2016–17 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team

2016–17 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball

Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
2016–17 record	4–4 (0–0 MVC)
Head coach	Marty Simmons (10th year)
Assistant coach	Doug Novsek
Assistant coach	Lennox Forrester
Assistant coach	Geoff Alexander
Home arena	Ford Center

2016–17 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Loyola–Chicago	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
Missouri State	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
Northern Iowa	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
Wichita State	0	–	0	–	5	–	2	.714
Bradley	0	–	0	–	3	–	3	.500
Southern Illinois	0	–	0	–	3	–	3	.500
Evansville	0	–	0	–	2	–	2	.500
Indiana State	0	–	0	–	2	–	3	.400
Illinois State	0	–	0	–	1	–	2	.333
Drake	0	–	0	–	1	–	4	.200


† 2017 MVC Tournament winner

The 2016–17 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team represents the University of Evansville during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Purple Aces, led by 10th year head coach Marty Simmons, play their home games at the Ford Center and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference.

Previous season

The Purple Aces finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 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.

Preseason

Evansville was picked to finish ninth in the Conference's preseason poll.^[1]

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Mislav Brzoja	5	G	6'4"	215	RS Junior	Zagreb, Croatia	Playing professional overseas in Europe^[2]
Adam Wing	12	G	6'4"	205	Senior	Morehead, KY	Graduated
Harris Brown	13	G	5'11"	175	Freshman	Indianapolis, IN	Transferred to Dodge City CC
D. J. Balentine	31	G	6'2"	210	Senior	Kokomo, IN	Graduated
Egidijus Mockevičius	55	C	6'10"	225	Senior	Kuršėnai, Lithuania	Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Dalen Traore	15	C	6'9"	250	Junior	Ivory Coast	Junior college transferred from Miami Dade College.

Class of 2016 recruits

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Silas Adheke #40 C	Chattanooga, TN	Hamilton Heights Christian Academy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	N/A
Silas Adheke #40 C	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 77
Dru Smith SG	Evansville, IN	Reitz Memorial High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A	Sep 23, 2015
Dru Smith SG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Jaiveon Eaves SG	Madisonville, KY	Madisonville North Hopkins High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A
Jaiveon Eaves SG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
John Hall SF	Philadelphia, PA	Standard of Excellence Academy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)
John Hall SF	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2016–17 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	2	Benzon, ChristianChristian Benzon	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	4.0 !Sr	The Rock School	Copenhagen, Denmark
1.5 !G	3	Brown, JaylonJaylon Brown	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Fishers	Fishers, IN
1.5 !G	4	Eaves, JaiveonJaiveon Eaves	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Madisonville-North Hopkins	Madisonville, KY
3.5 !F	5	Hainna, SolomonSolomon Hainna	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Palisades Charter Midland College	Inglewood, CA
1.5 !G	12	Smith, DruDru Smith	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Reitz	Evansville, IN
5.0 !C	14	Vucetic, SergejSergej Vucetic	85 !7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	238 lb (108 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Aim Nebraska	Vrbas, Serbia
5.0 !C	15	Traore, DalenDalen Traore	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Northwood Temple Academy Miami Dade College	Ivory Coast
3.5 !F	23	Wiley, WillieWillie Wiley	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Vincennes	Springfield, IL
1.5 !G	25	Gibson, DuaneDuane Gibson	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Villa Angela-St. Joseph	Cleveland, OH
3.5 !F	35	Hall, JohnJohn Hall	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Standard of Excellence	Philadelphia, PA
3.5 !F	44	Howard, DavidDavid Howard	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Montgomery Bell	Nashville, TN
2.5 !G/F	50	Simmons, BlakeBlake Simmons	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Castle	Newburgh, IN

Head coach

Marty Simmons (Evansville)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

^[3]

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 PM, ACC Extra	at No. 13 Louisville	L 47–78	0–1	KFC Yum! Center (21,129) Louisville, KY
11/14/2016* 8:00 PM, ESPN3	Alcorn State	W 82–59	1–1	Ford Center (3,669) Evansville, IN
11/19/2016* 12:00 PM, ESPN3	Morehead State	W 69–56	2–1	Ford Center (3,386) Evansville, IN
11/25/2016* 5:00 PM	vs. Toledo Challenge in Music City	L 79–83 ^2OT	2–2	Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, TN
11/26/2016* 5:00 PM	vs. UNC Wilmington Challenge in Music City	L 62–65	2–3	Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, TN
11/27/2016* 5:30 PM	vs. Middle Tennessee Challenge in Music City	L 55–66	2–4	Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, TN
11/30/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Wabash	W 83–39	3–4	Ford Center (3,234) Evansville, IN
12/03/2016* 1:00 PM, ESPN3	Boise State MW–MVC Challenge	W 72–67	4–4	Ford Center (3,773) Evansville, IN
12/06/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Bowling Green			Ford Center Evansville, IN
12/10/2016* 3:00 PM, ESPN3	Murray State			Ford Center Evansville, IN
12/14/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Norfolk State			Ford Center Evansville, IN
12/17/2016* 7:00 PM	at Austin Peay			Dunn Center Clarksville, TN
12/22/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Mount St. Joseph			Ford Center Evansville, IN
Missouri Valley regular season
12/30/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3	at Illinois State			Redbird Arena Peoria, IL
01/01/2017 3:00 PM, ESPN3	Northern Iowa			Ford Center Evansville, IN
01/04/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Bradley			Ford Center Evansville, IN
01/08/2017 3:00 PM, ESPNU/ESPN3	at Drake			Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
01/11/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	at Missouri State			JQH Arena Springfield, MO
01/14/2017 1:00 PM, FSMW/CSNCH	Southern Illinois			Ford Center Evansville, IN
01/17/2017 8:00 PM, CBSSN	Wichita State			Ford Center Evansville, IN
01/21/2017 3:00 PM, ESPN3	at Loyola–Chicago			Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
01/25/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	at Northern Iowa			McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA
01/29/2017 3:00 PM, ESPNU/ESPN3	Illinois State			Ford Center Evansville, IN
02/01/2017 6:00 PM, ESPN3	at Indiana State			Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
02/04/2017 3:00 PM, ESPN3	Missouri State			Ford Center Evansville, IN
02/08/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Loyola–Chicago			Ford Center Evansville, IN
02/11/2017 3:00 PM, FSMW/CSNCH	at Southern Illinois			JQH Arena Springfield, MO
02/14/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Drake			Ford Center Evansville, IN
02/18/2017 1:00 PM, ESPN3	at Bradley			Carver Arena Peoria, IL
02/21/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	at Wichita State			Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS
02/25/2017 1:00 PM	Indiana State			Ford Center Evansville, IN
Missouri Valley Tournament
03/02–05/2017	vs.			Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

↑ TN, Streamline Technologies - Nashville,. "Shockers Tabbed as MVC Men's Hoops Favorite". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
↑ "Brzoja to leave Evansville, pursue pro hoops career in Europe". Retrieved 2016-08-30.
↑ http://www.gopurpleaces.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball&

Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball

Venues	Roberts Municipal Stadium (1956–2011) Ford Center (2011–present)

Culture & lore	History 1977 team plane crash Aces Brass

People	Head coaches

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