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The Evansville Purple Aces are the intercollegiate sports teams and players of the University of Evansville, located in Evansville, Indiana. The Aces athletic program is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference [2] and competes at the NCAA's Division I level. [3] Evansville's mascot is Ace Purple, and the school colors are purple, white and ...
The team has been known as the Aces and/or Purple Aces ever since. Evansville has won five Division II national championships (1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1971). On November 12, 2019, the Aces earned one of the biggest victories in their Division I history, upsetting top-ranked Kentucky at Rupp Arena.
Before the 1947 season, Evansville football coach Don Ping was hired as the Purple Aces baseball coach. In his first season with the team, the Aces went 3–4 before improving to 7–4–1 in 1948. In his first season with the team, the Aces went 3–4 before improving to 7–4–1 in 1948.
Evansville first made the Final Four in 1985, under head coach Fred Schmalz. After going 21–1–2 in the regular season, the Purple Aces qualified for the NCAA tournament, a feat the program has accomplished twice up to this point. During the tournament, Evansville beat the likes of Indiana (3–0), and Penn State (1–0).
The 2016–17 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team represented the University of Evansville during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.The Purple Aces, led by 10th-year head coach Marty Simmons, played their home games at the Ford Center as members of the Missouri Valley Conference.
The 2017–18 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team represented the University of Evansville during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.The Purple Aces, led by 11th-year head coach Marty Simmons, played their home games at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana as members of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC).
This is a list of seasons completed by the Evansville Purple Aces baseball team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Since the team's creation in 1924, the Purple Aces have participated in over 3,000 officially sanctioned games. Evansville began competing as an Independent from 1924 to 1926 and again from 1946 to 1950.
The Purple Aces finished the 2017–18 season 17–15, 7–11 in MVC play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 8 seed in the MVC tournament, they lost to Northern Iowa in the first round. On March 13, 2018, Evansville fired head coach Marty Simmons. [1] He finished at Evansville with an 11-year record of 184–175.