2013–14 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2013–14 Evansville Purple Aces Evansville Purple Aces logo.svg 200 Missouri Valley Conference The Valley 14–19 6–12 Marty Simmons 7th Jimmy Elgas Carson Harris Geoff Alexander Ford Center The 2013–14 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team represented the University of Evansville during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Purple Aces, led by seventh 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 14–19, 6–12 in MVC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley tournament where they lost to Wichita State. Roster NumberNamePositionHeightWeightYearHometown 0 Ryan Sawvell Forward/Center 6–8 200 Junior Mundelein, Illinois 2 Christian Benzon Guard 6–4 195 Freshman Gainesville, Florida 3 Jaylon Brown Guard 6–0 185 Freshman Fishers, Indiana 4 Duane Gibson Guard 6–3 195 Freshman Cleveland, Ohio 5 Mislav Brzoja Guard 6–4 205 Sophomore Zagreb, Croatia 10 Jaylon Moore Forward/Center 6–7 230 Junior Olive Branch, Mississippi 12 Adam Wing Guard 6–4 205 Sophomore Morehead, Kentucky 22 Tyler Ptacek Guard 6–3 175 Freshman Parma, Ohio 23 Mike Leazer Guard 6–3 170 Sophomore Mount Prospect, Illinois 25 Rokas Cesnulevicius Forward/Center 6–8 215 Junior Alytus, Lithuania 31 D.J. Balentine Guard 6–2 210 Sophomore Kokomo, Indiana 44 David Howard Forward 6–8 225 RS–Freshman Nashville, Tennessee 50 Blake Simmons Guard/Forward 6–5 210 Freshman Newburgh, Indiana 55 Egidijus Mockevičius Center 6–10 225 Sophomore Vilnius, Lithuania Schedule http://www.gopurpleaces.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball& 2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule no 2013-14 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2013 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#5C2F83; color:#FF5100;"| Exhibition 10/26/2013 7:00 pm yes no Trevecca Nazarene Ford Center Evansville, IN 2,865 83–40 11/02/2013 4:00 pm yes no Illinois–Springfield Ford Center Evansville, IN 3,534 82–74 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#5C2F83; color:#FF5100;"| Regular season 11/09/2013 7:00 pm yes no Martin Methodist Ford Center Evansville, IN 3,874 87–69 1–0 11/12/2013 7:00 pm yes yes no IUPUI IUPUI Gymnasium Indianapolis, IN 1,215 84–78 2–0 11/18/2013 7:00 pm yes no Mercer Ford Center Evansville, IN 3,607 89–76 3–0 11/20/2013 8:00 pm yes no Valparaiso Ford Center Evansville, IN 4,018 100–92 4–0 11/23/2013 7:00 pm yes no Anderson Ford Center Evansville, IN 4,131 91–68 5–0 11/26/2013 8:00 pm yes yes no Indiana Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN 16,255 BTN 46–77 5–1 11/30/2013 2:00 pm yes yes no Ohio Convocation Center Athens, OH 4,637 59–81 5–2 12/04/2013 7:00 pm yes yes no Murray State CFSB Center Murray, KY 2,474 63–65 5–3 12/07/2013 1:00 pm yes no Miami (OH) Ford Center Evansville, IN 3,305 78–65 6–3 12/10/2013 7:00 pm yes yes no Xavier Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH 9,086 FS1 60–63 6–4 12/14/2013 2:00 pm yes no Jackson State Ford Center Evansville, IN 4,097 51–57 6–5 12/21/2013 2:00 pm yes no Butler Ford Center Evansville, IN 7,035 59–68 6–6 12/28/2013 1:00 pm yes no Grambling State Ford Center Evansville, IN 3,712 96-61 7-6 01/01/2014 7:00 pm yes no Drake Knapp Center Des Moines, IA 3,071 66–94 7–7 (0–1) 01/04/2014 7:00 pm no Indiana State Ford Center Evansville, IN 4,937 ESPNU 62–81 7–8 (0–2) 01/08/2014 7:00 pm no Northern Iowa Ford Center Evansville, IN 3,222 53–80 7–9 (0–3) 01/11/2014 3:00 pm yes no Southern Illinois SIU Arena Carbondale, IL 4,763 75–69 8–9 (1–3) 01/15/2014 7:00 pm yes no Illinois State Redbird Arena Normal, IL 4,375 78–79 OT 8–10 (1–4) 01/18/2014 1:00 pm no Loyola–Chicago Ford Center Evansville, IN 4,310 53–48 9–10 (2–4) 01/21/2014 7:00 pm yes no Missouri State JQH Arena Springfield, MO 4,752 61–64 9–11 (2–5) 01/26/2014 1:00 pm no Bradley Ford Center Evansville, IN 5,889 ESPN3 66–60 10–11 (3–5) 01/29/2014 7:00 pm yes no Northern Iowa McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 3,670 81–95 10–12 (3–6) 02/01/2014 2:00 pm yes no Wichita State 4 Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS 10,506 ESPNU 67–81 10–13 (3–7) 02/05/2014 7:00 pm no Missouri State Ford Center Evansville, IN 3,463 ESPN3 54–66 10–14 (3–8) 02/09/2014 4:00 pm yes no Bradley Carver Arena Peoria, IL 6,732 66–83 10–15 (3–9) 02/12/2014 7:00 pm no Illinois State Ford Center Evansville, IN 3,151 104–98 OT 11–15 (4–9) 02/16/2014 4:00 pm no Wichita State 4 Ford Center Evansville, IN 8,802 ESPN3 68–84 11–16 (4–10) 02/19/2014 7:00 pm yes no Indiana State Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 5,778 54–59 11–17 (4–11) 02/22/2014 7:00 pm no Southern Illinois Ford Center Evansville, IN 6,243 56–61 11–18 (4–12) 02/25/2014 7:00 pm no Drake Ford Center Evansville, IN 3,483 61–48 12–18 (5–12) 03/01/2014 3:00 pm yes no Loyola–Chicago Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL 1,382 75–72 13–18 (6–12) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#5C2F83; color:#FF5100;"| 2014 Missouri Valley tournament 03/06/2014 7:05 pm yes no Drake Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO First round 5,601 MVC TV 69–61 14–18 03/07/2014 1:05 pm yes no Wichita State 2 Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Quarterfinals 10,260 MVC TV 58–80 14–19 AP Poll Eastern Time References Category:Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball seasons Evansville Evans Evans