The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
UAB Picked to Finish Seventh in Conference USA 2020-2021 Preseason Poll
11/4/2020 1:15:00 PM | Women's Basketball
DALLAS, Texas – The UAB women's basketball team has been picked to finish seventh in Conference USA for the 2020-2021 season, the league office announced on Wednesday morning.
UAB is coming off a 20-11 season, where it went 12-6 in C-USA play. The team graduated a 2020 class made up of six seniors who won a combined 88 games, a program record.
This year's squad is underclassmen heavy, making up nine of the team's 15 student-athletes.
Zakyia Weathersby, who appeared in 28 games in 2019, is the team's lone senior.
The Blazers finished last season with its third consecutive 20-win season, a program first.
UAB is hoping to continue that success entering the 2020 season, in Randy Norton's eighth season at the helm.
The team will open up the season at Bartow Arena on Nov. 25 against Mississippi Valley.
Secure your women's basketball season tickets by purchasing the 2020-21 Gold Card for $65 here. The Gold Card is an exclusive offer that grants you admission into all women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, volleyball, baseball and softball events for the upcoming academic year. Contact the UAB Ticket Office at (205) 975-UAB1 for more details.
For more information on the UAB women's basketball team, follow the Blazers on Twitter (@UAB_WBB) and Instagram (UAB_WBBall).
2020-21 C-USA Preseason Poll (first-place votes)
1.Middle Tennessee (8)
2.Rice (3)
3.Old Dominion (3)
4.Charlotte
5.WKU
6.UTEP
7.UAB
8.North Texas
9.Louisiana Tech
10.Florida Atlantic
11.Southern Miss
12.Marshall
13.UTSA
14.FIU
2020-21 C-USA Preseason Team
Mariah Linney, Charlotte
Amber Dixon, Louisiana Tech
Savannah Wheeler, Marshall
Aislynn Hayes, Middle Tennessee
*Anastasia Hayers, Middle Tennessee
*Nancy Mulkey, Rice
Amari Young, Old Dominion
Ajah Wayne, Old Dominion
Katia Gallegos, UTEP
*Co-Preseason Players of the Year
UAB is coming off a 20-11 season, where it went 12-6 in C-USA play. The team graduated a 2020 class made up of six seniors who won a combined 88 games, a program record.
This year's squad is underclassmen heavy, making up nine of the team's 15 student-athletes.
Zakyia Weathersby, who appeared in 28 games in 2019, is the team's lone senior.
The Blazers finished last season with its third consecutive 20-win season, a program first.
UAB is hoping to continue that success entering the 2020 season, in Randy Norton's eighth season at the helm.
The team will open up the season at Bartow Arena on Nov. 25 against Mississippi Valley.
Secure your women's basketball season tickets by purchasing the 2020-21 Gold Card for $65 here. The Gold Card is an exclusive offer that grants you admission into all women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, volleyball, baseball and softball events for the upcoming academic year. Contact the UAB Ticket Office at (205) 975-UAB1 for more details.
For more information on the UAB women's basketball team, follow the Blazers on Twitter (@UAB_WBB) and Instagram (UAB_WBBall).
2020-21 C-USA Preseason Poll (first-place votes)
1.Middle Tennessee (8)
2.Rice (3)
3.Old Dominion (3)
4.Charlotte
5.WKU
6.UTEP
7.UAB
8.North Texas
9.Louisiana Tech
10.Florida Atlantic
11.Southern Miss
12.Marshall
13.UTSA
14.FIU
2020-21 C-USA Preseason Team
Mariah Linney, Charlotte
Amber Dixon, Louisiana Tech
Savannah Wheeler, Marshall
Aislynn Hayes, Middle Tennessee
*Anastasia Hayers, Middle Tennessee
*Nancy Mulkey, Rice
Amari Young, Old Dominion
Ajah Wayne, Old Dominion
Katia Gallegos, UTEP
*Co-Preseason Players of the Year
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