The 1985–86 UAB Blazers men's basketball team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham as a member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.
This was head coach Gene Bartow's 8th season at UAB, and the Blazers played their home games at BJCC Coliseum.
They finished the season 25–11, 9–5 in Sun Belt play and lost in the championship game of the Sun Belt tournament.
They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as No.
The Blazers defeated Missouri in the opening round[1] before falling to No.