1979-1980 UAB Blazers Men's Basketball team

The 1979-1980 UAB Blazers men's basketball team represented UAB as a Member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 1979-80 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 18-12 record. As a team, the Blazers scored an average of 78.5 points per game while holding opponents to 72.0 points per game.

Schedule/Results

Date	Opponent	Final Score	Location	Notes
December 1	Whittier Poets	90-67	Birmingham Coliseum
December 5	New Orleans Privateers	82-73	New Orleans, LA
December 8	Ole Miss Rebels	66-67	Birmingham Coliseum
December 12	Washington State Cougars	86-67	Birmingham Coliseum
December 15	Georgia State Panthers	88-77	Columbia, MO	Show-Me Classic
December 20	Oklahoma City Stars	89-73	Oklahoma City, OK
December 22	Nebraska Cornhuskers	84-92 (4OT)	Lincoln, NE
December 28	Missouri-Rolla Miners	100-66	Birmingham Coliseum	UAB Classic
December 29	Drexel Dragons	100-60	Birmingham Coliseum	UAB Classic
January 3	Georgia State Panthers	75-62	Birmingham Coliseum
January 5	Air Force Falcons	65-51	Birmingham Coliseum
January 7	Virginia Commonwealth	82-71	Birmingham Coliseum
January 10	South Florida Bulls	92-83	Lakeland, FL
January 12	Iona Gaels	65-70	Birmingham Coliseum
January 16	Saint Louis Billikens	76-84	St. Louis, MO
January 19	Jacksonville Dolphins	52-62	Jacksonville, FL
January 22	DePaul Blue Demons	54-57	Birmingham Coliseum
January 28	North Carolina-Charlotte 49ers	84-76	Birmingham Coliseum
February 2	Jacksonville Dolphins	84-69	Birmingham Coliseum
February 5	North Carolina-Charlotte 49ers	85-75	Charlotte, NC
February 10	Virginia Commonwealth Rams	75-90	Richmond, VA
February 14	South Florida Bulls	78-70	Birmingham Coliseum
February 16	New Orleans Privateers	86-82 (OT)	Birmingham Coliseum
February 17	South Alabama Jaguars	65-66	Birmingham Coliseum
February 20	Florida State Seminoles	87-89	Tallahassee, FL
February 23	New Orleans Privateers	85-77	Charlotte, NC	Sun Belt Quarter-Finals
February 24	Jacksonville Dolphins	64-60	Charlotte, NC	Sun Belt Semi-Finals
February 25	Virginia Commonwealth Rams	88-105	Charlotte, NC	Sun Belt Championship
March 6	Southwestern Louisiana Ragin Cajuns	72-74	Lafayette, LA	NIT, First Round

Coaching Staff

Name	Position	Seasons at UAB
Gene Bartow	Head coach	2nd
Lee Hunt	Associate coach	2nd
Oscar Catlin	Assistant coach	1st
Robert Corn	Graduate Assistant coach	1st

Roster

PLAYER              GP   FG-FGA   FG%  3FG-FGA  3PT%   FT-FTA   FT%   PTS  PTS/G
Keith McCord        29  188-359  .524   —   —     —   153-185  .827   528  18.2
Larry Spicer        29  187-361  .518   —   —     —    71-102  .696   445  15.3
Greg Leet           30   93-210  .443   —   —     —    80-93   .860   266   8.8
Oliver Robinson     29   87-164  .530   —   —     —    59-90   .656   233   8.0
George Jones        26   84-189  .444   —   —     —    33-43   .767   203   7.8
Raymond Gause       28   75-169  .444   —   —     —    24-40   .600   174   6.2
Stan Scales         30   55-103  .534   —   —     —    36-47   .462   146   4.9
Donnie Speer        25   44-75   .587   —   —     —    25-33   .758   113   4.5
Glen Marcus         30   42-94   .447   —   —     —    49-67   .731   133   4.4
Chris Giles         29   29-69   .420   —   —     —    33-41   .805    91   3.1
Tony Mabrey         11   11-27   .407   —   —     —     2-3    .667    24   2.2
Tim Almquist        10    3-5    .600   —   —     —     3-7    .300     9   0.9
TOTAL               30  895-1814 .493   —   —     —   565-754  .749  2356  78.5