University of Alabama NCAA News

The UAB men's basketball team will return to action when it takes on instate foe Troy on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at Bartow Arena.

UAB met the enemy on Saturday night at DowdyFicklen Stadium. And the enemy wore white jerseys during the Blazers' 37-21 Conference USA loss to East Carolina.

Howard Crawford scored 17 of his 21 points in the second half to help Alabama-Birmingham defeat Georgia 72-56 on Saturday night.

Dwayne Harris caught eight passes for 108 yard and two touchdowns, including a kickoff return for a score, to lead East Carolina to a 37-21 win over Alabama-Birmingham on Saturday.

OK, so Nick Saban says he isn't looking ahead to Auburn next week. I believe him.

There's a new dimension to Alabama's offense: a running quarterback. Greg McElroy isn't going to be confused with Florida's Tim Tebow or even UAB's Joe Webb, but he had a career-high 30 yards rushing on four carries Saturday in a 31-3 victory at Mississippi State, and that included a career-long 16-yard run.

Elijah Millsap scored 18 points and had 11 rebounds to lead five Blazers in double figures as Alabama-Birmingham defeated Jacksonville State 87-62 on Tuesday night.

East Carolina cornerback Emanuel Davis, who returned an interception 42 yards for a touchdown during the Pirates' 44-17 Conference USA win at Tulsa on Sunday, was named the league's Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.

Howard Crawford and Dexter Fields each scored 12 points and Alabama-Birmingham scored the final five points in a 55-52 victory over Samford on Sunday.

Mike McKee scored 19 points and Rodriguez Sherman added 17 as Kent State held off Alabama-Birmingham 72-65 on Saturday night.

Joe Webb passed for 378 yards, threw three touchdowns and rushed for another score to lead Alabama-Birmingham to a 31-21 win over Memphis on Saturday.

At least in terms of statistics, there isn't an area in which the UTEP defense excels.

The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay men's basketball team overcame foul trouble to Rahmon Fletcher in the first half but couldn't do it again in the second half of its season opener against UAB.

Elijah Millsap scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Alabama-Birmingham to a 68-56 win over Wisconsin-Green Bay in the season opener for both teams on Friday.

Joe Webb threw four touchdowns and rushed for two scores to lead Alabama-Birmingham to a 56-29 rout over Florida Atlantic on Saturday.

Blazers QB Joe Webb looks for more yards against Tavious Polo in UAB's win over Florida Atlantic.

We won't know for sure who will line up in the UAB secondary until the Blazers and Florida Atlantic kick it off in less than an hour.

Joe Webb threw four touchdowns and rushed for two scores to lead Alabama-Birmingham to a 56-29 rout over Florida Atlantic on Saturday.

Neil Callaway has a chance to win back-to-back games for the first time since coming to UAB.

The UAB Blazers traveled to El Paso this past weekend where they ended a two game losing streak against the UTEP Miners.