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2023-24 UAB Blazers Men's Basketball

11/06/23 • 7:00pm BRADLEY (Missouri Valley 1/12 - 78 NET) Series tied 2-2 • Last Meeting: 11/27/2001 - UAB 82, Bradley 50
Asheville Championship [Asheville, NC]
11/10/23 • 8:30pm Clemson (Atlantic Coast 3/15 - 67 NET) UAB leads series 2-1 • Last Meeting: 3/15/2011 - Clemson 70, UAB 52
11/12/23 Davidson (Atlantic Ten 8/15 - 145 NET) First Meeting OR Maryland (Big Ten 6/14 - 32 NET) First Meeting

11/16/23 ALCORN STATE (Southwestern Athletic 1/12 - 245 NET) UAB leads series 8-0 • Last Meeting: 11/25/20 - UAB 99, Alcorn State 50
11/21/23 at Middle Tennessee (Conference USA 4/11 - 109 NET) UAB leads series 18-10 • Last Meeting: 2/11/23 - UAB 92, MTSU 69
11/25/23 FURMAN (Southern 1/10 - 340 NET) Furman leads series 1-0 • Last Meeting: 11/14/16 - Furman 84. UAB 74
11/28/23 MCNEESE ST (Southland 9/10 - 88 NET) First Meeting
12/01/23 SOUTHERN MISS (Sun Belt 1/14 - 90 NET) UAB leads series 37-19 • Last Meeting: 3/14/2023 - UAB 88, USM 60
12/09/23 at Arkansas State (Sun Belt 13/14 - 285 NET) UAB leads series 1-0 • Last Meeting: 12/7/1985 - UAB 78, Ark St. 59
12/13/23 at Alabama A&M (Southwestern Athletic 5/12 - 320 NET) UAB leads series 14-0 • Last Meeting: 11/21/21 - UAB 86, AAMU 41
12/17/23 MONTEVALLO (Gulf South (D2) 10/13 - XX NET) UAB leads series 1-0 • Last Meeting: 12/14/19 - UAB 75, Montevallo 63
12/22/23 DRAKE (Missouri Valley 2/12 - 59 NET) First Meeting
12/29/23 UNC-ASHEVILLE (Big South 1/10 - 143 NET) UAB leads series 2-0 • Last Meeting: 11/9/2021 - UAB 102, UNCA 77
01/02/24 at Texas-San Antonio (CUSA 11/11 - 284 NET) UAB leads series 12-5 (5-4 in San Antonio) • Last Meeting: 2/18/23 - UAB 83, UTSA 78
01/07/24 SOUTH FLORIDA (American 9/11 - 159 NET) UAB leads series 39-21 (22-7 in Birmingham) • Last Meeting: 11/21/22 - UAB 80, USF 65
01/14/24 at Florida Atlantic (CUSA 1/11 - 13 NET) UAB leads series 13-5 (4-4 in Boca) • Last Meeting: 3/11/2023 - FAU 78, UAB 56
01/17/24 TULANE (American 3/11 - 107 NET) UAB leads series 24-13 (12-6 in Birmingham) • Last Meeting: 2/15/14 - Tulane 86, UAB 80
01/20/24 EAST CAROLINA (American 9/11 - 190 NET) UAB leads series 12-6 (6-4 in Birmingham) • Last Meeting: 2/1/2014 - ECU 74, UAB 67
01/23/24 at Charlotte (CUSA 5/11 - 98 NET) UAB leads series 34-19 (13-10 in Charlotte) • Last Meeting: 3/4/2023 - UAB 93, Charlotte 91
01/28/24 MEMPHIS (American 2/11 - 22 NET) Memphis leads series 39-11 (13-9 in Birmingham) • Last Meeting: 12/7/2019 - Memphis 65, UAB 57
01/31/24 at North Texas (CUSA 2/11 - 30 NET) Series tied 8-8 (UAB leads 5-3 in Denton) • Last Meeting: 3/30/2023 - North Texas 68, UAB 61
02/04/24 at SMU (American 10/11 - 209 NET) UAB leads series 9-2 (4-0 in Dallas) • Last Meeting: 3/13/13 - UAB 53, SMU 52
02/08/24 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (CUSA 1/11 - 13 NET) UAB leads series 13-5 (7-0 in Birmingham) • Last Meeting: 3/11/2023 - FAU 78, UAB 56
02/11/24 at Tulsa (American 11/11 - 324 NET) UAB leads series 9-7 (TU leads 4-3 in Tulsa) • Last Meeting: 2/25/2014 - UAB 70, Tulsa 63
02/18/24 NORTH TEXAS (CUSA 2/11 - 30 NET) Series tied 8-8 (NTX leads 4-2 in Birmingham) • Last Meeting: 3/30/2023 - North Texas 68, UAB 61
02/21/24 RICE (CUSA 6/11 - 188 NET) UAB leads series 21-3 (11-1 in Birmingham) • Last Meeting: 3/9/2023 - UAB 87, Rice 60
02/25/24 at Tulane (American 3/11 - 107 NET) UAB leads series 24-13 (10-7 in New Orleans) • Last Meeting: 2/15/14 - Tulane 86, UAB 80
02/28/24 WICHITA STATE (American 6/11 - 110 NET) Wichita St leads series 4-0 (1-0 in Birmingham) • Last Meeting: 11/25/11 - Wich. St. 68, UAB 46
03/03/24 at Memphis (American 2/11 - 22 NET) Memphis leads series 39-11 (23-2 in Memphis) • Last Meeting: 12/7/2019 - Memphis 65, UAB 57
03/07/24 at Temple (American 5/11 - 123 NET) Temple leads series 3-1 (1-0 in Philadelphia) • Last Meeting: 11/24/13 - Temple 87, UAB 66
03/10/24 SMU (American 10/11 - 209 NET) UAB leads series 9-2 (3-1 in Birmingham) • Last Meeting: 3/13/13 - UAB 53, SMU 52

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Home Game Breakdown

1 - Monday
1 - Tuesday
3 - Wednesdays
2 - Thursdays
3 - Fridays
2 - Saturdays
5 - Sundays

I assume we owe South Alabama a return visit, right?

It was a one game series. That said they is a possibility that the HH series ets started up again.

(04-11-2023 12:38 PM)blazerjay Wrote: [ -> ]
UAB Blazers Men's Basketball

Fri. 11/10/23 - at Asheville Championship (vs. Clemson, Davidson or Maryland)
Sun. 11/12/23 - at Asheville Championship (vs. Clemson, Davidson or Maryland)

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Might be able to make the Sunday game on the way back from Navy.

Hosting UNC Asheville. They won their league and will still have Drew Pember who was one of the best stretch bigs in the country
Should be a fun matchup to watch Yax and Chris guard him

https://uncabulldogs.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster their roster is basically seniors and 5th years
I like these kind of tuneup games much more than what we've been used to

(06-08-2023 06:44 PM)UABrandon Wrote: [ -> ]https://uncabulldogs.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster their roster is basically seniors and 5th years
I like these kind of tuneup games much more than what we've been used to

https://hoopdirt.com/update-charlotte-me...arch-odds/
Look's like their coach is linked to the Charlotte job. It would be our luck that we would get a competitive Big South champion and then their coach leaves to a fellow AAC team and then they take a downturn.

Hopefully that won't happen though. Looking forward to the rest of the schedule.

(06-09-2023 06:51 PM)UABFAN23 Wrote: [ -> ]I thought we were supposed to be scheduling up?…..

Add Southern Miss.

You know, Jacksonville looked okay on paper going into last season and they didn’t finish above .500.

And just like that we scheduled USM. I don't know what their roster is like except for them getting Andre Curbelo

(06-09-2023 06:51 PM)UABFAN23 Wrote: [ -> ]I thought we were supposed to be scheduling up?…..

Add Southern Miss.

You know, Jacksonville looked okay on paper going into last season and they didn’t finish above .500.

I'm sure more and more games will be leaked soon, but so far so good.
This was our home non-con schedule last year:

Mississipi College (DII)
Alabama State (SWAC)
Presbyterian (Big South)
Rhodes (DIII)
Jacksonville (ASUN)
South Alabama (Sun Belt)
South Carolina (SEC)
Southern (SWAC)

This year so far:
UNC Asheville (Big South regular season AND tournament champs)
Southern Miss (Sun Belt regular season champs)

If both of those replace the DII and DIII games, I'll be happy, but if we have 1-2 non DI teams again, then I will be upset again.
I assume we will play one of the Alabama SWAC schools, but I'd rather not play 2 SWAC teams again in one season.

We shall wait and see who else fill out our schedule.

Not sure how anyone can complain about the first two additions to the schedule outside the tournament.

On paper, both of these games are fine. Both are home games I assume? If that’s the case and these are replacing a lot of the fluff from last year, I’m great with it.

They are home games.

(06-09-2023 07:41 PM)blazerblazer Wrote: [ -> ]

(06-09-2023 06:51 PM)UABFAN23 Wrote: [ -> ]I thought we were supposed to be scheduling up?…..

Add Southern Miss.

You know, Jacksonville looked okay on paper going into last season and they didn’t finish above .500.

I'm sure more and more games will be leaked soon, but so far so good.
This was our home non-con schedule last year:

Mississipi College (DII)
Alabama State (SWAC)
Presbyterian (Big South)
Rhodes (DIII)
Jacksonville (ASUN)
South Alabama (Sun Belt)
South Carolina (SEC)
Southern (SWAC)

This year so far:
UNC Asheville (Big South regular season AND tournament champs)
Southern Miss (Sun Belt regular season champs)

If both of those replace the DII and DIII games, I'll be happy, but if we have 1-2 non DI teams again, then I will be upset again.
I assume we will play one of the Alabama SWAC schools, but I'd rather not play 2 SWAC teams again in one season.

We shall wait and see who else fill out our schedule.

My thoughts as well. I'd much rather see USM and UNCA than the SWAC or DII/DIII schools, as long as these aren't the "premier" nonconference games. And knowing AK, I'm sure he's got a thing or two cooking. Hopefully anyway.

Wonder if U-Mass ends up on the schedule with Martin going there. Also think we might see Middle or WKU OOC. Heard Chattanooga mentioned and also won't be surprised to see Samford HH

Well we won't be dropping a half dozen home games.

I’m fine with those two games in a vacuum.

If we still have 2 non d1 teams and a bunch of horrible d1 teams in addition to those two games, I’ll be pissed.

Go on the road. Get tested. Play more tough games. As good as our last two teams were they were nowhere near tested enough going into a tough conference schedule. The AAC will be at worst as tough as CUSA was last year, likely significantly harder.

And like others said we need a schedule that gives us a decent chance at an at large bid

I assume 2/3 of Clemson/Davidson/Maryland + those two games at home for starters does not equal what we are going to do OOC. I understand we have a media contract and have to have a certain number of home games. I also understand the logistics become slightly difficult because of that.(You can offer 6 teams home and homes, because you'd mess that contract up in doing so) Last year our home schedule was:

NET 346
NET 352
Non D1
NET 236
NET 106
NET 234
NET 276

Those 2 games on paper are better than every home game we had last season except maybe 1. And for what it's worth the NET 234 was USCe. If we add some combination of USA, Samford, MTSU, WKU to the schedule, we are way better off than we were last year. I'd like to hit a couple of tests on the road OOC as well, so I hope we are working on that.

I really hope we add a recurring series with WKU.

Quality opponent, lots of history between the schools, easy road trip, fun & tough environment to play at.

They check all the boxes.

All for WKU and Middle as well.

(06-10-2023 12:36 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote: [ -> ]Well we won't be dropping a half dozen home games.

That would certainly be a bold strategy as we look to do renovations. Just cancel a third of our season ticket value.