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■ QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION School . . ................................................................................ UAB Location............................................................ Birmingham, Ala. Founded.. ............................................................................1969 Enrollment....................................................................... 19,535 Nickname. . ....................................................................... Blazers School Colors.......................................... Forest Green & Old Gold Home Court/Capacity..................................... Bartow Arena/8,500 Affiliation. . ...........................................................NCAA Division I Conference. . ........................................................ Conference USA President................................................................ Dr. Ray Watts Athletic Director...................................................... Mark Ingram HISTORY First Year of Men’s Basketball.......................................... 1978-79 Overall All-Time Record......................................... 777-469 (.624) NCAA Tournament Appearances................................................15 Last NCAA Tournament Appearance.......................................2015 NIT Appearances......................................................................12 Last NIT Appearance.............................................................2016 2016-17 REVIEW Overall Record....................................................................17-16 Conference Record/Finish. . ............................................... 9-9/7th Postseason............................................................................ N/A Starters Returning/Lost.......................................................... 1/4 Letterwinners Returning/Lost.. ................................................ 5/6 Newcomers.. ..............................................................................6 COACHING STAFF Head Coach............................................................. Robert Ehsan Alma Mater.......................................................... UC Davis/2005 Overall Record/Years........................................................17-16/1 Record at UAB/Years. . .......................................................17-16/1 Associate Head Coach.............................................. Turner Battle Assistant Coach.. ................................................ Dannton Jackson Assistant Coach.. ........................................................Kevin Devitt Director of Operations . . ........................................Zavier Anderson Assistant to the Head Coach.......................................... D.J. Black Director of Player Relations.................................. Robert Williams Strength and Conditioning Coach............................. Nick Michael Athletic Trainer........................................................... Bryan Koch Graduate Manager............................................ Ben Mandelbaum ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Associate AD/Athletics Communications........................ Ted Feeley Associate Director (Men’s Basketball Contact)........... Jay D’Abramo Assistant Director . . ...................................................Josh Brunner Office Number....................................................... 205-934-0722 Cell Phone Number.. .............................................. 205-234-9422 Fax Number. . ......................................................... 205-934-7505 Email.............................................................jdabramo@uab.edu Press Row Phone.. .................................................. 205-934-0720 Mailing Address.. ........................................617 13th Street South ............................................................... Birmingham, AL 35294 Athletics Website.......................................... www.UABSports.com
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■ TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 TEAM INFORMATION STARTERS RETURNING Name Pos Ht Wt Cl Pts Reb Ast Blk William Lee F 6-9 215 Sr. 13.2 6.7 1.6 2.4 STARTERS LOST Name Dirk Williams Hakeem Baxter Denzell Watts Tosin Mehinti
Pos Ht Wt G 6-5 178 G 6-2 186 G 6-2 235 F 6-9 244
Cl Pts Reb Ast Blk Sr. 10.5 3.4 1.6 0.3 Sr. 7.5 3.0 1.9 0.0 Sr. 6.7 1.9 1.8 0.0 Sr. 5.6 4.2 0.9 1.0
OTHER RETURNING PLAYERS Name Pos Ht Wt Chris Cokley F 6-8 229 Deion Lavender G 6-4 192 Nate Darling G 6-5 185 Thomas Smallwood F 7-0 240 Nick Norton G 5-10 168 Lewis Sullivan F 6-7 222
Cl Pts Reb Ast Blk Sr. 12.1 6.0 1.5 0.6 Jr. 6.2 2.8 3.4 0.1 So. 2.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 Jr. 1.4 0.9 0.4 0.1 Jr. 0.0 1.0 5.0 0.0 Jr. Redshirted 2016-17
OTHER PLAYERS LOST Name Pos Ht Wt Cl Pts Reb Ast Blk Javien Williams G 6-4 175 Fr. 4.0 1.9 1.1 0.2 NEWCOMERS Name Zack Bryant Makhtar Gueye Luis Hurtado Anderson McCoy Jalen Perry Hunter Reynolds
Pos Ht Wt G 6-2 185 F 6-10 215 G 6-6 200 G 5-11 170 G 6-3 190 G 6-0 175
Cl Hometown Fr. Hastings, Fla. Fr. Rufisque, Senegal Fr. Merida, Venezuela Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. Jr. Louisville, Ky. Fr. Knoxville, Tenn.
■ ABOUT OUR NAME The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has been an autonomous member of the University of Alabama system since 1969, and has had an intercollegiate athletic program since 1977. UAB is sometimes confused with the University of Alabama (Crimson Tide), which is located in Tuscaloosa. While this is inevitable, it is important to note that the two are indeed seperate instituions. In addition, the UAB name is often altered by various media opponents, merchandisers, etc. Please note that there are only two correct versions of our name, the acronym “UAB” or the full “University of Alabama at Birmingham.” We are not Alabama-Birmingham, Ala.-Birmingham, Ala.-Birm., UA-Birmingham or U.A.B.
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■ 2017-18 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. 1 2 3 4 5 10 11 12 13 21 23 33 34
Name Zack Bryant Nick Norton Chris Cokley Anderson McCoy Deion Lavender Luis Hurtado Makhtar Gueye Hunter Reynolds Nate Darling Jalen Perry Lewis Sullivan Thomas Smallwood William Lee
Pos. G G F G G G F G G G F F F
Ht. 6-2 5-10 6-8 5-11 6-4 6-6 6-10 6-0 6-5 6-3 6-7 7-0 6-9
Wt. 185 168 229 170 192 200 215 175 185 190 222 240 215
Cl. Fr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr.
Hometown/Previous School Hastings, Fla./Providence School Bloomington, Ill./Central Catholic High School Savannah, Ga./Savannah High School Indianapolis, Ind./Ancilla College Alton, Ill./Southern Illinois Merida, Venezuela/The Sagemont School Rufisque, Senegal/Aspire Academy Knoxville, Tenn./Christian Academy of Knoxville Halifax, Nova Scotia/DeMatha Catholic High School Louisville, Ky./John A. Logan College Hazel Green, Ala./Hazel Green High School Bordeaux, France/Saint John Perse Plantersville, Ala./Dallas County High School
Head Coach: Robert Ehsan (Second Season) Associate Head Coach: Turner Battle (Fourth Season) Assistant Coach: Dannton Jackson (Second Season) Assistant Coach: Kevin Devitt (Second Season) Director of Operations: Zavier Anderson (Fourth Season) Assistant to the Head Coach: DJ Black (Fourth Season) Director of Player Relations: Robert Williams (First Season) Strength and Conditioning Coach: Nick Michael (First Season) Athletic Trainer: Bryan Koch (17th Season) Graduate Manager:Ben Mandelbaum (Second Season)
■ 2017-18 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. 1 3 13 11 10 5 34 4 2 21 12 33 23
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Name Zack Bryant Chris Cokley
Nate Darling Makhtar Gueye Luis Hurtado Deion Lavender William Lee Anderson McCoy Nick Norton Jalen Perry Hunter Reynolds Thomas Smallwood Lewis Sullivan
Pos. G F G F G G F G G G G F F
Ht. 6-2 6-8
6-5 6-10 6-6 6-4 6-9 5-11 5-10 6-3 6-0 7-0 6-7
Wt. 185 229
185 215 200 192 215 170 168 190 175 240 222
Cl. Fr. Sr.
So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr.
Hometown/Previous School Hastings, Fla./Providence School Savannah, Ga./Savannah High School
Halifax, Nova Scotia/DeMatha Catholic High School Rufisque, Senegal/Aspire Academy Merida, Venezuela/The Sagemont School Alton, Ill./Southern Illinois Plantersville, Ala./Dallas County High School Indianapolis, Ind./Ancilla College Bloomington, Ill./Central Catholic High School Louisville, Ky./John A. Logan College Knoxville, Tenn./Christian Academy of Knoxville Bordeaux, France/Saint John Perse Hazel Green, Ala./Hazel Green High School
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■ 2017-18 SCHEDULE Date Day Opponent 11/02 THURSDAY MOREHOUSE COLLEGE (EXH.) 11/10 FRIDAY JACKSONVILLE 11/13 MONDAY CHATTANOOGA 11/16 THURSDAY LeMOYNE-OWEN COLLEGE 11/20 Monday vs. Richmond^ 11/21 Tuesday vs. TBA^ 11/22 Wednesday vs. TBA^ 11/26 SUNDAY MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 11/30 THURSDAY MEMPHIS 12/05 Tuesday at Troy 12/09 Saturday at Auburn 12/16 SATURDAY ALABAMA A&M% 12/20 WEDNESDAY NEW ORLEANS 12/23 12/30 01/04 01/06 01/11 01/13 01/18 01/20 01/25 01/27 02/01 02/03 02/08 02/10 02/15 02/17 02/24 03/01 03/03 03/08 03/09 03/10 03/11
SATURDAY SATURDAY Thursday Saturday THURSDAY SATURDAY Thursday Saturday THURSDAY SATURDAY Thursday Saturday THURSDAY SATURDAY Thursday Saturday Saturday
THURSDAY SATURDAY Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE MIDDLE TENNESSEE* at Florida Atlantic* at FIU* SOUTHERN MISS* LOUISIANA TECH* at WKU* at Marshall* UTEP* UTSA* at Charlotte* at Old Dominion* NORTH TEXAS* RICE* at Louisiana Tech* at Southern Miss* at Middle Tennessee*
MARSHALL* WKU* at Conference USA Tournament# at Conference USA Tournament# at Conference USA Tournament# at Conference USA Tournament#
Site BARTOW ARENA BARTOW ARENA BARTOW ARENA BARTOW ARENA Grand Cayman Islands Grand Cayman Islands Grand Cayman Islands BARTOW ARENA BARTOW ARENA Troy, Ala. Auburn, Ala. BIRMINGHAM, ALA. BARTOW ARENA BARTOW ARENA BARTOW ARENA Boca Raton, Fla. Miami, Fla. BARTOW ARENA BARTOW ARENA Bowling Green Huntington, W.Va. BARTOW ARENA BARTOW ARENA Charlotte, N.C. Norfolk, Va. BARTOW ARENA BARTOW ARENA Ruston, La. Hattiesburg, Miss. Murfreesboro, Tenn. BARTOW ARENA BARTOW ARENA Frisco, Texas Frisco, Texas Frisco, Texas Frisco, Texas
Time TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
^ — Cayman Islands Classic (Grand Cayman Islands) % — Legacy Arena (Birmingham, Ala.) * — Conference USA Match # — Conference USA Tournament (Frisco, Texas) Home matches in bold and ALL CAPS
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■ 2016-17 OVERALL STATISTICS 2016-17 UAB Men's Basketball UAB Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 09, 2017) All games RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
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34 03 11 00 01 05 21 22 10 13 33 02
Player
LEE, William COKLEY, Chris WILLIAMS, Dirk BAXTER, Hakeem WATTS, Denzell LAVENDER, Deion MEHINTI, Tosin MADISON, Tyler WILLIAMS, Javien DARLING, Nate SMALLWOOD, Thoma NORTON, Nick Team Total.......... Opponents......
TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct 3 POINT FG-ATT 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game Score by Periods UAB Opponents
OVERALL 17-16 9-9 8-7
HOME 11-5 6-3 5-2
Total 3-Point min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg%
gp-gs
33-32 33-17 33-30 32-31 31-19 33-14 33-16 31-1 33-3 30-1 15-0 1-1
932 716 948 800 654 773 618 332 505 281 80 11
33 33
6650 6644
28.2 21.7 28.7 25.0 21.1 23.4 18.7 10.7 15.3 9.4 5.3 11.0
UAB 2369 71.8 +1.6 835-1808 .462 203-582 .349 6.2 496-674 .736 15.0 1187 36.0 +3.2 503 15.2 444 13.5 -1.9 1.1 157 4.8 161 4.9 66146 16-4134 -
1st 2nd 1108 1241 1042 1262
OT 20 12
149-302 164-282 121-298 68-180 67-149 73-184 69-141 44-79 42-112 28-57 10-23 0-1
.493 .582 .406 .378 .450 .397 .489 .557 .375 .491 .435 .000
Totals 2369 2316
.376 .000 .343 .344 .443 .175 .000 .167 .125 .462 .000 .000
F-Throw ft-fta ft%
^ ^ %
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * $ $
93-120 72-91 42-53 81-111 26-33 50-69 47-63 36-59 46-68 2-4 1-3 0-0
Date 11/11/16 11/14/16 11/17/16 11/21/16 11/22/16 11/27/16 11/29/16 12/03/16 12/07/16 12/10/16 12/18/16 12/21/16 12/28/16 01/01/17 01/05/17 01/07/17 01/12/17 01/14/17 01/19/17 01/21/17 01/26/17 01/28/17 02/02/17 02/04/17 02/09/17 02/11/17 02/16/17 02/19/17 02/26/17 03/02/17 03/04/17 03/08/17 03/09/17
.775 .791 .792 .730 .788 .725 .746 .610 .676 .500 .333 .000
off
41 69 16 20 4 8 53 27 26 1 9 0 47 835-1808 .462 203-582 .349 496-674 .736 321 836-1941 .431 250-732 .342 394-569 .692 339 OPP 2316 70.2 836-1941 .431 250-732 .342 7.6 394-569 .692 11.9 1080 32.7 420 12.7 381 11.5 1.1 219 6.6 100 3.0 83058 12-4130 5-6699
44-117 0-0 61-178 22-64 47-106 7-40 0-0 1-6 3-24 18-39 0-7 0-1
AWAY 4-8 3-6 1-2
NEUTRAL 2-3 0-0 2-3
Rebounds def tot avg
179 130 96 77 56 83 85 47 38 15 4 1 55 866 741
220 199 112 97 60 91 138 74 64 16 13 1 102 1187 1080
pf dq
6.7 6.0 3.4 3.0 1.9 2.8 4.2 2.4 1.9 0.5 0.9 1.0
56 71 53 58 31 52 82 64 26 17 17 0 1 36.0 528 32.7 594
a
1 52 2 48 1 53 1 60 0 58 2 113 1 30 0 26 0 36 0 16 0 6 0 5
to blk stl
65 62 47 48 31 65 58 17 26 15 2 1 7 8 503 444 - 420 381
Opponent ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF FURMAN TROY vs Kansas vs George Washington vs Saint Mary's ALABAMA A&M AUBURN at Stephen F. Austin at Memphis SOUTHERN at Texas MILES COLLEGE at Middle Tennessee at North Texas at Rice WKU MARSHALL at Florida Atlantic at FIU LOUISIANA TECH SOUTHERN MISS at UTEP at UTSA CHARLOTTE OLD DOMINION at Marshall at WKU MIDDLE TENNESSEE FLORIDA ATLANTIC FIU vs Charlotte vs Louisiana Tech
W L W L W L W L W L Wot L W L W Wot W W W L W W L L W L L L L W L W L
80 20 9 1 1 2 33 6 7 1 1 0
30 21 14 19 17 25 10 8 11 2 0 0
pts
avg
435 400 345 239 207 203 185 125 133 76 21 0
13.2 12.1 10.5 7.5 6.7 6.2 5.6 4.0 4.0 2.5 1.4 0.0
161 157 2369 100 219 2316
71.8 70.2
Score 86-66 74-84 74-51 63-83 81-74 63-76 75-45 70-74 84-73 55-62 75-74 60-96 98-66 49-60 54-52 88-81 72-54 94-78 80-78 85-94 79-70 87-43 59-63 67-82 82-69 62-83 59-74 64-76 64-66 79-59 56-68 74-73 57-69
Att. 4289 3682 4656 10071 12147 862 3719 8728 3650 9424 3436 9106 3572 4227 1603 2001 3745 3275 1706 1263 3642 4915 6248 1145 3841 4185 5637 3553 3371 3209 3881 6410 4005
^ = CBE Hall of Fame Classic (Kansas City, Mo.) % = Orleans Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.) * = Conference game $ = Conference USA Tournament (Birmingham, Ala.)
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