Conference Conference USA Assistant coach Turner Battle Assistant coach Kevin Devitt | 2016–17 record 15–14 (8–8 C-USA) Assistant coach Dannton Jackson | |
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The 2016–17 UAB Blazers basketball team represents the University of Alabama at Birmingham during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blazers, led by first-year head coach Robert Ehsan, play their home games at the Bartow Arena as members of Conference USA.
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Previous season
The Blazers finished the 2015–16 season 26–7, 16–2 in C-USA play and were the regular season champions of the league. They lost in the quarterfinals of the C-USA Tournament to WKU. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to BYU.
Following the season, head coach Jerod Haase left UAB to accept the head coaching position at Stanford. On April 4, 2016, the school hired Robert Ehsan, who had been an assistant under Haase at UAB, as head coach .
Preseason
The Blazers were picked to finish in first place in the preseason Conference USA poll. Chris Cokley and William Lee were selected to the preseason All-Conference USA team.