15.5
Eddie Collins       32  137-284  .482    1-4    .250  109-140  .779   390  12.2
Michael Charles     29   92-210  .438    5-16   .313   81-110  .736   270   7.6
Larry Rembert       32   74-149  .497    0-0    .000   40-56   .714   188   7.2
Dylan Howard        31   45-116  .388    0-1    .000   80-103  .777   170   6.8
Reggie Turner       31   56-104  .538    2-4    .500   37-52   .712   131   6.7
Alan Ogg            31   31-68   .456    0-0    .000   10-16   .625    72   6.4
Barry Bearden       28   17-44   .386    2-8    .250   19-30   .633    35   4.4
Cedric Evans        20   15-28   .536    0-0    .000    2-7    .286    32   1.9
Bruce Baker          5    8-22   .364    5-17   .294    4-6    .667    25   1.0
Larry Wiksell       16   10-24   .417    2-7    .286    3-6    .500    25   0.5
Chris Thomas        11    6-15   .400    0-0    .000    2-2   1.000    15   0.0
TOTAL               32  839-1856 .452  152-399  .381  597-789  .757  2427  75.8