EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Wednesday's opening round of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament will feature the University of Evansville men's basketball team taking on IPFW with tip set for 7 p.m.
 
Tickets are $15 for all seats while children under the age of 17 are just $5.  Beginning on Monday at 8:30 a.m., all seats will be available for purchase.  You can get your tickets by calling 812-488-ACES, by visiting the Carson Center or Ford Center Ticket Office or on TicketMaster.com.
 
The meeting in the CIT will mark the first between the Purple Aces and Mastadons. 
 
Evansville enters the tournament with a record of 19-12 after posting its best regular season of the 21^st century.  The Aces were well-represented on the Missouri Valley Conference postseason teams, led by D.J. Balentine and Egidijus Mockevicius, who were First Team All-Conference.  It marked the first time in 26 years that the program placed two on the first team.
 
Mockevicius also added his second-straight All-Defensive Team berth.  Mislav Brzoja garnered a spot on the All-Bench Team while Blake Simmons was named to the Scholar Athlete First Team.
 
IPFW makes its first trip to Evansville with a 16-14 record and a 9-7 season in the Summit League.  The Mastadons came on strong as the season wore down, winning 8 of the final 10 games of the regular season before falling to South Dakota in the first game of the conference tournament.  At one point, they won seven in a row from Jan. 24 through Feb. 19.
 
Three players finished the season in double figures for IPFW, led by Steve Forbes.  He posted 13.9 points per game along with a team-best 6.1 rebounds.  Joe Edwards was next up with 11.9 PPG.