The Purple Aces, led by 11th-year head coach Marty Simmons, played their home games at the Ford Center as members of the Missouri Valley Conference.

8 seed in the MVC tournament, they lost to Northern Iowa in the first round.

On March 13, 2018, Evansville fired head coach Marty Simmons.

[4] Sources: In the conference's preseason poll, the Aces were picked to finish in ninth place in the MVC.

[5] Junior guard Ryan Taylor was named to the preseason All-MVC second team.