College Basketball - Missouri Valley Conference
Evansville Purple Aces
| Location: Evansville, IN University Founded: 1854 Enrollment: 2,350  Nickname: Purple Aces Mascot: Ace Purple School Colors: Purple and white Joined the The Valley: 1995 Varsity Teams: 14 U. President: Stephen G. Jennings Director of Athletics: John Stanley Basketball Head Coach: Marty Simmons Conference Titles: MVC Reg. Season: 1999 Horizon Reg. Sea: 1982, '87, '89, '92, '93 Horizon Tournament: 1982, '92, '93 Basketball Arena: Roberts Stadium Current Capacity: 13, 252 |
The school's men basketball team is known as the Purple Aces and it is a member of The Valley since 1995.
From 1979 to 1994 Evansville was member of the Horizon League and in that time the team won five regular season titles and three tournament titles.
With The Valley, the Purple Aces have won just one regular season title in 1999.
Evansville has appeared five times in the NCAA Tournament, the last one 1999, and also two times in the NIT Tournament.
First year head coach Marty Simmons saw his team tripped to a last place finish in the MVC at 3-15 last 2007-08 season.
For the 2008-09 period 5 starters are back and Simmons recruiting class looks better than ever, he is aiming for a big turnaround this campaign.
Evansville 2009/10 Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Time/Result |
| 14-Nov | Oakland City | W 92-66 |
| 18-Nov | SIU-Edwardsville | W 76-46 |
| 21-Nov | No. 10 Butler | L 64-60 |
| 28-Nov | at Miami (OH) | L 82-58 |
| 1-Dec | at Tennessee Tech | W 91-90 |
| 4-Dec | Alabama State | W 61-57 |
| 8-Dec | at Western Kentucky | L 63-57 |
| 17-Dec | Georgia Southern | W 75-58 |
| 19-Dec | Tennessee-Martin | W 84-63 |
| 22-Dec | at Austin Peay | L 71-68 |
| 29-Dec | Missouri State | L 74-60 |
| 1-Jan | at Northern Iowa | L 65-46 |
| 3-Jan | Creighton | L 72-64 |
| 6-Jan | Illinois State | L 82-63 |
| 10-Jan | at Indiana State | L 69-55 |
| 13-Jan | at Illinois State | L 70-56 |
| 16-Jan | Southern Illinois | L 65-57 |
| 20-Jan | Drake | L 72-65 |
| 23-Jan | at Bradley | L 74-64 |
| 27-Jan | at Missouri State | L 76-66 |
| 31-Jan | Indiana State | 3:05 PM ET |
| 3-Feb | at Creighton | 8:05 PM ET |
| 6-Feb | Bradley | 5:05 PM ET |
| 9-Feb | Wichita State | 8:05 PM ET |
| 13-Feb | at Southern Illinois | 3:05 PM ET |
| 17-Feb | at Wichita State | 8:05 PM ET |
| 23-Feb | No. 25 Northern Iowa | 8:05 PM ET |
| 27-Feb | at Drake | TBA |
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