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When he put together a class ranked in the national top 10 by one recruiting service, UAB coach Mike Davis said his 2007-08 Blazers "will be the best team I have ever coached."

The problem is: recruiting grades don't win games. Two members of that class—guard Terrence Roderick and forward Keenan Ellis—never played because of academics and the Blazers lost two experienced starters during the season—first-team all-conference guard Paul Delaney III to a season-ending knee injury and junior forward Walter Sharpe to academics.

The Blazers overcame some ugly early season losses and put themselves on the NCAA Tournament radar late in the season. They appeared to be well on their way to an at-large bid when they lost 94-56 at Memphis in their final...]]> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:34:04 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,sportsxchange:20080101:ncaab,article,teamreports-2008-ncaab-abh:1 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:34:04 PDT