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The '''University of Alabama at Birmingham''', or "'''UAB'''", Blazers compete as members of [[Conference USA]] in [[NCAA Division I FBS]] football and in [[NCAA Division I]] basketball.  UAB is a public institution located in Birmingham, Alabama.  The school has an undergraduate enrollment of around 11,000.

The campus is located on the south side of downtown Birmingham, roughly between I-65 on the west and 20th Street on the east, and between Third Avenue South and Tenth Avenue South. AL-149 (University Boulevard) cross the campus east-to-west. Northbound on I-65, exit 259 is the AL-149 exit; southbound, exit 259A is Third Avenue South. Both provide direct access to campus, as does the AL-149 exit off the US 31/280 freeway just east of campus. Legion Field (71,594) is also the site of the [[Birmingham Bowl|BBVA Compass Bowl]], the [[{{swac}}]] Championship Game, and the former location of as many as three [[Alabama]] home games per year in the past. It is an off-campus facility located in the northwest area of downtown about a mile from campus at Fourth Street West and Graymont Avenue. Exit 123 off I-20/59 (AL-4/Arkadelphia Road) is the closest freeway access to the stadium, a quarter-mile north of Graymont on AL-4. Gene Bartow Arena (8,508) is on campus at the corner of Sixth Avenue South and 14th Street.

UAB's main rivals are [[Southern Mississippi]] and [[Troy]]. Prior to [[Memphis]] departing the conference, the teams played annually in the Battle for the Bones. There is also a bitter one-sided rivalry with [[Alabama]] arising from the flagship's continual refusal to allow the satellite to do things it wants to do.

There have been 14 Blazers in the NFL, including WR Roddy White and DE Bryan Thomas. Eight players have gone from UAB to the NBA, but oddly, despite the school's tradition in basketball, not one has logged more than 900 minutes on the court. The basketball program was started in 1978 by legendary coach Gene Bartow, the man who replaced John Wooden at [[Cal-Los Angeles|UCLA]]. Bartow went 52-9 in two seasons in Westwood before quitting to take on the task of starting the UAB program from scratch, and had the Blazers in the NIT their second season and the NCAA Sweet Sixteen their third.
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=='''Conference Affiliations'''==
===Football===
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|NCAA I FBS
|2016-present
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|no team
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|2015
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|[[{{cusa}}]]
|NCAA I FBS
|1999-2014
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|[[{{fbsind}}]]
|NCAA I FBS
|1996-1998
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|[[{{fcsind}}]]
|NCAA I FCS
|1993-1995
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|[[{{d3ind}}]]
|NCAA III
|1991-1992
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===Basketball===
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|[[{{cusa}}]]
|NCAA I
|1995-present
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|[[{{gmwc}}|Great Midwest Conference]]
|NCAA I
|1991-1995
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|[[{{sunb}}]]
|NCAA I
|1979-1991
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|[[{{d1ind}}]]
|NCAA I
|1978-1979
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=='''Post-Season Appearances'''==
===Football===
{{Bowl Alert}}
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|[[Hawai'i Bowl]]
|[[Hawai'i Bowl|2004]]
|}

===Basketball===
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|{{d1mt}}
|[[1981 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1981]], [[1982 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1982]], [[1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1983]], [[1984 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1984]], [[1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1985]], [[1986 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1986]], [[1987 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1987]], [[1990 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1990]], [[1994 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1994]], [[1999 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1999]], [[2004 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2004]], [[2005 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2005]], [[2006 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2006]], [[2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2011]], [[2015 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2015]]
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|[[1980 National Invitation Tournament|1980]], [[1989 National Invitation Tournament|1989]], [[1991 National Invitation Tournament|1991]], [[1992 National Invitation Tournament|1992]], [[1993 National Invitation Tournament|1993]], [[1997 National Invitation Tournament|1997]], [[1998 National Invitation Tournament|1998]], [[2003 National Invitation Tournament|2003]], [[2009 National Invitation Tournament|2009]], [[2010 National Invitation Tournament|2010]]
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=='''Championships'''==
===Football===
Alabama-Birmingham never won a championship of any kind in football.

===Basketball===
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|[[{{cusa}}]] Tournament Champions
|[[2015 Conference USA Men's Basketball|2015]]
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|[[{{cusa}}]] Regular Season Champions
|''[[2004 Conference USA Men's Basketball|2004]]'', [[2008 Conference USA Men's Basketball|2008]]†, [[2011 Conference USA Men's Basketball|2011]]
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|[[{{cusa}}]] National Division Champions
|[[1999 Conference USA Men's Basketball|1999]]
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|[[{{sunb}}]] Tournament Champions
|[[1982 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball|1982]], [[1983 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball|1983]], [[1984 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball|1984]], [[1987 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball|1987]]
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|[[{{sunb}}]] Regular Season Champions
|''[[1981 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball|1981]]'', [[1982 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball|1982]], [[1990 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball|1990]]
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† - Memphis won the 2008 CUSA Championship, but was forced to vacate their entire schedule due to the academic ineligibility of Derrick Rose. Alabama-Birmingham, the runner-up, now claims the title.

=='''National Individual Awards'''==
===Football===
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|[[NCAA Division I FCS First-Team All-Americans]]
|1994: Derrick Ingram (WR)
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===Basketball===
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|'''[[National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame]]'''
|2009: Gene Bartow (coach)
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=='''External Links'''==
[http://www.uabsports.com/ University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics]
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