UAB basketball team set for NIT Final Four

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The UAB men’s basketball team will travel to New York, N.Y. to square off against No. 11/13 Oklahoma in the semifinal round of the 2008Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off . The contest between the Blazers and Sooners will be nationally-televised on ESPN2 and will tip off at approximately 9 p.m. ET (8 p.m. CT).
  The Blazers and Sooners are the second game of the evening at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The first game, slated for 7 p.m., features the Purdue Boilermakers and the Boston College Eagles, which will also air on ESPN2.
  The NIT Season Tip-Off championship game is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 28, with the consolation game beginning at 1:30 p.m. the same day. Both games on Friday will be broadcast on ESPN2.
  UAB enters Wednesday’s contest against Oklahoma on quite a roll to begin the 2008-09 season. The Blazers have opened the campaign with four consecutive victories, all coming on the road. Most recently, the Blazers captured an impressive 77-62 victory at Old Dominion last Saturday to improve to 4-0 for the first time since the 2004-05 campaign.
  The Blazers are led by three seniors who average double figures. Senior guard/forward Robert Vaden, a Naismith Award candidate and Preseason C-USA Player of the Year recipient, leads the team in points (18.8) and is second in rebounding (6.0). He also leads the team with 15 treys on the season (15-of-34).
(courtesy: UAB Media Relations)