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. Interesting.
Ironically enough, it was a UL coach that helped with the nickname. After losing to Evansville in 1924 UL coach told Evansville coach--"You didn't have 4 ACES up your sleeve---you had 5". Coach Harmon quoted this to the Evansville Courier----and whamo---Evansville Purple Aces was born.
It's a moniker for"world-beaters". I gotta say, I'm a little disappointed in your trolling tonight. I wasn't able to see the game, but when I saw the score my first thought was "Oh man, Kerry Rhodes is going in dry tonight!". You've kept it pretty tame.
Im being sarcastic. Evansville is 2 hours away from here and theyre in my high school district in Southern Indiana.
A friend of mine graduated from Evansville. Haven't heard from him in years but just received this text from him: Bwahahahaha!!!!!!!
Nah....one ended your season. This team still gets to play and get better. Any loss at home seems to sting 500 times worse---but there is a ton of season left.
I wonder if the mods on Rupp Rafters will ban any poster with ‘Aces’ in their handle like they did us Vols last season.