Remembering the Aces: 1977-78 season brought optimism, then tragedy

 

EVANSVILLE, IN – They would be in their 60s now, men of different career paths and life experiences, perhaps with families of their own.

 

Evansville Courier & Press archive photo

Photos of them in white and purple basketball uniforms with “ACES” stitched on the front might be in frames or in a box somewhere. They would be memories, conversation starters, neat things to show friends, children and grandchildren from time to time.

Tragically, the 1977-78 University of Evansville men’s basketball team and its head coach – himself a relatively young man — did not get to grow old.

Please click on the link below for the first of a three part series from John Martin of the Evansville Courier and Press

http://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2017/12/06/remembering-aces-1977-78-season-brought-optimism-then-tragedy/906917001/

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