2012–13 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 February 2024 August 2023 Basketball 2012–13 Evansville Purple Aces Evansville Purple Aces logo.svg 200 Missouri Valley Conference The Valley 21–15 10–8 Marty Simmons 6th Jimmy Elgas Carson Harris Geoff Alexander Ford Center CIT Semifinals The 2012–13 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team represented the University of Evansville during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Purple Aces, led by sixth-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 21–15, 10–8 in MVC play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley tournament to Indiana State.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/330670339 Indiana St. 51, Evansville 50 ESPN March 8, 2013 February 20, 2024 They were invited to the 2013 CIT, where they defeated Tennessee State, Eastern Kentucky, and Canisius to advance to the semifinals, where they lost to East Carolina. Senior guard Colt Ryan set the school's all-time record in scoring in the win at Canisius, and finished his career with 2,279 points, 43 points ahead of Larry Humes. Roster Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown 0 Ryan Sawvell Forward/center 6–8 200 Sophomore Mundelein, Illinois 1 Jordan Nelson Guard 6–1 160 Sophomore Lincoln, Illinois 4 Lewis Jones Guard/forward 6–3 205 Senior Memphis, Tennessee 5 Troy Taylor Guard 6–0 184 Senior Anderson, Indiana 10 Jaylon Moore Forward/center 6–7 230 Sophomore Olive Branch, Mississippi 11 Colt Ryan Guard/forward 6–5 210 Senior Batesville, Indiana 12 Adam Wing Guard 6–4 205 Freshman Morehead, Kentucky 13 Jordan Jahr Guard/forward 6–6 205 Sophomore Austin, Texas 14 Andy Chinn Guard 6–0 165 Senior Tell City, Indiana 20 Brandon Williams Guard 6–0 170 Senior Charlotte, Tennessee 22 Ned Cox Guard 6–1 185 Senior San Antonio, Texas 23 Mike Leazer Guard 6–3 170 Freshman Mount Prospect, Illinois 25 Rokas Cesnulevicius Forward/center 6–8 215 Sophomore Alytus, Lithuania 31 D.J. Balentine Guard 6–2 210 Freshman Kokomo, Indiana 44 David Howard Forward 6–8 225 Freshman Nashville, Tennessee 55 Egidijus Mockevičius Center 6–10 225 Freshman Kuršėnai, Lithuania Schedule no 2012-13 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2012 yes yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition 10/27/2012 7:00 pm yes no Southern Indiana Ford Center Evansville, IN 7,358 73–55 11/03/2012 4:00 pm yes no Illinois–Springfield Ford Center Evansville, IN 4,754 79–54 |- !colspan=9| Regular season 11/10/2012 1:00 pm yes yes no Notre Dame 22 Edmund P. Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic 8,224 ESPN3 49–58 0–1 11/15/2012 7:00 pm yes no Buffalo Ford Center Evansville, IN Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic 3,572 50–56 0–2 11/16/2012 7:30 pm yes no Yale Ford Center Evansville, IN Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic 4,112 66–56 1–2 11/17/2012 7:30 pm yes no Western Illinois Ford Center Evansville, IN Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic 4,431 49–44 2–2 11/20/2012 7:30 pm yes yes no Tennessee Tech Eblen Center Cookeville, TN N/A 62–50 3–2 11/26/2012 7:00 pm yes no Alabama A&M Ford Center Evansville, IN 3,510 72–46 4–2 12/01/2012 3:30 pm yes yes no Colorado State Moby Arena Fort Collins, CO MW–MVC Challenge 3,970 72–79 4–3 12/05/2012 7:00 pm yes no Miami (OH) Ford Center Evansville, IN 3,481 94–68 5–3 12/08/2012 1:00 pm yes no Murray State Ford Center Evansville, IN 6,302 ESPN3 70–82 5–4 12/15/2012 1:05 pm yes no Alabama State Ford Center Evansville, IN 4,116 80–67 6–4 12/18/2012 7:05 pm yes no Oakland City Ford Center Evansville, IN 3,254 103–69 7–4 12/22/2012 1:00 pm yes yes no Butler 19 Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN 9,190 67–75 7–5 12/29/2012 7:00 pm yes no Creighton 16 CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, NE 18,458 ESPN3 70–87 7–6 (0–1) 01/02/2013 7:05 pm no Missouri State Ford Center Evansville, IN 3,721 ESPN3 62–59 OT 8–6 (1–1) 01/05/2013 8:00 pm no Southern Illinois Ford Center Evansville, IN 6,032 MVC TV 85–68 9–6 (2–1) 01/09/2013 7:00 pm yes no Northern Iowa McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 4,155 62–59 10–6 (3–1) 01/13/2013 3:35 pm no Wichita State 23 Ford Center Evansville, IN 5,485 ESPN3 71–67 11–6 (4–1) 01/16/2013 7:05 pm yes no Drake Knapp Center Des Moines, IA 3,694 69–83 11–7 (4–2) 01/19/2013 7:05 pm yes no Indiana State Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 6,444 MVC TV 62–72 11–8 (4–3) 01/23/2013 7:05 pm no Bradley Ford Center Evansville, IN 4,183 66–56 12–8 (5–3) 01/26/2013 7:00 pm yes no Illinois State Redbird Arena Normal, IL 6,507 MVC TV 62–67 12–9 (5–4) 01/29/2013 7:00 pm no Northern Iowa Ford Center Evansville, IN 3,681 54–51 OT 13–9 (6–4) 02/02/2013 2:05 pm yes no Missouri State JQH Arena Springfield, MO 6,328 61–62 13–10 (6–5) 02/05/2013 7:00 pm yes no Bradley Carver Arena Peoria, IL 6,653 70–76 13–11 (6–6) 02/10/2013 7:00 pm no Drake Ford Center Evansville, IN 4,210 ESPNU 84–78 OT 14–11 (7–6) 02/13/2013 7:05 pm yes no Southern Illinois SIU Arena Carbondale, IL 4,579 56–65 14–12 (7–7) 02/16/2013 2:00 pm no Creighton Ford Center Evansville, IN 6,838 ESPNU 68–71 14–13 (7–8) 02/20/2013 7:05 pm no Illinois State Ford Center Evansville, IN 4,166 79–62 15–13 (8–8) 02/23/2013 1:00 pm yes yes no Wright State Nutter Center Fairborn, OH BracketBusters 3,428 70–58 16–13 02/27/2013 7:00 pm yes no Wichita State Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS 10,506 59–56 17–13 (9–8) 03/02/2013 4:00 pm no Indiana State Ford Center Evansville, IN 6,909 MVC TV 84–68 18–13 (10–8) |- !colspan=9| 2013 Missouri Valley Conference tournament 03/08/2013 2:30 pm yes no Indiana State Scottrade Center St.Louis, MO Quarterfinals 14,567 MVC TV/ESPN3 50–51 18–14 |- !colspan=9| 2013 CIT 03/19/2013 7:00 pm yes no Tennessee State Ford Center Evansville, IN First Round 2,324 84–72 19–14 03/23/2013 12:30 pm yes no Eastern Kentucky Ford Center Evansville, IN Second Round 1,651 86–72 20–14 03/26/2013 6:00 pm yes yes no Canisius Koessler Athletic Center Buffalo, NY Quarterfinals 1,403 84–83 21–14 03/30/2013 4:00 pm yes yes no East Carolina Williams Arena Greenville, NC Semifinals 5,625 58–81 21–15 AP Poll Central Time References Category:Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball seasons Evansville Evansville Evans Evans