The 2023–24 UAB Blazers men's basketball team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Andy Kennedy, and played their home games at the Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama as first-year members of American Athletic Conference (AAC).

Previous season The Blazers finished the 2022–23 season 29–10, 14–6 in Conference USA (C-USA) play to finish in third place. They defeated Rice in the quarterfinals and North Texas in the semifinals, before losing in the championship of the C-USA tournament to Florida Atlantic. They received an at-large bid to the NIT, where they defeated Southern Miss in the first round, Morehead State in the second round, Vanderbilt in the quarterfinals and Utah Valley in the semifinals, before losing to North Texas in the championship game.

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

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Ledarrius Brewer 2 G 6'5" 190 RS Senior Meridian, MS Graduated Tavin Lovan 3 G 6'4" 210 Senior Franklin, KY Graduated KJ Buffen 5 F 6'7" 230 Senior Gainesville, GA Graduated Jordan Walker 10 G 5'11" 170 RS Senior Port Washington, NY Graduated/undrafted in 2023 NBA draft; signed with the Dallas Mavericks Ty Brewer 15 F 6'7" 200 Senior Meridian, MS Graduated Tyler Bertram 23 G 6'3" 170 RS Junior Cooperstown, NY Transferred to Albany Rongie Gordon 25 F 6'8" 225 Sophomore Montgomery, AL Transferred to Kennesaw State Trey Jemison 55 C 6'11" 260 Senior Birmingham, AL Graduated/undrafted in 2023 NBA draft; signed with the New Orleans Pelicans

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Daniel Oritz 2 G 6'0" 187 Junior Shreveport, LA North Alabama Yaxel Lendeborg 3 F 6'9" 230 Junior Pennsauken, NJ Arizona Western College James White 5 G 6'5" 190 Junior Conyers, GA Ole Miss Alejandro Vasquez 10 G 6'4" 205 Junior Queens, NY Salt Lake CC Christian Coleman 13 F 6'9" Junior Winnsboro, LA South Plains College Marquis Hargrove 15 G 6'3" 180 Junior Sacramento, CA Arizona Western College Barry Dunning 22 G 6'6" 195 Sophomore Mobile, AL Arkansas Will Shaver 25 F 6'10" 260 RS Sophomore Birmingham, AL North Carolina

Recruiting classes 2023 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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

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