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Evansville Purple Aces Men's Basketball School History

Location: Evansville, Indiana

Coverage: 55 seasons (1924-25 to 2023-24)

Record (since 1924-25): 811-758 .517 W-L%

Conferences: MVC, MW Coll, MW City, OVC and Ind

Conference Champion: 6 Times (Reg. Seas.), 4 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 5 Years (1-5), 0 Final Fours, 0 Championships

NCAA Champion:

Ranked in AP Poll: 0 Times (Preseason), 0 Times (Final), 0 Weeks (Total)

Seasons where the school was classified as a major school (i.e., Division I or equivalent).
* Indicates season for which the school's overall and/or conference record has been adjusted by penalty. See our database of forfeits and vacated games.

55 Seasons

SRS back to 1949-50

55 Seasons Table
			Overall			Conference
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
1	2023-24	MVC	17	18	.486	6	14	.300	-3.69	0.75	70.9	73.2						David Ragland (17-18)
2	2022-23	MVC	5	27	.156	1	19	.050	-15.14	-1.54	62.4	76.0						David Ragland (5-27)
3	2021-22	MVC	6	24	.200	2	16	.111	-10.95	1.40	59.2	70.7						Todd Lickliter (6-24)
4	2020-21	MVC	9	16	.360	7	11	.389	-4.85	-0.01	64.8	69.6						Todd Lickliter (9-16)
5	2019-20	MVC	9	23	.281	0	18	.000	-7.04	0.61	67.2	74.0						Bennie Seltzer (0-6), Todd Lickliter (0-13), Walter McCarty (9-4)
6	2018-19	MVC	11	21	.344	5	13	.278	-3.84	0.13	69.8	72.4						Walter McCarty (11-21)
7	2017-18	MVC	17	15	.531	7	11	.389	0.68	1.35	65.4	63.9						Marty Simmons (17-15)
8	2016-17	MVC	16	17	.485	6	12	.333	1.45	2.42	69.3	68.5						Marty Simmons (16-17)
9	2015-16	MVC	25	9	.735	12	6	.667	8.10	-0.39	74.3	65.3						Marty Simmons (25-9)
10	2014-15	MVC	24	12	.667	9	9	.500	3.36	-0.07	70.9	65.6						Marty Simmons (24-12)
11	2013-14	MVC	14	19	.424	6	12	.333	-3.12	1.20	69.4	72.2						Marty Simmons (14-19)
12	2012-13	MVC	21	15	.583	10	8	.556	5.26	2.91	69.2	65.9						Marty Simmons (21-15)
13	2011-12	MVC	16	16	.500	9	9	.500	3.46	3.56	73.5	72.7						Marty Simmons (16-16)
14	2010-11	MVC	16	16	.500	9	9	.500	-0.30	1.80	66.3	67.1						Marty Simmons (16-16)
15	2009-10	MVC	9	21	.300	3	15	.167	-4.61	1.82	64.8	68.9						Marty Simmons (9-21)
16	2008-09	MVC	17	14	.548	8	10	.444	1.87	2.29	67.1	65.7						Marty Simmons (17-14)
17	2007-08	MVC	9	21	.300	3	15	.167	-4.62	2.07	59.5	65.5						Marty Simmons (9-21)
18	2006-07	MVC	14	17	.452	6	12	.333	5.13	4.55	68.7	68.2						Steve Merfeld (14-17)
19	2005-06	MVC	10	19	.345	5	13	.278	-2.08	3.54	65.3	71.0						Steve Merfeld (10-19)
20	2004-05	MVC	11	17	.393	5	13	.278	0.86	2.96	70.9	73.0						Steve Merfeld (11-17)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
21	2003-04	MVC	7	22	.241	5	13	.278	-3.66	3.27	67.7	74.6						Steve Merfeld (7-22)
22	2002-03	MVC	12	16	.429	8	10	.444	-0.71	2.97	70.0	73.7						Steve Merfeld (12-16)
23	2001-02	MVC	7	21	.250	4	14	.222	-8.36	0.68	67.6	76.6						Jim Crews (7-21)
24	2000-01	MVC	14	16	.467	9	9	.500	-1.67	1.77	68.9	71.5						Jim Crews (14-16)
25	1999-00	MVC	18	12	.600	9	9	.500	2.68	0.98	69.0	67.3						Jim Crews (18-12)
26	1998-99	MVC	23	10	.697	13	5	.722	5.90	3.74	75.8	71.8				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	11	Jim Crews (23-10)
27	1997-98	MVC	15	15	.500	9	9	.500	1.71	-0.36	70.0	66.8						Jim Crews (15-15)
28	1996-97	MVC	17	14	.548	11	7	.611	2.74	3.90	63.4	64.5						Jim Crews (17-14)
29	1995-96	MVC	13	14	.481	9	9	.500	3.62	1.91	72.0	70.3						Jim Crews (13-14)
30	1994-95	MVC	18	9	.667	11	7	.611	13.08	-0.22	77.0	63.7						Jim Crews (18-9)
31	1993-94	MW Coll	21	11	.656	6	4	.600	5.89	-1.55	76.6	67.4						Jim Crews (21-11)
32	1992-93	MW Coll	23	7	.767	12	2	.857	8.84	-0.88	75.0	65.3				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	14	Jim Crews (23-7)
33	1991-92	MW Coll	24	6	.800	8	2	.800	12.65	1.35	78.5	67.7				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	8	Jim Crews (24-6)
34	1990-91	MW Coll	14	14	.500	7	7	.500	-2.08	-1.26	72.4	73.2						Jim Crews (14-14)
35	1989-90	MW Coll	17	15	.531	8	6	.571	3.81	2.91	69.3	67.9						Jim Crews (17-15)
36	1988-89	MW Coll	25	6	.806	10	2	.833	12.16	1.38	82.6	71.7				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	11	Jim Crews (25-6)
37	1987-88	MW Coll	21	8	.724	6	4	.600	8.21	-0.13	81.9	73.2						Jim Crews (21-8)
38	1986-87	MW Coll	16	12	.571	8	4	.667	-1.01	-0.38	70.1	70.6						Jim Crews (16-12)
39	1985-86	MW Coll	8	19	.296	3	9	.250	-5.88	-0.73	62.0	66.9						Jim Crews (8-19)
40	1984-85	MW City	13	16	.448	4	10	.286	-1.93	1.70	70.0	73.0						Dick Walters (13-16)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
41	1983-84	MW City	15	14	.517	7	7	.500	-0.73	0.12	74.1	73.6						Dick Walters (15-14)
42	1982-83	MW City	13	16	.448	6	8	.429	-6.24	-4.13	69.1	70.6						Dick Walters (13-16)
43	1981-82	MW City	23	6	.793	10	2	.833	9.28	-1.44	71.8	60.1				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	10	Dick Walters (23-6)
44	1980-81	MW City	19	9	.679	6	5	.545	2.07	-2.89	71.9	65.9						Dick Walters (19-9)
45	1979-80	MW City	18	10	.643	1	4	.200	1.03	-2.52	75.8	69.7						Dick Walters (18-10)
46	1978-79	Ind	13	16	.448				-5.07	-3.47	68.9	69.9						Dick Walters (13-16)
47	1977-78	Ind	1	3	.250				-6.77	6.23	77.3	90.3						Bobby Watson (1-3)
48	1951-52-nm	OVC	7	20	.259													Arad McCutchan (7-20)
49	1950-51-nm	OVC	23	7	.767													Arad McCutchan (23-7)
50	1949-50-nm	OVC	14	14	.500													Arad McCutchan (14-14)
51	1948-49-nm	OVC	14	11	.560	4	5	.444			63.4	59.8						Arad McCutchan (14-11)
52	1927-28	Ind	14	3	.824													John Harmon (14-3)
53	1926-27	Ind	16	4	.800													John Harmon (16-4)
54	1925-26	Ind	8	3	.727													John Harmon (8-3)
55	1924-25	Ind	11	2	.846													John Harmon (11-2)

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