Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball
2024–25 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team
University	University of Evansville
Head coach	David Ragland (3rd season)
Conference	Missouri Valley
Location	Evansville, Indiana
Arena	Ford Center (capacity: 10,000)
Nickname	Purple Aces
Colors	Purple, white, and orange[1]
Uniforms
Home Away Alternate
NCAA tournament champions
1959*, 1960*, 1964*, 1965*, 1971*
Other NCAA tournament results Final Four 1958*, 1959*, 1960*, 1964*, 1965*, 1971* Elite Eight 1958*, 1959*, 1960*, 1963*, 1964*, 1965*, 1968*, 1971* Sweet Sixteen 1957*, 1958*, 1959*, 1960*, 1962*, 1963*, 1964*, 1965*, 1966*, 1968*, 1971*, 1972*, 1976* Appearances 1957*, 1958*, 1959*, 1960*, 1961*, 1962*, 1963*, 1964*, 1965*, 1966*, 1968*, 1971*, 1972*, 1974*, 1976*, 1982, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1999
Conference tournament champions
Midwestern Collegiate Conference 1982, 1992, 1993
Conference regular-season champions Midwestern Collegiate Conference 1982, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993 Missouri Valley Conference 1999
* at Division II level

The Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team represents the Purple Aces of the University of Evansville, located in Evansville, Indiana, in NCAA Division I basketball competition. They play their home games at the Ford Center. Evansville's athletics teams were originally known as the Pioneers in the early part of the 1900s. In the 1920s, the name Aces arose after a local sports writer wrote in a game story of the men's basketball team, "They played like Aces." The team has been known as the Aces and/or Purple Aces ever since. Evansville has won five Division II national championships (1959, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1971).

On November 12, 2019, the Aces earned one of the biggest victories in their Division I history, upsetting top-ranked Kentucky at Rupp Arena. Since joining Division I in 1977-78, the Purple Aces have appeared in five NCAA tournaments, making their most recent appearance in 1999. In 1989, Evansville upset Oregon State and advanced to the Round of 32 of the 1989 NCAA tournament.