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
	Seasons ← 1980–81 1982–83 →

1981–82 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team

American college basketball season

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.

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Evansville †	10	–	2	.833	23	–	6	.793
Oral Roberts	8	–	4	.667	18	–	12	.600
Loyola-Chicago	8	–	4	.667	17	–	12	.586
Oklahoma City	6	–	6	.500	14	–	14	.500
Detroit	6	–	6	.500	10	–	17	.370
Butler	3	–	9	.250	7	–	20	.259
Xavier	1	–	11	.083	8	–	20	.286

† 1982 MCC tournament winner

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 30, 1981*		Baltimore	W 82–51	1–0	Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana
Dec 5, 1981*		at Indiana State	L 58–67	1–1	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
Dec 9, 1981*		Southern Illinois	W 82–51	2–1	Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana
Dec 12, 1981*		Western Kentucky	W 73–70	3–1	Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana
Dec 14, 1981*		at Valparaiso	W 78–56	4–1	Hilltop Gym Valparaiso, Indiana
Dec 18, 1981*		vs. Cal State Fullerton	W 62–51	5–1	Titan Gym Fullerton, California
Dec 19, 1981*		at Pepperdine	W 77–69	6–1	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, California
Dec 22, 1981*		at Austin Peay	W 72–54	7–1	Dunn Center Clarksville, Tennessee
Dec 29, 1981*		Tennessee Tech	W 67–43	8–1	Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana
Dec 30, 1981*		Murray State	W 77–58	9–1	Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana
Jan 2, 1982*		Missouri–St. Louis	W 86–47	10–1	Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana
Jan 6, 1982*		at Kansas	L 65–72 ^OT	10–2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
Jan 9, 1982		Xavier	W 82–52	11–2 (1–0)	Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana
Jan 16, 1982		at Oral Roberts	W 63–62	12–2 (2–0)	Mabee Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
Jan 18, 1982		at Oklahoma City	L 54–75	12–3 (2–1)	Frederickson Fieldhouse Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Jan 23, 1982		Loyola–Chicago	W 84–80	13–3 (3–1)	Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana
Jan 25, 1982		at Detroit	W 86–69	14–3 (4–1)	Calihan Hall Detroit, Michigan
Jan 30, 1982		at Butler	W 80–47	15–3 (5–1)	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana
Feb 1, 1982		Valparaiso	W 80–66	16–3	Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana
Feb 6, 1982		at Xavier	W 76–73	17–3 (6–1)	Schmidt Fieldhouse Cincinnati, Ohio
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*	(1)	vs. (4) Oklahoma City Quarterfinals	W 57–45	22–5	Mabee Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
Mar 4, 1982*	(1)	vs. (3) 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 (8,680) Tulsa, Oklahoma
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time.

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1981–82 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team

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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
Seasons ← 1980–81 1982–83 →