The 2014–15 UAB Blazers men's basketball team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blazers, led by third year head coach Jerod Haase, played their home games at Bartow Arena. They were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 20–16, 12–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They defeated WKU, Louisiana Tech, and Middle Tennessee to become champions of the C-USA tournament. They received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 14 seed where they upset No. 3-seeded and No. 9-ranked Iowa State in the first round before losing in the second round to No. 11-seeded UCLA.
Previous season The Blazers finished the 2013–14 season 18–13, 7–9 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the second round of the C-USA tournament to Charlotte.
Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Robert Williams 5 G 6'4" 210 RS Senior Greenville, MS Graduated Thaddeaus Rideau 11 G 6'4" 168 Junior Port Arthur, TX Transferred to Midwestern State K.C. Whitaker 12 G 6'6" 185 RS Sophomore Ashburn, VA Injured Fahro Alihodzic 15 C 6'10" 240 Senior Vlasenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina Graduated Preston Purifoy 24 F 6'5" 220 Senior Conway, AR Graduated Rod Rucker 42 F 6'5" 220 Senior Elberton, GA Graduated Jordan Swing 44 F 6'6" 200 Senior Birmingham, AL Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Hakeem Baxter 0 G 6'2" 170 Sophomore Philadelphia, PA Transferred from Maryland Eastern Shore. Under NCAA transfer rules, Baxter will have to sit out for the 2014–15 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.
Class of 2014 recruits
Class of 2015 recruits
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Conference USA regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Conference USA tournament
!colspan=9 style="| NCAA tournament
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