Battle of Backbone Mountain

The 1992–93 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team represented the University of Evansville in the 1992–93 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Jim Crews and they played their home games at Roberts Municipal Stadium as members of the Midwestern Collegiate Conference. After finishing in a tie for the MCC regular season championship, the Purple Aces won the MCC tournament to receive an automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA tournament. They were defeated by Florida State^[1] in the opening round and finished 23–7 (12–2 MCC).

Roster

1992–93 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
PF		Parrish Casebier	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Rockport, IN

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Dec 1, 1992*		Missouri–Rolla	W 82–73	1–0	Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana
Dec 6, 1992*		at Notre Dame	L 70–76	1–1	Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Dec 9, 1992*		at Valparaiso	W 84–77	2–1	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, Indiana
Dec 12, 1992*		Illinois State	W 86–67	3–1	Roberts Municipal Stadium (11,679) Evansville, Indiana
Dec 14, 1992*		at Indiana State	L 55–58	3–2	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
Mar 7, 1993		Loyola–Chicago	W 62–44	20–6 (12–2)	Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana
MCC tournament
Mar 11, 1993*		vs. Dayton Championship	W 69–66	21–6	Market Square Arena Indianapolis, Indiana
Mar 12, 1993*		vs. Butler Semifinals	W 74–71	22–6	Market Square Arena Indianapolis, Indiana
Mar 13, 1993*		vs. No. 22 Xavier Championship game	W 80–69	23–6	Market Square Arena Indianapolis, Indiana
NCAA tournament
Mar 18, 1993*	(14 SE)	vs. (3 SE) No. 11 Florida State First Round	L 70–82^[1]	23–7	Orlando Arena Orlando, Florida
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Central Standard Time.

^ ^a ^b "FSU Smothers Evansville". Orlando Sentinel. March 19, 1993. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
^ "1992-93 Evansville Purple Aces Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
^ "2019–20 Evansville Purple Aces Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Evansville Athletics. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 998–999. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

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 Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of 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