2024 Tournament PreviewAfter a fourth-place finish in the American Conference regular season, UAB turned it on for the AAC tourney, beating all three opponents by double digits to clinch the automatic bid. The team's key contributors come from a variety of places, as leading scorer Yaxel Lendeborg (13.9 ppg, 10.7 rpg) is a junior-college transfer, point guard Eric Gaines (12.2 ppg, 5.5 apg) is a former LSU Tiger and Alejandro Vasquez (11.3 ppg) -- who had 29 points in the bid-sealing win -- last played at St. Bonaventure in 2020. Coach Andy Kennedy has it all working for an offense that ranks 59th in KenPom's efficiency metric. The Blazers gets second-chance points via a top-25 offensive rebounding rate, but perimeter shooting is a struggle, as they hit just 33.0 percent of their threes (223rd). They also came up short in all four Quad 1 opportunities, which is probably a red flag for UAB's staying power.
Scouting Report Offense Defense
Efficiency N/A N/A
Pace 70.0 (53)
Effective FG% 38.24 (211) 46.55 (86)
Turnover % 8.58 (16) 7.14 (231)
Off Reb % 40.00 (39) 20.51 (39)
FTA/FGA 22.06 (183) 27.59 (92)
3P% 0.00 (237) 37.04 (160)
2P% 44.83 (164) 38.71 (33)
FT% 66.67 (134) 81.25 (208)
3PA/FGA 14.71 (238) 46.55 (184)
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American Athletic Conference
Rankings
RPI: #50
Record
Overall: (1-1) Conference: (0-0) Quad 1: (0-0) Quad 2: (0-0) Quad 3: (0-0) Quad 4: (0-0)
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