The 2022–23 UAB Blazers men's basketball team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Andy Kennedy, and played their home games at the Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama as a member of Conference USA.

The season marked the team's last season as members of Conference USA before joining the American Athletic Conference on July 1, 2023.

Previous season The Blazers finished the 2021–22 season 27–8, 14–4 in C-USA play to finish second in the West Division. As the No. 2 seed out of the West Division, they defeated Florida Atlantic, Middle Tennessee, and Louisiana Tech to win the C-USA tournament. They received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 12 seed in the South Region, where they lost in the first round to Houston.

Offseason

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Tyreke Locure 0 G 6'0" 165 Junior New Orleans, LA Transferred to Louisiana–Monroe Michael Ertel 2 G 6'2" 190 GS Senior Indianapolis, IN Graduated Justin Brown 4 G 6'6" 208 GS Senior Atlanta, GA Graduated Jamal Johnson 11 G 6'4" 195 RS Senior Birmingham, AL Transferred to Chattanooga Quan Jackson 13 G 6'4" 190 GS Senior Tallahassee, FL Graduated AD Diedhiou 22 F 6'10" 240 Junior Dakar, Senegal Transferred to Louisiana–Monroe Josh LeBlanc Sr. 23 F 6'7" 230 Senior Baton Rouge, LA Transferred to Nicholls Elijah Tate 24 G 6'3" 185 Sophomore Baton Rouge, LA Transferred to South Plains College

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Javian Davis 0 F 6'9" 240 RS Junior Canton, MS Mississippi State Ledarrius Brewer 2 G 6'5" 190 RS Senior Meridian, MS East Tennessee State Eric Gaines 4 G 6'2" 150 Sophomore Lithonia, GA LSU Ty Brewer 15 F 6'9" 205 Senior Meridian, MS East Tennessee State Tyler Bertram 23 G 6'3" 185 RS Junior Cooperstown, NY Binghamton

Recruiting classes

2022 recruiting class

2023 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=|Exhibition

!colspan=12 style=|Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style=|Conference USA regular season

!colspan=9 style=| Conference USA tournament

!colspan=9 style=| NIT

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