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The 1977–78 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team represented the University of Evansville during the 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.They were coached by first-time head coach Bobby Watson after the departure of Arad McCutchan, who had spent the previous 31 years as coach of the program.
On December 13, 1977, the University of Evansville's first season of NCAA Division I men's basketball came to a tragic and premature end when Air Indiana Flight 216 crashed just after takeoff from Evansville Regional Airport in Evansville, Indiana, killing all 29 people on board, including Evansville Purple Aces head coach Bobby Watson and all but one member of the team, which was on its way ...
Tremendous community support brought back the basketball program the next year. Evansville was a charter member of the Midwest Collegiate Conference, now known as the Horizon League. The Aces won or shared the MCC regular season title in 1982, 1987, 1989, 1992, and 1993. They also won the conference tournament title in 1982, 1992, and 1993.
Two weeks after the crash, Furr and his younger brother Byron were killed in a car accident near Newton, Illinois, leaving the entire 1977 Evansville team dead. [6] After consideration, the rest of the season was cancelled. The "Weeping Basketball" fountain memorial at the University of Evansville, commemorating the Air Indiana Flight 216 crash.
Robert Lee Watson (August 8, 1942 – December 13, 1977) was an American basketball coach. He was in his first season as a head coach for the Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team when he and his team were killed in the 1977 Air Indiana Flight 216 crash. Watson was a college basketball player for the VMI Keydets and began his coaching ...
On the night of Dec. 13, 1977, a DC-3 airplane carrying the University of Evansville basketball team crashed shortly after takeoff from the Evansville airport. At dawn the next day, Byrd was on ...
Dick Walters (born 1946/1947) is an American former college basketball coach. He coached the Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team from 1978 to 1985. Walters was hired after the entire 1977–78 Evansville team perished in a plane crash during the season in December 1977.
EVANSVILLE — If there was a theme for the Evansville men's basketball program this season, it's continued positive momentum. The Aces are less than two weeks from the start of the 2024-25 season ...