1991–92 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team

1991–92 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball
1991–92 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball
MCC Regular season champions; MCC tournament champions
1992 NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Midwestern Collegiate Conference
Record	24–6 (8–2 MCC)
Head coach	Jim Crews;
Home arena	Roberts Municipal Stadium
	Seasons ← 1990–91 1992–93 →

1991–92 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Evansville †	8	–	2	.800	24	–	6	.800
Xavier	7	–	3	.700	15	–	12	.556
Butler	7	–	3	.700	21	–	10	.677
Dayton	5	–	5	.500	15	–	15	.500
Loyola (IL)	2	–	8	.200	13	–	16	.448
Detroit Mercy	1	–	9	.100	12	–	17	.414

† 1992 MCC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991–92 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team represented the University of Evansville in the 1991–92 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 winning the MCC regular season championship, the Purple Aces won the MCC tournament to receive an automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA tournament. They were defeated by UTEP^[1] in the opening round and finished 24–6 (8–2 MCC).

Roster[edit]

Players

Coaches

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

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 20, 1991*		at No. 13 Oklahoma State Preseason NIT	L 57–86	0–1	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Dec 21, 1991*		at Murray State	W 87–80	6–2	Racer Arena Murray, Kentucky
Dec 28, 1991*		at No. 6 Arizona	L 76–83	6–3	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Dec 29, 1991*		vs. Maryland	W 75–64	7–3	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Mar 9, 1992*		Notre Dame	W 74–56	22–5	Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana
MCC tournament
Mar 13, 1992*		vs. Loyola Chicago Semifinals	W 65–49	23–5	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
Mar 14, 1992*		vs. Butler Championship Game	W 95–76	24–5	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
NCAA tournament
Mar 20, 1992*	(8 MW)	vs. (9 MW) UTEP First Round	L 50–55^[1]	24–6	UD Arena Dayton, Ohio
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Central Standard Time.

v t e 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