1989–90 UAB Blazers men's basketball team

1989–90 UAB Blazers men's basketball
Sun Belt Regular season champions
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record22–9 (12–2 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Assistant coachMurry Bartow (1st season)
Home arenaUAB Arena
1989–90 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UAB 12 2   .857 22 9   .710
South Florida 9 5   .643 20 11   .645
Old Dominion 7 7   .500 14 14   .500
Western Kentucky 7 7   .500 13 17   .433
UNC Charlotte 6 8   .429 16 14   .533
Jacksonville 5 9   .357 13 16   .448
South Alabama 5 9   .357 11 17   .393
VCU 5 9   .357 11 17   .393
1990 Sun Belt Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989–90 UAB Blazers men's basketball team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham as a member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Gene Bartow's 12th season at UAB, and the Blazers played their home games at UAB Arena. They finished the season 22–9, 12–2 in Sun Belt play and lost in the semifinals of the Sun Belt tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 10 seed in the East region. The Blazers fell in the opening round to UCLA, 68–56.