2014–15 UAB Blazers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2014–15 UAB Blazers UAB Blazers wordmark.png 150 Conference USA C-USA 20–16 12–6 Jerod Haase 3rd Robert Ehsan Turner Battle Jeff Wulbrun Bartow Arena Conference USA Tournament champions NCAA tournament round of 32 The 2014–15 UAB Blazers men's basketball team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blazers, led by third year head coach Jerod Haase, played their home games at Bartow Arena. They were members of Conference USA. They finished the 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 first round before losing in the second round to No. 11-seeded UCLA. Previous season The Blazers finished the 2013–14 season 18–13, 7–9 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the second round of the C-USA tournament to Charlotte. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Robert Williams 5 G 6'4" 210 RS Senior Greenville, MS Graduated Thaddeaus Rideau 11 G 6'4" 168 Junior Port Arthur, TX Transferred to Midwestern State K.C. Whitaker 12 G 6'6" 185 RS Sophomore Ashburn, VA Injured Fahro Alihodzic 15 C 6'10" 240 Senior Vlasenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina Graduated Preston Purifoy 24 F 6'5" 220 Senior Conway, AR Graduated Rod Rucker 42 F 6'5" 220 Senior Elberton, GA Graduated Jordan Swing 44 F 6'6" 200 Senior Birmingham, AL Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Hakeem Baxter 0 G 6'2" 170 Sophomore Philadelphia, PA Transferred from Maryland Eastern Shore. Under NCAA transfer rules, Baxter will have to sit out for the 2014–15 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. Class of 2014 recruits no no 2014 William Lee PF Plantersville, AL Dallas County High School 6 9 210 November 12, 2013 3 3 85 Lewis Sullivan SF Meridianville, AL Hazel Green High School 6 7 195 July 2, 2013 NR NR 69 Nick Norton PG Bloomington, IL Central Catholic High School 5 10 175 March 22, 2014 NR NR 59 Jarvis Calhoun PG Trussville, AL Hewitt-Trussville High School 6 0 155 March 2, 2013 NR NR 59 Chris Cokley PF Savannah, GA Savannah High School 6 8 216 November 2, 2013 NR 3 NR Denzel Collins PG Walterboro, SC USC Salkehatchie 6 2 217 August 3, 2014 NR NR NR 2014 2014 UAB Basketball Commits 2014 UAB Basketball Commits 2014 UAB Basketball Commits August 6, 2014 yes Class of 2015 recruits no no 2014 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 6, 2014 yes Roster 2014 UAB Blazers y M Hakeem Baxter 0 G 6 2 170 So Philadelphia, PA yes Denzell Watts 1 G 6 2 207 So Flint, MI Nick Norton 2 G 5 10 175 Fr Bloomington, IL Chris Cokley y 3 F 6 8 216 Fr Savannah, GA Robert Brown 4 G 6 5 190 Jr y Clermont, FL Jarvis Calhoun 5 G 6 0 165 Fr Trussville, AL Tosin Mehinti 21 F 6 9 213 So Lithonia, GA Tyler Madison 22 G 6 4 225 So Columbiana, AL C.J. Washington 25 F 6 8 219 Sr Augusta, GA William Lee 34 F 6 9 210 Fr Plantersville, AL Lewis Sullivan 35 F 6 7 195 Fr Hazen Green, AL Denzel Collins 40 G 6 2 200 Sr Savannah, GA Lionel Love 45 G 6 3 165 Fr Huntsville, AL W http://www.uabsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/albr-m-baskbl-mtt.html Jerod Haase Robert Ehsan Richie Riley Jeff Wulbrun Schedule http://www.uabsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/albr-m-baskbl-sched.html UAB Athletics Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball 2014-11-01 2014-10-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20141016045513/http://www.uabsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/albr-m-baskbl-sched.html dead 2014-15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2013 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style=UAB Blazers| Exhibition 11/07/2014 7:00 pm yes UNC Pembroke Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 2,133 71–72 – |- !colspan=9 style=UAB Blazers| Non-conference regular season 11/15/2014 7:00 pm yes Louisiana–Monroe Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL Battle 4 Atlantis Opening Round 2,403 65–74 0–1 11/17/2014 7:00 pm yes Young Harris Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 2,071 94–81 1–1 11/20/2014 7:00 pm yes South Florida Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 2,501 71–73 OT 1–2 11/23/2014 2:00 pm yes Jackson State Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 2,023 58–50 2–2 11/26/2014 6:00 pm yes yes Wisconsin 2 Imperial Arena Nassau, BAH Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinals 2,633 AXS TV 43–72 2–3 11/27/2014 8:30 pm yes yes Florida 18 Imperial Arena Nassau, BAH Battle 4 Atlantis consolation round 2,408 AXS TV 47–56 2–4 11/28/2014 9:30 pm yes yes UCLA 22 Imperial Arena Nassau, BAH Battle 4 Atlantis 7th place game 517 AXS TV 76–88 2–5 12/04/2014 7:00 pm yes Morehead State Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 3,029 ASN 58–48 3–5 12/07/2014 2:00 pm yes Illinois State Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 2,234 ASN 74–78 3–6 12/14/2014 7:00 pm yes UNC Asheville Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 2,146 ASN 79–71 4–6 12/18/2014 8:00 pm yes LSU Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 6,054 CBSSN 70–79 4–7 12/22/2014 7:00 pm yes yes Chattanooga McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN 2,609 ASN 67–83 4–8 12/27/2014 6:30 pm yes yes North Carolina 20 Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC 19,124 ESPN2 58–89 4–9 |- !colspan=12 style=UAB Blazers| Conference USA regular season 01/04/2015 2:00 pm yes Middle Tennessee Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 3,605 54–49 5–9 1–0 01/08/2015 7:00 pm Florida Atlantic Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 2,385 66–57 6–9 2–0 01/10/2015 2:00 pm FIU Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 2,806 70–53 7–9 3–0 01/15/2015 7:00 pm yes Louisiana Tech Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 3,815 ASN 71–74 7–10 3–1 01/17/2015 7:00 pm yes Southern Miss Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS 3,493 63–56 8–10 4–1 01/22/2015 7:00 pm Charlotte Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 3,029 81–76 OT 9–10 5–1 01/24/2015 4:30 pm Old Dominion Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 4,127 ASN 81–68 10–10 6–1 01/29/2015 8:00 pm yes UTEP Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 7,455 CBSSN 69–71 10–11 6–2 01/31/2015 2:00 pm yes UTSA Convocation Center San Antonio, TX 1,252 65–57 11–11 7–2 02/05/2015 8:00 pm Louisiana Tech Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 4,068 CBSSN 80–60 12–11 8–2 02/07/2015 2:00 pm Southern Miss Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 3,786 78–68 13–11 9–2 02/12/2015 7:00 pm yes North Texas The Super Pit Denton, TX 2,611 64–67 13–12 9–3 02/14/2015 7:00 pm yes Rice Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 1,647 73–82 2OT 13–13 9–4 02/19/2015 7:00 pm yes WKU Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 3,892 71–66 14–13 10–4 02/22/2015 7:00 pm Marshall Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 4,068 72–54 15–13 11–4 02/28/2015 2:00 pm Middle Tennessee Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 4,761 ASN 100–95 3OT 16–13 12–4 03/05/2015 6:00 pm yes Florida Atlantic FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL 1,005 59–62 16–14 12–5 03/07/2015 7:00 pm yes FIU FIU Arena Miami, FL 951 ASN 66–70 16–15 12–6 |- !colspan=9 style=UAB Blazers| Conference USA tournament 03/12/2015 6:00 pm yes 4 WKU 5 Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex Birmingham, AL Quarterfinals 6,922 ASN 53–52 17–15 03/13/2015 5:30 pm yes 4 Louisiana Tech 1 Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex Birmingham, AL Semifinals 6,429 CBSSN 72–62 OT 18–15 03/14/2015 2:30 pm yes 4 Middle Tennessee 6 Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex Birmingham, AL Championship 8,279 FS1 73–60 19–15 |- !colspan=9 style="UAB Blazers| NCAA tournament 03/19/2015 11:40 am yes yes 14 S Iowa State 9 3 S KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Second Round N/A truTV 60–59 20–15 03/21/2015 11:10 am yes yes 14 S UCLA 11 S KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Third Round 21,760 CBS 75–92 20–16 AP Poll Central Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region S=South References Category:UAB Blazers men's basketball seasons UAB UAB UAB Blazers men's basketball UAB Blazers men's basketball Category:2010s in Birmingham, Alabama