The Blazers very likely won’t win the National Title this year – but if George Mason can reach the Final Four, why not these guys? – but might win Conference USA. Mike Davis is building a nice little program down there – amazingly, the No. 2 ranked kid in the 2009 high school class has committed to UAB. Why we like them this year: Four seniors, including one of the top forwards in the country (Robert Vaden – imagine a smaller Jamal Mashburn), four of their top five scorers are back, a difficult early schedule that includes the NIT Tip-off, Louisville, pesky Butler, and Cincinnati, and the best team in C-USA, Memphis, lost its best three players. Last year UAB was 23-11. We’re thinking 25 regular season wins and a four seed in the NCAA tournament.