2015–16 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Evansville Purple Aces Evansville Purple Aces logo.svg 200 Missouri Valley Conference MVC 25–9 12–6 Marty Simmons 9th Doug Novsek Lennox Forrester Geoff Alexander Ford Center The 2015–16 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team represented the University of Evansville during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Purple Aces, led by ninth year head coach Marty Simmons, played their home games at the Ford Center and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–9, 12–6 in Missouri Valley play to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated Missouri State and Indiana State in the Missouri Valley tournament to advance to the championship game where they lost to Northern Iowa. Despite having 25 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament. Previous season The Purple Aces finished the 2014–15 season 24–12, 9–9 in MVC play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley tournament to Illinois State. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated IPFW, Eastern Illinois, Louisiana–Lafayette, Tennessee–Martin, and Northern Arizona to become CIT champions. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Taylor Stafford 1 G 6'1" 170 Junior Duluth, MN Transferred to Western Washington Jaylor Moore 10 F/C 6'7" 230 Senior Olive Branch, MS Graduated Class of 2015 recruits no no 2015 Dainius Chatkevicius PF Orlando, FL West Oaks Academy 6 9 245 N/A NR NR NR Harris Brown PG Indianapolis, IN T.C. Howe High School 5 11 N/A October 18, 2014 NR NR NR 2015 2015 Evansville Signees 2015 Evansville Signees 2015 Evansville Signees May 4, 2015 yes Roster 2015 Evansville Purple Aces y yes Christian Benzon 2 G 6 4 195 JR Copenhagen, Denmark The Rock School Jaylon Brown y 3 G 6 0 185 JR Fishers, IN Fishers Duane Gibson 4 G 6 3 195 JR Cleveland, OH Villa Angela-St. Joseph Mislav Brzoja 5 G 6 4 215 JR y Zagreb, Croatia Villanova Adam Wing 12 G 6 4 205 SR Morehead, KY Rowan County Harris Brown 13 G 5 11 175 FR Indianapolis, IN Howe Sergej Vucetic 14 C 7 1 238 JR y Vrbas, Serbia Nebraska Willie Wiley 22 F 6 7 215 JR y Springfield, IL Vincennes D. J. Balentine 31 G 6 2 210 SR Kokomo, IN Kokomo David Howard 44 F/C 6 8 225 JR y Nashville, TN Montgomery Bell Blake Simmons 50 G/F 6 5 210 JR Newburgh, IN Castle Egidijus Mockevičius y 55 C 6 10 225 SR Kuršėnai, Lithuania Lithuanian Edu. Sciences Marty Simmons (Evansville) Doug Novsek (Southern Illinois) Lennox Forrester (Evansville) Geoff Alexander (Western Illinois) http://gopurpleaces.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball& Schedule http://www.gopurpleaces.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball& 2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule no 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="Evansville Purple Aces"| Exhibition 11/07/2015 3:00 pm yes no Wabash Ford Center Evansville, IN 3,813 ESPN3 95–65 |- !colspan=9 style="Evansville Purple Aces"| Non-conference regular season 11/15/2015 2:00 pm yes no Southeast Missouri State Ford Center Evansville, IN 3,893 ESPN3 80–65 1–0 11/17/2015 7:00 pm yes no Marian (IN) Ford Center Evansville, IN 3,463 ESPN3 84–59 2–0 11/21/2015 12:30 pm yes no Belmont Ford Center Evansville, IN 4,227 ESPN3 93–88 3–0 11/26/2015 8:00 pm yes yes no Providence Titan Gym Fullerton, CA Wooden Legacy quarterfinals 2,460 ESPNU 64–74 3–1 11/27/2015 8:00 pm yes yes no Santa Clara Titan Gym Fullerton, CA Wooden Legacy consolation round 2,873 ESPN3 69–57 4–1 11/29/2015 1:30 pm yes yes no UC Irvine Honda Center Anaheim, CA Wooden Legacy 5th Place Game 4,393 ESPNU 75–56 5–1 12/01/2015 7:00 pm yes no Alabama State Ford Center Evansville, IN 3,702 ESPN3 88–56 6–1 12/05/2015 7:30 pm yes yes no Murray State CFSB Center Murray, KY 3,174 85–81 OT 7–1 12/08/2015 8:00 pm yes yes no Arkansas Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR 13,980 SECN 76–89 7–2 12/12/2015 3:00 pm yes no Mississippi Valley State Ford Center Evansville, IN 4,251 ESPN3 95–60 8–2 12/17/2015 7:00 pm yes no Norfolk State Ford Center Evansville, IN 3,883 ESPN3 84–70 9–2 12/20/2015 3:00 pm yes yes no Fresno State Save Mart Center Fresno, CA MW–MVC Challenge 5,251 85–77 10–2 12/22/2015 7:00 pm yes no Alabama A&M Ford Center Evansville, IN 4,746 ESPN3 91–70 11–2 |- !colspan=9 style="Evansville Purple Aces"| Missouri Valley regular season 12/30/2015 7:00 pm no Indiana State Ford Center Evansville, IN 7,801 ESPN3 70–62 12–2 1–0 01/02/2016 3:00 pm yes no Missouri State JQH Arena Springfield, MO 4,023 ESPN3 76–59 13–2 2–0 01/06/2016 7:00 pm yes no Wichita State Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS 10,506 ESPN3 64–67 13–3 2–1 01/09/2016 3:00 pm no Bradley Ford Center Evansville, IN 5,873 ESPN3 67–35 25–3 3–1 01/12/2016 7:00 pm no Drake Ford Center Evansville, IN 4,011 ESPN3 84–65 15–3 4–1 01/15/2016 8:00 pm yes no Illinois State Redbird Arena Normal, IL 5,148 ESPN2 66–55 16–3 5–1 01/19/2016 8:00 pm no Loyola–Chicago Ford Center Evansville, IN 4,014 CBSSN 74–66 17–3 6–1 01/24/2016 3:00 pm yes no Indiana State Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 4,630 ESPNU 65–82 17–4 6–2 01/28/2016 7:00 pm yes no Southern Illinois SIU Arena Carbondale, IL 6,345 ESPN3 85–78 OT 18–4 7–2 01/31/2016 3:00 pm no Wichita State 22 Ford Center Evansville, IN 10,034 ESPNU 65–78 18–5 7–3 02/03/2016 6:00 pm yes no Northern Iowa McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 4,805 ESPN3 54–57 18–6 7–4 02/06/2016 11:00 am no Missouri State Ford Center Evansville, IN 4,556 ESPN3 83–64 19–6 8–4 02/11/2016 8:00 pm no Illinois State Ford Center Evansville, IN 4,195 CBSSN 60–70 19–7 8–5 02/14/2016 3:00 pm yes no Loyola–Chicago Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL 2,257 ESPNU 74–73 20–7 9–5 02/17/2016 8:00 pm yes no Drake Knapp Center Des Moines, IA 2,790 ESPN3 80–74 21–7 10–5 02/20/2016 3:00 pm no Southern Illinois Ford Center Evansville, IN 7,163 ESPN3 83–71 22–7 11–5 02/23/2016 8:00 pm yes no Bradley Carver Arena Peoria, IL 5,523 ESPN3 67–55 23–7 12–5 02/27/2016 1:00 pm no Northern Iowa Ford Center Evansville, IN 6,552 ESPN3 52–54 23–8 12–6 |- !colspan=9 style="Evansville Purple Aces"| Missouri Valley tournament 03/04/2016 6:00 pm yes no Missouri State Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Quarterfinals 8,468 ESPN3 66–56 24–8 |- 03/05/2016 5:00 pm yes no Indiana State Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Semifinals 14,299 CBSSN 68-42 25–8 |- 03/06/2016 1:00 pm yes no Northern Iowa Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Championship game 14,299 CBS 54–56 25–9 AP Poll Central Time References Category:Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball seasons Evansville Evan Evan