2005–06 UAB Blazers men's basketball team
2005–06 UAB Blazers men's basketball | |
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Conference | Conference USA |
Ranking | |
AP | No. 25 |
Record | 24–7 (12–2 C-USA) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Bartow Arena |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Memphis† | 13 | – | 1 | .929 | 33 | – | 4 | .892 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 UAB | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 24 | – | 7 | .774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTEP | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Miss | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Carolina | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 8 | – | 20 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2006 C-USA Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2005–06 UAB Blazers men's basketball team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham as a member of the Conference USA during the 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Mike Anderson's fourth season at UAB, and the Blazers played their home games at Bartow Arena. They finished the season 24–7, 12–2 in C-USA play and lost in the semifinals of the C-USA tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 9 seed in the East region. The Blazers fell in the opening round to No. 8 seed Kentucky, 69–64.[1]
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
Nov 10, 2005* 7:30 p.m. |
West Alabama | W 83–41 | Bartow Arena Birmingham, Alabama | ||||||||
Nov 11, 2005* 7:30 p.m. |
North Georgia | W 98–68 | Bartow Arena Birmingham, Alabama | ||||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 25, 2005* 11:30 a.m., FoxSportsNet |
vs. UMass Hall of Fame Classic |
W 86–77 | 1–0 |
MassMutual Center (6,105) Springfield, Massachusetts | |||||||
Nov 27, 2005* 3:00 p.m. |
South Carolina State | W 79–48 | 2–0 |
Bartow Arena (3,487) Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Nov 29, 2005* 7:30 p.m. |
Western Kentucky | L 76–92 | 2–1 |
Bartow Arena (3,835) Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Dec 3, 2005* 3:00 p.m. |
at Nebraska | W 73–72 | 3–1 |
Bob Devaney Sports Center (9,942) Lincoln, Nebraska | |||||||
Dec 6, 2005* 7:30 p.m. |
at DePaul | L 66–70 | 3–2 |
Rosemont Horizon (7,747) Rosemont, Illinois | |||||||
Dec 10, 2005* 7:30 p.m. |
Alcorn State | W 81–59 | 4–2 |
Bartow Arena (3,676) Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Dec 14, 2005* 7:00 p.m. |
at Minnesota | L 68–69 | 4–3 |
Williams Arena (11,034) Minneapolis, Minnesota | |||||||
Dec 19, 2005* 8:30 p.m. |
Centenary | W 72–58 | 5–3 |
Bartow Arena (3,080) Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Dec 22, 2005* 7:30 p.m. |
Old Dominion | W 85–57 | 6–3 |
Bartow Arena (4,588) Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Dec 28, 2005* 6:30 p.m. |
Oklahoma State | W 90–71 | 7–3 |
Bartow Arena (8,289) Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Dec 30, 2005* 6:00 p.m. |
at South Florida | W 59–47 | 8–3 |
Sun Dome (2,374) Tampa, Florida | |||||||
Jan 2, 2006* 7:30 p.m. |
VCU | W 68–62 | 9–3 |
Bartow Arena (3,879) Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Jan 5, 2006* 7:30 p.m. |
Valdosta State | W 98–69 | 10–3 |
Bartow Arena (3,976) Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Jan 11, 2006 7:30 p.m. |
Tulsa | W 84–54 | 11–3 (1–0) |
Bartow Arena (4,388) Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Jan 14, 2006 6:00 p.m. |
at Marshall | W 76–64 | 12–3 (2–0) |
Cam Henderson Center (4,561) Huntington, West Virginia | |||||||
Jan 18, 2006 7:05 p.m. |
at Rice | W 75–68 | 13–3 (3–0) |
Reliant Arena (1,647) Houston, Texas | |||||||
Jan 21, 2006 5:00 p.m. |
Houston | W 82–79 | 14–3 (4–0) |
Bartow Arena (8,255) Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Jan 26, 2006 7:00 p.m., CSTV |
at No. 3 Memphis | L 66–73 | 14–4 (4–1) |
FedExForum (15,529) Memphis, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 28, 2006 7:30 p.m. |
Southern Miss | W 87–73 | 15–4 (5–1) |
Bartow Arena (8,108) Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Feb 4, 2006 2:00 p.m. |
at UCF | W 75–68 | 16–4 (6–1) |
UCF Arena (2,062) Orlando, Florida | |||||||
Feb 8, 2006 9:00 p.m. |
at UTEP | L 37–65 | 16–5 (6–2) |
Don Haskins Center (10,983) El Paso, Texas | |||||||
Feb 11, 2006 7:30 p.m. |
East Carolina | W 72–64 | 17–5 (7–2) |
Bartow Arena (6,365) Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Feb 15, 2006 7:30 p.m. |
Tulane | W 87–82 | 18–5 (8–2) |
Bartow Arena (4,391) Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Feb 18, 2006 2:00 p.m. |
at Southern Miss | W 87–50 | 19–5 (9–2) |
Reed Green Coliseum (3,236) Hattiesburg, Mississippi | |||||||
Feb 25, 2006 7:00 p.m. |
at SMU | W 73–68 | 20–5 (10–2) |
Moody Coliseum (4,118) Dallas, Texas | |||||||
Mar 2, 2006 8:30 p.m., ESPN2 |
No. 3 Memphis | W 80–74 | 21–5 (11–2) |
Bartow Arena (8,500) Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Mar 4, 2006 7:30 p.m. |
Marshall | W 82–61 | 22–5 (12–2) |
Bartow Arena (7,149) Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
C-USA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 9, 2006 12:00 a.m. |
(2) No. 24 | vs. (10) SMU Quarterfinals |
W 69–55 | 22–6 |
FedExForum (9,346) Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||
Mar 10, 2006 6:00 p.m. |
(2) No. 24 | vs. (3) UTEP Semifinals |
W 63–60 | 23–6 |
FedExForum (12,524) Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||
Mar 11, 2006 10:35 a.m., CBS |
(2) No. 24 | at (1) No. 5 Memphis Championship Game |
L 46–57 | 23–7 |
FedExForum (16,607) Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 17, 2006* 8:45 p.m., CBS |
(9 E) | vs. (8 E) Kentucky First round |
L 64–69 | 24–7 |
Wachovia Center (19,999) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Central Time. |
Rankings
References
- ^ "Kentucky exacts revenge, eliminates C-USA's UAB". ESPN. March 18, 2006. Retrieved December 26, 2022.[dead link ]
- ^ "2005–06 Alabama–Birmingham Blazers Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ "2019-20 UAB Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). UAB Athletics. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ "2005-06 Men's Basketball Schedule". UAB Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2023.