The 2010–11 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team represented the

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in the

2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 8, 2010, with the preliminary games of the 2010 Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, and ended with the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament's championship game on April ...

. The Purple Aces, led by head coach

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, played their home games at

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, as members of the

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. The Purple Aces finished sixth in the Missouri Valley during the regular season, and were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley tournament by eventual tournament champion

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. Evansville failed to qualify for the NCAA tournament, but were invited to the

2011 College Basketball Invitational The 2011 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 NCAA Division I teams that did not participate in the 2011 NCAA Tournament nor the 2011 National Invitation Tournament. The opening round began Tuesday, Mar ...

. The Purple Aces defeated

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in the first round of the CBI for the program's first postseason victory since the 1989 NCAA tournament. Evansville were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the CBI, losing to

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, 75–69. This was Evansville's last season playing at Roberts Stadium; for the 2011–12 season, the Purple Aces moved to the new downtown Ford Center.

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Schedule and results

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References

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