The 2018–19 UAB Blazers basketball team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham during the

2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 6, 2018. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season concluded with the Final Four in Minneapolis on April 8, 2019. Practices officially began on Septembe ...

. The Blazers, led by third-year head coach

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, played their home games at the Bartow Arena as members of

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. They finished the season 20-15, 10-8 in C-USA Play to finish in 5th place. They defeated

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and UTSA to advance to the semifinals of the C-USA tournament where they lost to

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. They received an at-large bid to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to

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Previous season

The Blazers finished the 2017–18 season 20–13, 10–8 C-USA play to finish in sixth place. They defeated

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in the first round of the C-USA tournament before losing to

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. Despite winning 20 games, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

Incoming recruits

Recruiting class of 2019

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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