UAB Blazers NCAA Basketball News

UAB opened the 2009-10 season with a strong statement as they routed Division II Miles College 97-49 in their only exhibition game of the season.

Miles Morris Perry shoots as UAB's Cameron Moore defends in the first half Tuesday November 3, 2009 at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Ala.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - - -Elijah Millsap scored 25 points to lead five double-figure scorers as the UAB men's basketball team defeated visiting Miles College, 97-49, in exhibition basketball action Tuesday night in Bartow Arena.

Tonight, when UAB plays host to Miles College in a men's basketball exhibition game, will be the first chance to see the full production of the new scoreboard and stat boards at Bartow Arena.

The UAB men's basketball team will open the 2009-10 season with an exhibition contest against Miles College on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at Bartow Arena.

The decision to move the 2010 Conference USA Tournament to Tulsa after a five-year run in Memphis was a calculated risk by the league office.

Mike Davis isn't starting from scratch, but the Blazers will definitely have a new feel when they hit the court this season.

He averaged just 2.8 points and 1.2 rebounds his first two seasons. Crawford shot 52 percent from the floor last season, achieving career highs in nearly every offensive category.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: F Elijah Millsap, a transfer from Louisiana-Lafayette , made 40 starts during his first two collegiate seasons.

The UAB mena s and womena s basketball teams will begin their official preparations for the 2008-09 season by holding their first practices Friday.

Former Indiana University player Robert Vaden has signed a contract to play professional basketball in Italy.

Milton Keynes Lions have made their seventh new addition ahead of the new season, with the signing of centre Frank Holmes.

Paul Delaney has signed a one-year contract with Hapoel Holon, an Israel Basketball League team based south of Tel Aviv.

In January of 1978, when UAB was less than a decade old, the entire campus voted to name all intercollegiate athletic teams the UAB Blazers.

You never know what will come on the recruiting trail - even in July. Doc Sadler's Husker basketball program has received a commitment from a shooting guard from the South.

Last November, Adrien Coleman of Stone Mountain, Ga., was the first player to sign a national basketball letter of intent with Alabama-Birmingham. Two weeks ago, the 6-foot-4, 195-pound wing was preparing to move to UAB when the school called with a big surprise.

UAB's men's basketball team completed the non-conference portion of its 2009-10 schedule with a trip to Arkansas on Jan.

Last Sunday's story on Gene Bartow brought back a rush of memories of an old friend.

Houston , Jan. 10 -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: Junior guard scored 25 points in the second half to lead the University of Houston men's basketball team to a 75-56 win over Conference USA-rival UAB on Saturday inside Hofheinz Pavilion.

Houston , Jan. 9 -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: The University of Houston men's basketball team opens Conference USA play this weekend when it plays host to UAB at 7 p.m., Saturday, inside Hofheinz Pavilion.