NCAA Tournamant 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 1986, 1987, 1990, 1994, 1999 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2015 Conference USA Champions 2004, 2011, 2015, 2016 BASKETBALL 2019-20 SCHEDULE (6-4) GAME DAY INFORMATION GAME DAY MATCHUP 11/7 at Troy W, 76-75 MATCHUPS UAB vs. Alabama State / Duquesne 11/11 Alabama A&M W, 74-52 DATES Dec. 21-22, 2019 11/15 Utah Valley - BBN L, 55-66 TIMES 4:00 P.M. / 1:30 P.M. LOCATION St. Petersburg, Fla. 11/20 Mount St. Mary’s - BBN W, 58-51 VENUE McArthur Center 11/26 Lamar - BBN W, 57-48 CAPACITY 1,500 11/29 at Kentucky - BBN L, 58-69 STREAM None 63.0 PPG 55.3 73.8 12/3 at Texas L, 57-67 RADIO WJQX-FM ESPN 100.5 Jox2 12/7 Memphis L, 57-65 TALENT Rob Joyce (pxp), Murry Bartow (analysis) Margin LIVE STATS Tritonstats.com +1.8 -22.6 +17.8 12/14 Montevallo W, 75-63 LIVE TWITTER UPDATES @UAB_MBB 12/17 North Alabama W, 63-57 .423 FG% .355 .470 12/21 vs. Alabama State - SPS 4:00 PM TEAM RESUMES 12/22 vs. Duquesne - SPS 1:30 PM 3FG% UAB ASU DUQ .324 .278 .326 12/28 Thomas 1:00 PM Record 6-4 1-9 9-0 1/2 at Charlotte* 6:00 PM Conference 0-0 0-0 0-0 .718 FT% .688 .780 1/4 at Old Dominion* 6:00 PM Last 5 2-3 1-4 5-0 1/9 WKU* 7:00 PM Streak W2 L3 W9 38.2 RPG 28.7 36.3 1/11 Marshall* 2:00 PM Common Opp. 2-0 0-0 1-0 1/16 at FIU* 6:00 PM COACHING MATCHUPS +6.7 Reb Mar. -9.9 +6.9 1/18 at Florida Atlantic* 3:00 PM Robert Ehsan Lewis Jackson Keith Dambrot 1/23 Southern Miss* 7:00 PM Record 63-48 Record 200–247 Record 457-238 at UAB Same at ASU Same at DUQ 44-29 10.7 APG 8.1 14.6 1/25 LaTech* 2:00 PM Record vs. ASU 0-0 Record vs. UAB 0-2 Record vs. UAB 0-0 1/30 at UTSA* 6:00 PM Record vs. DUQ 0-0 Record vs. DUQ 0-0 Record vs. ASU 0-0 14.7 TO 16.1 12.1 2/1 at UTEP* 8:00 PM SERIES AT A GLANCE 2/6 Rice* 7:00 PM VS. ASU UAB leads 8-0 0.7 A/T 0.5 1.2 2/8 North Texas* 1:00 PM IN BIRMINGHAM UAB leads 7-0 2/12 Middle Tennessee* 7:00 PM IN MONTGOMERY UAB leads 1-0 Steals VS. DUQ DUQ leads 2-1 5.5 6.7 7.9 2/15 at Middle Tennessee* 2:00 PM IN BIRMINGHAM UAB leads 1-0 2/22 C-USA Bonus Play TBA IN PITTSBURGH DUQ leads 1-0 3.0 Blocks 2.1 6.7 2/27 C-USA Bonus Play TBA IN ALBUQUERQUE DUQ leads 1-0 3/1 C-USA Bonus Play TBA 3/4 C-USA Bonus Play TBA PROBABLE STARTERS 3/7 C-USA Bonus Play TBA 3/11 C-USA Championship TBA 3/12 C-USA Championship TBA 3/13 C-USA Championship TBA 3/14 C-USA Championship TBA 0 2 3 5 13 *Conference USA game SCOTT-GRAYSON PEARSON LOVAN GUEYE BENJAMIN BBN - Big Blue Nation Showcase GP/GS: 10/10 GP/GS: 10/10 GP/GS: 10/10 GP/GS: 10/10 GP/GS: 10/7 SPS – St. Pete Shootout played at Eckerd College PPG: 9.6 PPG: 5.7 PPG: 11.4 PPG: 6.5 PPG: 11.8 RPG: 3.6 RPG: 4.1 RPG: 5.1 RPG: 5.4 RPG: 3.0 UAB will play on four of the five designated C-USA Bonus Play dates, which will complete the regular season MIN: 27.3 MIN: 18.5 MIN: 28.6 MIN: 26.4 MIN: 29.8 QUICK FACTS GENERAL SOCIAL MEDIA Location ................................................Birmingham, Ala. UAB Men’s Basketball Twitter ...........................................@UAB_MBB Founded ................................................................... 1969 UAB Men’s Basketball Instagram ........................................UAB_MBB Enrollment ............................................................ 22,080 UAB Athletics Twitter .................................................@UAB_Athletics President ....................................................Dr. Ray Watts UAB Athletics Facebook .................................................... UAB.Blazers Athletics Director ....................................... Mark Ingram UAB Athletics You Tube ................................................... UABathletics Faculty Athletics Representative ........Dr. Frank Messina UAB Athletics Instagram ..............................................uab_athletics Nickname ............................................................. Blazers School Colors ............................. Forest Green & Old Gold ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Bartow Arena (Capacity) ................Bartow Arena (8,500) Men’s Basketball Contact ..........................................Ryan Gavatorta Affiliation ................................................NCAA Division I Email ...........................................................................rg1@uab.edu Conference ............................................. Conference USA Office Phone ............................................................205-934-0722 Cell Phone .................................................................205-645-6031 HISTORY Athletics Communications Fax ....................................205-934-7505 First Season ................................................................................1978-79 Mailing Address ................................................617 13th Street South All-Time Record ..........................................................................823-500 .............................................................................Birmingham, AL 35294 NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last .....................................15/2015 Website ................................................................www.UABSports.com COACHING STAFF WE ARE UAB Head Coach ...............................................Robert Ehsan (4th Season) The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has been an Alma Mater ........................................................... UC Davis (2005) autonomous member of the University of Alabama system since Record at UAB ........................................................................63-48 1969 and has had an intercollegiate athletic program since Overall Record ........................................................................Same 1977. Associate Head .......................................Turner Battle (6th Season) Alma Mater ..............................................................Buffalo (2005) Please note that there are only two correct versions of our Associate Head .................................Dannton Jackson (4th Season) name: UAB and The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Alma Mater .....................Xavier University of Louisiana (1992) Assistant Coach .........................................Kevin Devitt (4th Season) WE ARE NOT: Alma Mater ...............................................................DePaul (2010) Alabama-Birmingham Ala.-Birmingham TEAM INFORMATION Ala.-Birm. 2018-19 Overall Record .................................................................20-15 UA-Birmingham 2018-19 Conference USA Record ...................................................10-8 U.A.B. 2018-19 Conference USA Finish .......................................................5th Postseason Play ............................................................. CBI 1st Round Players Returning/Lost ......................................................................7/7 Starters Returning/Lost ................................................................... 1/4 Newcomers .............................................................................................8 Breakdown (Sr./Jr./So./Fr.) .........................................................3/3/4/5 2019-20 ROSTER NUMERICAL No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Prep School/Transfer 0 Tyreek Scott-Grayson Jr. Guard 6-5 177 Brick, N.J. / Suffield Academy / State Fair JC 2 Tamell Pearson So. Forward 6-10 223 Chicago, Ill. / Morgan Park 3 Tavin Lovan So. Guard 6-4 196 Franklin, Ky. / Franklin Simpson / Hargrave Military Academy 4 Jahein Spencer Fr. Guard 6-4 220 Napoleonville, La. / Madison Prep 5 Makhtar Gueye Jr. Forward 6-10 210 Rufisque, Senegal / Aspire Academy 10 Luis Hurtado R-So. Guard 6-6 210 Mérida, Venezuela / The Sagemont School 11 Kassim Nicholson Jr. Forward 6-6 200 Jackson, Miss. / Callaway / Holmes 12 Will Butler Sr. Forward 6-8 245 St. Catherine, Jamaica / Redemption Christian Academy / Pensacola State 13 Jalen Benjamin Fr. Guard 5-10 140 Raleigh, N.C. / Meadowcreek 15 Joshua Sippial So. Guard 6-2 180 Montgomery, Ala. / Loveless Academic Magnet Program 21 Jon Coleman Fr. Guard 5-11 170 Little Rock, Ark. / Hall 23 Jordan Brinson Fr. Guard 6-2 175 Inglewood, Calif. / Westchester 25 Antonio Ralat Sr. Guard 6-2 200 San Juan, P.R. / ELEV|8 Sports Institute 34 Jude Akabueze R-Fr. Forward 6-8 260 Lagos, Nigeria / North Marion Incomng Transfer (will sit out 2019-20) No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Prep School/Transfer 32 Rashawn Fredericks Sr. Guard 6-5 200 St. Croix, Virgin Islands / Chamberlain / Cincinnati COACHES AND SUPPORT STAFF Head Coach Robert Ehsan [UC Davis ‘05] Associate Head Coach Turner Battle [Buffalo (‘05) Associate Head Coach Dannton Jackson [Xavier University of Louisiana ‘92) Assistant Coach Kevin Devitt [DePaul ‘10] Director of Operations D.J. Black [Penn State ‘06] Graduate Assistant Alex Church [Marshall ‘18] Graduate Assistant Aaron Johnson [UAB ‘09] Director of Player Relations Rob Williams [UAB ‘13] Director of Basketball Administration Scott Sharp [Boise State ‘14] Associate Athletics Director - Sports Medicine Bryan Koch [Indiana State ‘98] Head Athletic Performance Coach Nick Michael [Elmhurst ‘07] PRONUNCIATIONS 2 Tamell Pearson tuh-MELL 3 Tavin Lovan TAY-vin LOE-vin 4 Jahein Spencer juh-HEEN 5 Makhtar Gueye MACK-tar gay 10 Luis Hurtado her-TAH-doe 11 Kassim Nicholson kuh-SEEM 25 Antonio Ralat ruh-LOT 34 Jude Akabueze ack-uh-BWAY-zay HC Robert Ehsan EE-sahn 2019-20 ROSTER Returning Starters No. Name Year Pos. Ht. Wt. Pts. Reb. G/GS Hometown Quick Facts 5 Makhtar Gueye Jr. F 6-10 210 8.3 6.7 25/28 Rufisque, Senegal Played on 2019 Senegal World