It was biting and bitter outside, and 12,244 hot and steamy basketball fans had jammed into roberts stadium to witness the ncaa championship. The purple aces appeared 4 times in the naia tournament 1941, 1942, 1951, and 1955. In the early years of the mens basketball program the purple aces appeared in the naia national tournament. They are five time national champions 1959, 1960, 1964. Purdue university athletics mens basketball history vs university of. Valparaiso will play evansville in missouri valley playin. Uk before losing to evansville had never lost at home as the nations. Evansvilles athletics teams were originally known as the pioneers in the early part of the 1900s. The university of evansville competes at the highest level of collegiate athletics. We tasked our staff to put together the best starting lineups and a sixth man, starting from the 199293 season. The aces athletic program is a member of the missouri valley conference and competes at the ncaas division i level. The ford center seems to be a place where there are really no bad seats. The guys were talking crazy kentucky commit tyler herro scores 42 points. Shortly after the 1955 season the purple aces would move up to the ncaa college division, now called ncaa division ii.
Official athletics site of the evansville purple aces. Seltzer accumulated 473 assists, a total that continues to sit atop the program record book. The skeleton of this season exists in newspaper archives and in books that capture the. Grieger also shares how the lessons learned on the court with a team helped him later succeed in life. Russ grieger was part of the 196465 purple aces evansville college perfect season and takes us through that magical time. Dec, 2017 the weeping basketball sits on the university of evansville campus near the university center, and next to neu chapel where the memorial service for the team was held on dec. Mccarty, who was hired as evansville head coach last year, led his team to a crazy 6764 victory over no. Dec 15, 1977 with a new coach, bobby watson, and a young team, evansville was building, despite a 1. At the time of his graduation, he ranked second with 1,423 points and. Evansville the summation of the stories and laughs shared by the historic undefeated 196465 purple aces mens basketball team at the old national events plaza saturday afternoon. University of evansville evansville, in ford center missouri valley conference mvc current head coach. Former celtic walter mccartys evansville purple aces upset. He has published record books on the boston red sox, new york yankees. Former celtics player and assistant coach walter mccartys evansville purple aces pulled off the impossible on tuesday night.
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The purple aces have appeared in 14 ncaa division ii tournaments. Mens basketball record book university of southern indiana. Former celtic walter mccartys evansville purple aces. Jan 22, 2020 the purple aces stunned the college basketball world earlier this season when mccarty, a former star at kentucky, led the team to a victory over the topranked wildcats on their home floor. Bradley scored the first nine points of the game and would never. Bowl in the books, id like to welcome you to college basketball season. Only games against division i opponents are counted. It was biting and bitter outside, and 12,244 hot and steamy basketball fans had jammed into roberts stadium to witness the ncaa championship game between the evansville college purple aces and the. Evansville basketball scores, news, schedule, players, stats, photos, rumors, depth charts on. University of evansville aces mens basketball tickets 2020. On december,1977 a plane crash near evansville, indiana killed all on board, including the players,coaches and managers of the evansville university basketball team. The team has been known as the aces andor purple aces ever since.
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Kyle keiderling, author of trophies and tears, the story of evansville and the aces. The purple aces stunned the college basketball world earlier this season when mccarty, a former star at kentucky, led the team to a victory over the topranked wildcats on their home floor. Ue is a member of the missouri valley conference, along with such schools as bradley, drake, illinois state, indiana state, loyola, missouri state, northern iowa, southern illinois, and valparaiso. May 11, 2020 evansville purple aces basketball history.
Christian williams had 16 points as indiana state defeated evansville 6462 on sunday, sending the purple aces to their 16th consecutive loss. Evansville purple aces basketball news, schedule, roster. Your annual contribution to the purple aces club is used to assist the scholarship and operational needs of 17 ncaa intercollegiate athletic teams composed of more than 200 studentathletes. The furthest evansville got in the naia tournaments was in third round naia quarterfinals in 1951, only to lose to regis university colo. In 20152016, the purple aces were able to put together another memorable season and wrapped up a very strong 259 on the year despite a difficult schedule. Evansville has won five division ii national championships 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1971. The weeping basketball sits on the university of evansville campus near the university center, and next to neu chapel where the memorial service for the. Evansville purple aces index college basketball at sports. Best and worstcase scenarios for final stretch of evansville basketball season. With a new coach, bobby watson, and a young team, evansville was building, despite a 1. The newspaper story of the 19641965 evansville college purple aces basketball team takes a unique look at the journey to the championship as recorded in the evansville area newspapers. Kentucky coming into tuesday was 22 as the associated press no.
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The grieving by the school and city as well as their recovery from this tragedy is the topic of this excellent book by evansville native steve beaven. The first missouri valley conference home game of the season will take place on saturday when the university of evansville mens basketball team plays host to valparaiso at the ford center for a 6 p. Yogi ferrell is reaching elite levels for indiana, taking the career assists. Evansville basketball bleacher report latest news, scores. Reports have surfaced this week of three more class of 2017 recruiting targets for the university of evansville mens basketball program. She finished third in the voting for miss basketball and was an indiana allstar. The purple aces club is the fundraising organization that directly supports the university of evansville scholarship fund. North finished with a 42 record in siac competitiontheir best finish in the conference since the 201011 season. View the latest evansville purple aces news, scores, schedule, stats, roster, standings, players, rumors, videos, photos, injuries, transactions and more from fox sports. Evansville mens basketball coach walter mccarty placed on. Evansville purple aces stats 201920 202021 201920 201819 201718 201617 201516 201415 2014 2012 201112 201011 200910 200809 200708 200607 200506 200405 200304 200203 team. Past university of evansville mens basketball statistics. Big ten acc record book pdf boilerball podcast purdue basketball on radio. Mccarty finishes his career at evansville with a record of 2025.
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