1983-1984 UAB Blazers Men's Basketball team
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The 1983-1984 UAB Blazers men's basketball team represented UAB as a member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 1983-84 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.
The Blazers were coached by Gene Bartow and played their home games at Birmingham Coliseum in the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center.
The Blazers finished the regular season with a 20-10 overall; 8-6 in Sun Belt Conference play.
UAB hosted the conference tournament in Birmingham for the third consecutive year defeating South Florida (64-47) in the championship game to win it's second consecutive tournament title.
UAB was seeded 9th in the Mideast Region facing 8th seed Brigham Young losing 84-68 at the Birmingham Coliseum.
Schedule/Results
Date | Rank | Opponent | Score | Location | Notes |
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November 25 | St. Mary's (MN) | 105-53 | Birmingham Coliseum | ||
November 26 | Baptist | 73-55 | Birmingham Coliseum | ||
November 29 | Mississippi Valley State | 87-73 | Birmingham Coliseum | ||
December 2 | Auburn | 69-62 (OT) | Birmingham Coliseum | ||
December 6 | Old Dominion | 83-73 | Birmingham Coliseum | ||
December 10 | at Tennessee-Chattanooga | 70-79 | Chattanooga, TN | ||
December 13 | at Mississippi State | 55-53 | Starkville, MS | ||
December 15 | U.S. International | 71-56 | Birmingham Coliseum | ||
December 17 | Baylor | 73-61 | Birmingham Coliseum | ||
December 22 | Valparaiso | 64-49 | Birmingham Coliseum | UAB Classic | |
December 23 | Villanova | 81-76 (3OT) | Birmingham Coliseum | UAB Classic | |
December 27 | vs. Pacific | 57-48 | Honolulu, HI | Rainbow Classic | |
December 28 | vs. Southern Methodist | 63-77 | Honolulu, HI | Rainbow Classic | |
December 29 | vs. Tennessee | 84-66 | Honolulu, HI | Rainbow Classic | |
January 5 | MacMurray | 71-43 | Birmingham Coliseum | ||
January 7 | Western Kentucky | 71-56 | Birmingham Coliseum | ||
January 14 | #3 | at DePaul | 63-98 | Rosemont, IL | |
January 19 | Virginia Commonwealth | 61-63 | Birmingham Coliseum | ||
January 21 | at South Alabama | 80-79 | Mobile, AL | ||
January 26 | North Carolina-Charlotte | 74-60 | Birmingham Coliseum | ||
January 28 | Jacksonville | 75-74 (OT) | Birmingham Coliseum | Homecoming | |
January 31 | South Florida | 46-65 | Birmingham Coliseum | ||
February 2 | at Jacksonville | 68-45 | Jacksonville, FL | ||
February 4 | #9 | at Memphis State | 51-53 (OT) | Memphis, TN | |
February 6 | at Virginia Commonwealth | 43-49 | Richmond, VA | ||
February 9 | at North Carolina-Charlotte | 79-70 | Charlotte, NC | ||
February 11 | South Alabama | 51-50 | Birmingham Coliseum | ||
February 18 | at Old Dominon | 55-76 | Norfolk, VA | ||
February 20 | at South Florida | 57-58 | Tampa, FL | ||
February 25 | at Western Kentucky | 76-89 | Bowling Green, KY | ||
March 2 | South Alabama | 76-68 | Birmingham Coliseum | Sun Belt Quarter-Finals | |
March 3 | Virginia Commonwealth | 54-52 | Birmingham Coliseum | Sun Belt Semi-Finals | |
March 4 | Old Dominion | 62-60 | Birmingham Coliseum | Sun Belt Championship | |
March 15 | Brigham Young | 68-84 | Birmingham Coliseum | NCAA Mideast Regional 1st Round | |
*Rankings - Associated Press |
Coaching Staff
Name | Position | Seasons at UAB |
---|---|---|
Gene Bartow | Head coach | 6th |
Oscar Catlin | Assistant coach | 5th |
Robert Corn | Assistant coach | 5th |
John Prince | Assistant coach | 2nd |
Players/Stats
# | Player | Games | Field Goals | FG% | Free Throws | FT% | Rebounds | Assists | Turnovers | Blocks | Steals | Points | Pts/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
22 | McKinley Singleton | 34 | 222-486 | .457 | 54-74 | .730 | 125 | 93 | 41 | 2 | 44 | 498 | 14.6 |
14 | Steve Mitchell | 33 | 172-369 | .466 | 102-128 | .797 | 70 | 163 | 87 | 6 | 36 | 446 | 13.5 |
40 | Jerome Mincy | 34 | 133-281 | .473 | 109-172 | .634 | 205 | 14 | 48 | 45 | 35 | 375 | 11.3 |
15 | Luellen Foster | 34 | 93-214 | .434 | 59-82 | .720 | 93 | 86 | 53 | 4 | 34 | 245 | 7.2 |
12 | Marvin Ray Johnson | 32 | 73-143 | .510 | 34-52 | .654 | 100 | 72 | 38 | 8 | 25 | 180 | 5.6 |
44 | Anthony Gordon | 34 | 70-127 | .551 | 43-64 | .672 | 197 | 16 | 37 | 32 | 28 | 183 | 5.4 |
50 | Archie Johnson | 30 | 39-88 | .443 | 28-48 | .583 | 118 | 9 | 34 | 22 | 15 | 106 | 3.5 |
32 | James Ponder | 25 | 33-71 | .465 | 22-31 | .710 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 88 | 3.5 |
34 | Pipo Marrero | 29 | 23-40 | .575 | 20-34 | .588 | 54 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 66 | 2.3 |
4 | Eugene Jones | 29 | 23-46 | .500 | 12-19 | .631 | 40 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 58 | 2.0 |
42 | Brad Tatom | 24 | 21-46 | .456 | 7-9 | .777 | 32 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 49 | 2.0 |
11 | Murry Bartow | 17 | 8-21 | .380 | 0-1 | .000 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1.0 |
10 | Greg Matta | 16 | 2-13 | .154 | 2-5 | .400 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0.4 |
Team | Totals | 34 | 912-1944 | .469 | 492-719 | .684 | 1133 | 519 | 400 | 132 | 251 | 2316 | 68.1 |
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Preceded by: 1982-1983 |
UAB Men’s Basketball Teams 1983–1984 |
Succeeded by: 1984-1985 |