The Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team represents the Purple Aces of the

University of Evansville The University of Evansville (UE) is a private university in Evansville, Indiana. It was founded in 1854 as Carnegie Hall of Moores Hill College, Moores Hill College. The university operates a satellite center, Harlaxton Manor, Harlaxton College ...

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Evansville, Indiana Evansville is a city in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 118,414 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is Indiana's List of cities in Indiana, third-most populous city after India ...

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NCAA Division I NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest division of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major collegiate athlet ...

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competition. They play in the

Missouri Valley Conference The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply "The Valley") is the fourth-oldest collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. The conference's members are primarily located in the Midwestern Unite ...

History

Evansville began play in 1969. The Purple Aces have (as of the end of the 2015–16 season) an all-time record of 484–650. They played in the North Star Conference from 1983 to 1986 and the Midwestern Collegiate from 1986 to 1994 before joining the Missouri Valley Conference in 1994. They made the NCAA Tournament in 1999 and 2009, losing in the First Round each time. They have won the MVC Tournament twice (1999, 2009), winning the latter after finishing the regular season 15–19. They have made the WNIT in 2000 and 2008, getting to the Second Round in the latter year. They have made one appearance in the

Women's Basketball Invitational The Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) is a women's college basketball tournament created in 2009 by Sport Tours. The inaugural tournament occurred at the conclusion of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Selections for ...

History

NCAA tournament results

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