2015–16 UAB Blazers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 UAB Blazers File:UAB Blazers wordmark.png 150 Conference USA C-USA 26–7 16–2 Jerod Haase 4th Robert Ehsan Jeff Wulbrun Turner Battle Bartow Arena C-USA regular season champions NIT First round The 2015–16 UAB Blazers basketball team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blazers, led by fourth year head coach Jerod Haase, played their home games at the Bartow Arena as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 26–7, 16–2 in C-USA play to win the C-USA regular season championship. They lost in the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament to WKU. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to BYU. Following the season, head coach Jerod Haase left UAB to accept the head coaching position at Stanford.http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2016/03/jerod_haase_uab_stanford.html Jerod Haase leaves UAB after four seasons, heading to Stanford AL.com en-US 2017-01-25 On April 4, 2016, the school hired Robert Ehsan, who had been an assistant under Haase at UAB, as head coach .http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/15133546/uab-blazers-assistant-robert-ehsan-replace-jerod-haase-coach UAB promotes assistant Ehsan to head coach ESPN.com 2017-01-25 Previous season The Blazers finished the 2014–15 season 20–16, 12–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They defeated WKU, Louisiana Tech, and Middle Tennessee to become champions of the C-USA tournament. They received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 14 seed where they upset No. 3-seeded and No. 9-ranked Iowa State in the Second round before losing in the Third round to No. 11-seeded UCLA. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Jarvis Calhoun 5 G 6'0" 165 Freshman Trussville, AL Transferred to John A. Logan College C. J. Washington 25 F 6'8" 219 Senior Augusta, GA Graduated Denzel Collins 40 G 6'2" 200 Senior Savannah, GA Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Deion Lavender 5 G 6'3" 180 Sophomore Alton, IL Transferred from Southern Illinois. Under NCAA transfer rules, Lavender will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. Incoming recruits no no 2015 Dirk Williams SG Homewood, AL Tallahassee Community College 6 5 175 N/A NR BR JR 2015 2015 UAB Basketball Commits 2015 UAB Basketball Commits 2015 UAB Basketball Commits August 27, 2014 yes Roster 2015 UAB Blazers y M Hakeem Baxter 0 G 6 2 170 Jr Philadelphia, PA Denzell Watts 1 G 6 2 207 Jr Flint, MI Nick Norton 2 G 5 10 175 So Bloomington, IL Chris Cokley y 3 F 6 8 216 So Savannah, GA Robert Brown 4 G 6 5 190 Sr y Clermont, FL Deion Lavender 5 G 6 2 190 So Alton, IL yes Dirk Williams 11 G 6 5 175 Jr Homewood, AL Tosin Mehinti 21 F 6 9 213 Jr Lithonia, GA Tyler Madison 22 G 6 4 225 Jr Columbiana, AL Thomas Smallwood y basketball 33 F 7 0 217 Fr Bordeaux, France William Lee 34 F 6 9 210 So Plantersville, AL Lewis Sullivan 35 F 6 7 195 So Hazen Green, AL Lionel Love 45 G 6 3 165 So Huntsville, AL W http://www.uabsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/albr-m-baskbl-mtt.html Jerod Haase Robert Ehsan Richie Riley Turner Battle Schedule 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2013 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style=UAB Blazers|Exhibition November 6 7:00 pm yes Cal State East Bay Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 3,553 99–59 |- !colspan=9 style=UAB Blazers|Non-conference regular season November 13 8:30 pm yes yes Auburn Auburn Arena Auburn, AL 9,121 SECN+ 74–75 0–1 November 16 8:00 pm yes Alabama State Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL Emerald Coast Classic 4,833 ASN 72–70 1–1 November 19 7:00 pm yes yes Troy Trojan Arena Troy, AL 2,887 79–63 2–1 November 22 4:00 pm yes Jacksonville State Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL Emerald Coast Classic 3,939 ASN 61–55 3–1 November 27 8:30 pm yes yes Illinois The Arena at NWFSC Niceville, FL Emerald Coast Classic semifinals 2,222 CBSSN 58–72 3–2 November 28 2:30 pm yes yes Virginia Tech The Arena at NWFSC Niceville, FL Emerald Coast Classic 3rd place game 2,222 CBSSN 77–82 OT 3–3 December 1 8:00 pm yes Georgia State Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 3,709 ASN 64–57 4–3 December 5 7:00 pm yes yes Illinois State Redbird Arena Normal, IL 5,093 ESPN3 74–61 5–3 December 13 7:00 pm yes Seattle Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 3,587 79–73 6–3 December 16 7:00 pm yes USC Upstate Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 3,395 96–54 7–3 December 19 6:00 pm yes yes South Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL 2,671 ESPN3 79–68 8–3 December 22 7:00 pm yes Hiwassee Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 3,455 116–43 9–3 December 29 2:30 pm yes Stephen F. Austin Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 3,956 ASN 76–66 10–3 |- !colspan=12 style=UAB Blazers| Conference USA regular season January 3 2:00 pm Middle Tennessee Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 4,279 ASN 78–67 11–3 1–0 January 7 7:00 pm UTSA Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 3,747 104–82 12–3 2–0 January 9 1:00 pm UTEP Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 4,287 CBSSN 87–80 13–3 3–0 January 14 6:00 pm yes Old Dominion Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, VA 7,162 CBSSN 72–71 OT 14–3 4–0 January 16 6:00 pm yes Charlotte Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC 4,477 74–72 15–3 5–0 January 21 8:00 pm Rice Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 5,535 CBSSN 82–70 16–3 6–0 January 23 7:00 pm North Texas Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 6,835 78–57 17–3 7–0 January 28 6:30 pm yes WKU E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,892 FS1 62–69 17–4 7–1 January 30 11:00 am yes Marshall Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV 7,085 CBSSN 81–78 18–4 8–1 February 4 7:00 pm FIU Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 6,664 ASN 74–69 19–4 9–1 February 6 7:00 pm Florida Atlantic Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 6,211 104–67 20–4 10–1 February 11 7:00 pm yes Southern Miss Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS 2,895 80–77 2OT 21–4 11–1 February 13 1:00 pm yes Louisiana Tech Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 5,213 FSN 76–85 21–5 11–2 February 21 5:00 pm yes Middle Tennessee Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 7,822 CBSSN 77–67 22–5 12–2 February 25 7:00 pm Marshall Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 7,190 95–91 23–5 13–2 February 27 11:00 am WKU Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 7,510 FSN 71–67 24–5 14–2 March 3 6:00 pm yes FIU FIU Arena Miami, FL 1,166 77–60 25–5 15–2 March 5 11:00 am yes Florida Atlantic FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL 729 ASN 73–70 26–5 16–2 |- !colspan=9 style=UAB Blazers| Conference USA tournament March 10 12:00 pm yes 1 WKU 8 Legacy Arena Birmingham, AL Quarterfinals 9,797 ASN 77–88 26–6 |- !colspan=9 style=UAB Blazers| NIT March 19 10:00 pm yes yes 7 2 BYU Marriott Center Provo, UT First round – St. Bonaventure Bracket 8,420 ESPNU 79–97 26–7 AP Poll Central Time References Category:UAB Blazers men's basketball seasons UAB UAB Blazers men's basketball UAB Blazers men's basketball UAB Category:2010s in Birmingham, Alabama