UAB

[NH]

The CUSA Mike Anderson teams were really good. I always respected those squads. They had a player I believe named Squeeky Johnson that I remember being particularly fun to watch.

[Billikenbooster]

My abiding recollection was never being able to beat them there. Do we owe them a visit there next year?

[Brighton]

The student section and most of the fanbase aren't old enough to remember UAB as a conference counterpart.

[juniorbill76]

33 minutes ago, NH said:

The CUSA Mike Anderson teams were really good. I always respected those squads. They had a player I believe named Squeeky Johnson that I remember being particularly fun to watch.

There's a treatment for that now. I've seen the commercials.

[almaman]

I remember UAB  having  a very thin  player maybe  6'6" but looked 2 dimensional.

 

 

[slu72]

I only remember Bartow from Memphis MVC days. He had some good teams. Larry Finch, Kenyon, others. I think he took them to the final 4 one year and lost a toughie to UCLA. 

[Taj79]

I met Gene at the CUSA tournament in Birmingham, circa 1998 (Spoon's last year whenever that was).  Very cordial man willing to talk in the middle of an entry way with a complete stranger.  Son Murray was HC of UAB then, Gene might have moved up to AD.  Later, I had finaggled a seat on the court on press row.  Gene walked by, looked at me, pointed; I smiled and shrugged, he smiled and shrugged and left me be.  The best thing about that story is I watched UAB and Louisville go at it from "the front row."  That one game made me realize the true physicality of play that happens on a college basketball court.  No blood, but if there were some, no one would have been surprised.  

UAB was a commuter school, a night school, much like Temple.  It was also a satellite UA school removed from Tuscaloosa but not unlike UMSL, or UM-Rolla or others of that ilk.  There is UA-Huntsville and UA Medical along with Bama and UAB.  UAB wanted big time and have pursued it greatly.  They now have football along with their own stadium.  They come a long way from those formative Great Midwest days.  UAB was a founding member, coming in from the Sun Belt and joining Cincinnati, Memphis, Marquette, DePaul and us.  Started in 1991 and dissolved to form CUSA in 1996 and added UNC-Charlotte, Louisville, Southern Miss, Tulane and South Florida from the Metro and Houston from Southwest Conference.  So that's history from 30 years ago.

[Band Legend]

2 hours ago, Bay Area Billiken said:

Lutz was like a banty rooster on the sideline, reminded me of Billy Tubbs, but with slicker hair, of whom Norm Stewart once said, "Billy doesn't lose.  He just gets cheated."

In fact Rammer called Bobby Lutz the banty rooster on Billikens broadcasts.  Good times

[dennis_w]

1 hour ago, Taj79 said:

I met Gene at the CUSA tournament in Birmingham, circa 1998 (Spoon's last year whenever that was).  Very cordial man willing to talk in the middle of an entry way with a complete stranger.  Son Murray was HC of UAB then, Gene might have moved up to AD.  Later, I had finaggled a seat on the court on press row.  Gene walked by, looked at me, pointed; I smiled and shrugged, he smiled and shrugged and left me be.  The best thing about that story is I watched UAB and Louisville go at it from "the front row."  That one game made me realize the true physicality of play that happens on a college basketball court.  No blood, but if there were some, no one would have been surprised.  

UAB was a commuter school, a night school, much like Temple.  It was also a satellite UA school removed from Tuscaloosa but not unlike UMSL, or UM-Rolla or others of that ilk.  There is UA-Huntsville and UA Medical along with Bama and UAB.  UAB wanted big time and have pursued it greatly.  They now have football along with their own stadium.  They come a long way from those formative Great Midwest days.  UAB was a founding member, coming in from the Sun Belt and joining Cincinnati, Memphis, Marquette, DePaul and us.  Started in 1991 and dissolved to form CUSA in 1996 and added UNC-Charlotte, Louisville, Southern Miss, Tulane and South Florida from the Metro and Houston from Southwest Conference.  So that's history from 30 years ago.

gene bartow coached st charles high to a state championship

[crymdg2]

I remember in high school telling everyone that UAB was going to beat UK in the tournament and everyone said I was nuts. That game alone put my bracket in the money.

[someoneelse]

6 hours ago, TheA_Bomb said:

I hope you're right but no one cares about UAB.

 

Remember when UNC-C was pretty good?

You could get (so so) lower bowl seats for $10 as of yesterday with the right invitation. That says to me the tickets aren’t moving. 

[RUBillsFan]

55 minutes ago, someoneelse said:

You could get (so so) lower bowl seats for $10 as of yesterday with the right invitation. That says to me the tickets aren’t moving. 

The "right invitation" being the link in this tweet:

 

[Cowboy II]

-on Dec 18 UAB gets Huggy and his WVa team in Birmingham, I find it interesting and great a Big 12 squad is going to a Conf USA team, like Auburn coming to us that day

[jonny karate]

22 hours ago, juniorbill76 said:

There's a treatment for that now. I've seen the commercials.

Ah an incontinence joke. Well played