The 2021–22 UAB Blazers men's basketball team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by second-year head coach Andy Kennedy, and played their home games at the Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama as a member of Conference USA. They finished the season 27–8, 14–4 in C-USA play to finish second in the West Division. As the No. 2 seed out of the West Division, they defeated Florida Atlantic, Middle Tennessee, and Louisiana Tech to win the C-USA tournament. They received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 12 seed in the South Region, where they lost in the first round to Houston.

Previous season The Blazers finished the 2020–21 season 22–7, 13–5 in C-USA play to finish in second place in West Division. They defeated Rice in the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament before losing to Western Kentucky in the semifinals. Despite winning 22 games, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.

Offseason

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Tyreek Scott-Grayson 0 G 6'5" 177 Senior Brick, NJ Graduate transferred to Northeastern Koby Jeffies 4 G 6'3" 190 RS freshman Olive Branch, MS Transferred to UT Martin Jalen Benjamin 5 G 5'10" 140 RS sophomore Raleigh, NC Transferred to Mount St. Mary's Simeon Kirkland 10 F 6'10" 225 Junior Ocala, FL Transferred to New Orleans Kassim Nicholson 11 G 6'7" 200 Senior Jackson, MS Transferred to Tennessee State Terrell Ard Jr. 15 F 6'7" 210 Freshman Acworth, GA Transferred to Presbyterian Tobias Rotegård 33 G 6'7" 210 Freshman Kongsberg, Norway Transferred to Long Beach State

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Tyreke Locure 0 G 6'0" 165 Junior New Orleans, LA South Alabama Justin Brown 4 G 6'6" 208 Graduate student Atlanta, GA South Florida KJ Buffen 5 F 6'7" 230 Senior Gainesville, GA Ole Miss Jordan Walker 10 G 5'11" 170 RS senior Port Washington, NY Tulane Jamal Johnson 11 G 6'4" 195 RS senior Birmingham, AL Auburn AD Diedhiou 22 C 6'10" 240 Junior Dakar, Senegal Odessa College Josh LeBlanc Sr. 23 F 6'7" 230 Senior Baton Rouge, LA LSU Elijah Tate 24 G 6'3" 185 Sophomore Baton Rouge, LA Odessa College

Recruiting class of 2021 There was no incoming recruiting class of 2021.

Roster

Schedule and results

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!colspan=12 style=|Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style=|Conference USA regular season

!colspan=9 style=| Conference USA tournament

!colspan=9 style=| NCAA tournament

Source

See also 2021–22 UAB Blazers women's basketball team

References