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Former AU coach wants old friends there for Tuesday's NIT date at UAB. Full story »

UAB's Mike Davis is one of 15 finalists. Full story »

No state teams in NCAA Tournament for second time in four years Full story »

The goal from the start was to find a way into the NCAA Tourna­ment. For the third consecutive sea­son, however, the UAB men’s bas­ketball team had to settle for a spot in the National Invitation Tournament. UAB point guard Aaron Johnson still was excited about the team’s postseason opportunity. “I just think about being able to play basketball again,”... Full story »

Mike Davis was disappointed. Not that his UAB team didn't get into the NCAA Tournament, although there was that. Davis knew the NCAA Tournament was out of the question when he walked off the floor in Tulsa having coached UAB to a 58-44 loss in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament, the third consecutive loss for the... Full story »

How does UAB's Antarctica team get medical care? Video tour of the Palmer Station clinic Full story »

UAB was given a No. 2 seed in the NIT and the Blazers will play Big South regular season champion Coastal Carolina in a first round game on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Bartow Arena. Coastal Carolina, which is coached by former Auburn head coach Cliff Ellis, is 28-6 and lost in the Big South Tournament championship game. UAB... Full story »

Duke's too-easy road; Kentucky's youth question; watch out for Cornell (seriously) Full story »

Scarbo says this is the weakest NCAA field ever. Full story »

Thank heaven for UAB and the NIT. Hey, it's something. Full story »

UAB women’s basketball coach Audra Smith would love for her team to get the chance to play in the WNIT. The Blazers closed the season by advancing to the Conference USA Tournament championship game, where they lost 62-54 to top seed Tulane. Was the late season run, which included six consecutive wins before the loss to the Green Wave,... Full story »

Houston coach leads Cougars to four wins in four days. Full story »

It didn’t exactly come as planned but Conference USA will most certainly have two teams in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament when the field is announced on Sunday. The thought coming into Tulsa for the C-USA Tournament was that the winner of a possible semifinal game between No. 2 seed Memphis and third seed UAB would join regular season... Full story »

The frigid start was ultimately too much to overcome for UAB. The Blazers fell behind by 20 points early in the game and fell short of winning the title. Jala Harris and Tamika Dukes were selected to the all-tournament team.  Full story »

UAB has fought its way back in the game but is running out of time. The Blazers have cut the lead under double digits on three or four different occassions but haven't come closer than eight.  Full story »