1981–82 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team

1981–82 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball
1981–82 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball
MCC Regular season champions; MCC tournament champions
1982 NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Midwestern City Conference
Record	23–6 (10–2 MCC)
Head coach	Dick Walters;
Home arena	Roberts Municipal Stadium

The 1981–82 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team represented the University of Evansville during the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Dick Walters and they played their home games at the Ford Center as members of the Midwestern City Conference. After winning the MCC regular season championship by two games, the Purple Aces won the MCC tournament to receive an automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA tournament. They were defeated by Marquette in the opening round.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G		Brad Leaf	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Sr	Indianapolis, IN

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Dec 19, 1981*		at Pepperdine	W 77–69	6–1	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, California
Jan 6, 1982*		at Kansas	L 65–72	9–2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
Feb 10, 1982*		at No. 3 DePaul	L 58–59	17–4	Rosemont Horizon (13,137) Rosemont, Illinois
Feb 13, 1982		Oral Roberts	W 71–47	18–4 (7–1)	Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana
Feb 15, 1982		Oklahoma City	W 45–41	19–4 (8–1)	Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana
Feb 20, 1982		at Loyola–Chicago	W 79–73	20–4 (9–1)	Alumni Gym Chicago, Illinois
Feb 22, 1982*		Detroit	L 65–69	20–5 (9–2)	Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana
Feb 27, 1982		Butler	W 68–58	21–5 (10–2)	Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana
MCC tournament
Mar 3, 1982*		vs. Oklahoma City Quarterfinals	W 57–45	22–5	Mabee Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
Mar 4, 1982*		vs. Loyola–Chicago Championship game	W 81–72	23–5	Mabee Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
NCAA tournament
Mar 11, 1982*	(10 MW)	vs. (7 MW) Marquette First round	L 62–67	23–6	Mabee Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time.

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Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball
Venues	Roberts Municipal Stadium (1956–2011) Ford Center (2011–present)
Culture & lore	1977 team plane crash
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA national championships in bold