# 2023–24 UAB Blazers women's basketball team

The 2023–24 UAB Blazers women's basketball team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blazers, led by 11th-year head coach Randy Norton, played their home games at the Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama as first year members of the American Athletic Conference.

## Previous season

The Blazers finished the 2022–23 season 14–17, 5–15 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for tenth (last) place. As the #10 seed in the C-USA tournament, they upset #7 seed North Texas in the first round, before falling to #2 seed Western Kentucky in the quarterfinals. This was the Blazers' final season as members of Conference USA, as they moved to the American Athletic Conference effective July 1, 2023.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||||||
| November 1, 2023* 6:00 pm | | Shorter | W 71–60 | – | 15 – Schneringer | 12 – Weathersby | 3 – DeShields | Bartow Arena (155) Birmingham, AL |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| November 6, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Alabama A&M | W 70–63 | 1–0 | 27 – Moore | 9 – T. Bershers | 6 – DeShields | Bartow Arena (157) Birmingham, AL |
| November 13, 2023* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Western Carolina | W 81–56 | 2–0 | 20 – T. Bershers | 13 – Weathersby | 7 – DeShields | Bartow Arena (125) Birmingham, AL |
| November 18, 2023* 8:15 pm | | vs. Eastern Kentucky Great Alaska Shootout semifinals | L 64–68 | 2–1 | 21 – Moore | 13 – Moore | 4 – Moore | Alaska Airlines Center (1,613) Anchorage, AK |
| November 19, 2023* 8:15 pm | | at Alaska Anchorage Great Alaska Shootout 3rd place game | W 63–52 | 3–1 | 11 – Moore | 9 – Walsh | 9 – DeShields | Alaska Airlines Center (1,044) Anchorage, AK |
| November 25, 2023* 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Valparaiso | W 78–68 | 4–1 | 21 – Moore | 9 – Moore | 7 – DeShields | Bartow Arena (159) Birmingham, AL |
| November 27, 2023* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Jacksonville State | W 85–78 $^{OT}$ | 5–1 | 27 – Moore | 14 – Moore | 4 – Moore | Bartow Arena (289) Birmingham, AL |
| November 29, 2023* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Mississippi Valley State | W 88–56 | 6–1 | 17 – Elley | 11 – Moore | 9 – DeShields | Bartow Arena (310) Birmingham, AL |
| December 3, 2023* 2:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Auburn | L 62–72 | 6–2 | 17 – Weathersby | 9 – Tied | 3 – DeShields | Bartow Arena (861) Birmingham, AL |
| December 9, 2023* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Nicholls | W 73–62 | 7–2 | 19 – Moore | 12 – Moore | 7 – DeShields | Stopher Gymnasium (344) Thibodaux, LA |
| December 12, 2023* 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | | South Carolina State | W 69–54 | 8–2 | 21 – Moore | 12 – Moore | 8 – DeShields | Bartow Arena (289) Birmingham, AL |
| December 20, 2023* 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | | vs. Wagner Hawk Classic | W 79–39 | 9–2 | 17 – Moore | 11 – Moore | 5 – Moore | Hagan Arena (113) Philadelphia, PA |
| December 21, 2023* 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Saint Joseph's Hawk Classic | L 57–63 | 9–3 | 14 – Moore | 11 – Moore | 2 – T. Bershers | Hagan Arena (434) Philadelphia, PA |
| AAC regular season |||||||||
| December 30, 2023 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Florida Atlantic | W 65–53 | 10–3 (1–0) | 16 – DeSheilds | 9 – Tied | 4 – Tied | Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (346) Boca Raton, FL |
| January 3, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Memphis | W 65–63 | 11–3 (2–0) | 20 – DeShields | 17 – Moore | 4 – DeShields | Bartow Arena (489) Birmingham, AL |
| January 7, 2024 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Charlotte | L 69–91 | 11–4 (2–1) | 18 – T. Bershers | 7 – Moffitt | 6 – DeShields | Dale F. Halton Arena (624) Charlotte, NC |
| January 10, 2024 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at East Carolina | W 73–64 | 12–4 (3–1) | 24 – Walsh | 10 – Weathersby | 11 – DeShields | Williams Arena (1,114) Greenville, NC |
| January 14, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | SMU | W 84–75 | 13–4 (4–1) | 31 – DeShields | 10 – Moore | 5 – DeShields | Bartow Arena (491) Birmingham, AL |
| January 21, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UTSA | W 54–53 | 14–4 (5–1) | 22 – DeShields | 7 – DeShields | 3 – DeShields | Bartow Arena (322) Birmingham, AL |
| January 25, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Wichita State | W 83–81 $^{OT}$ | 15–4 (6–1) | 23 – DeShields | 15 – Moore | 7 – Moore | Charles Koch Arena (1,092) Wichita, KS |
| January 28, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at North Texas | L 72–87 | 15–5 (6–2) | 15 – Tied | 6 – T. Bershers | 3 – DeShields | The Super Pit (1,592) Denton, TX |
| January 31, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Florida Atlantic | W 83–72 | 16–5 (7–2) | 18 – Schneringer | 6 – Elley | 3 – Tied | Bartow Arena (516) Birmingham, AL |
| February 3, 2024 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | South Florida | L 69–72 | 16–6 (7–3) | 19 – Moore | 5 – Walsh | 5 – DeShields | Bartow Arena (508) Birmingham, AL |
| February 7, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Tulane | W 94–77 | 17–6 (8–3) | 28 – Walsh | 12 – Moore | 10 – DeShields | Devlin Fieldhouse (855) New Orleans, LA |
| February 11, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UTSA | L 58–76 | 17–7 (8–4) | 12 – Schneringer | 7 – Elley | 3 – DeShields | Convocation Center (738) San Antonio, TX |
| February 14, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Temple | L 72–86 | 17–8 (8–5) | 22 – Moore | 11 – Moore | 4 – Moore | Bartow Arena (417) Birmingham, AL |
| February 17, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Rice | W 87–74 | 18–8 (9–5) | 22 – Moore | 9 – Moore | 8 – DeShields | Bartow Arena (927) Birmingham, AL |
| February 21, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Tulsa | L 72–84 | 18–9 (9–6) | 17 – Tied | 8 – Moore | 9 – DeShields | Reynolds Center (1,058) Tulsa, OK |
| February 24, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | North Texas | L 77–95 | 18–10 (9–7) | 28 – DeShields | 7 – Bershers | 4 – Schneringer | Bartow Arena (516) Birmingham, AL |
| March 2, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Memphis | L 61–82 | 18–11 (9–8) | 17 – DeShields | 9 – Moore | 7 – DeShields | Elma Roane Fieldhouse (1,131) Memphis, TN |
| March 5, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Wichita State | L 65–68 | 18–12 (9–9) | 16 – Moore | 12 – Moore | 6 – DeShields | Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL |
| AAC Women's Tournament |||||||||
| March 10, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | (7) | vs. (10) Rice Second Round | L 56–71 | 18–13 | 20 – DeShields | 11 – Weathersby | 6 – DeShields | Dickies Arena (1,483) Fort Worth, TX |
| WNIT |||||||||
| March 20, 2024* 6:00 pm | | at Southern Miss First Round | L 74–79 | 18–14 | 19 – Weathersby | 9 – Weathersby | 6 – Moore | Reed Green Coliseum (1,130) Hattiesburg, MS |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central. |||||||||
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