Evansville Purple Aces
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| University | University of Evansville |
| Conference | Missouri Valley |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletic director | Mark Spencer |
| Location | Evansville, Indiana |
| Varsity teams | 14 |
| Basketball arena | Ford Center |
| Baseball stadium | Charles H. Braun Stadium |
| Mascot | Ace Purple |
| Nickname | Purple Aces |
| Colors | Purple, White, and Orange |
| Website | www |
The Evansville Purple Aces are the intercollegiate sports teams and players of the University of Evansville, located in Evansville, Indiana, United States. The Aces athletic program is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference and competes at the NCAA's Division I level. Evansville's mascot is Ace Purple, and the school colors are purple, white and orange.
Prior to joining Division I in 1977, the Aces were in the Division II men's basketball championship tournaments fifteen of twenty years and won the title in 1959, '60, '64, '65, and '71.
Moores Hill College moved to Evansville and became Evansville College in 1919. The athletics program was begun with the opening of the new campus.
A member of the Missouri Valley Conference, the University of Evansville sponsors teams in six men's and eight women's NCAA sanctioned sports with two men's and two women's sports to be added:
The University of Evansville's nickname, the Aces, was acquired after an opposing coach cracked a joke after losing to the Evansville College Pioneers in the 1920s. Dan Scism, the sportswriter credited with first using the name 'Aces' in headlines, said he did so at the suggestion of basketball coach John Harmon in 1926. "Prior to that the Aces had been called Pioneers," Scism said, "but Coach Harmon suggested I call them the Aces because he was told by Louisville's coach that he didn't have four aces up his sleeve, he had five!"
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