The 1981–82 UAB Blazers men's basketball team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham as a member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.
This was head coach Gene Bartow's fourth season at UAB, and the Blazers played their home games at BJCC Coliseum.
They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as No.
The Blazers fell to Louisville in the Mideast regional final, 75–68.
As of 2021, that is the furthest a UAB men’s team has advanced in NCAA Tournament play.