EVANSVILLE, Ind. – It has been a great season for the Purple Aces men's basketball team as they sit at 17-3 overall and 6-1 in Missouri Valley Conference play.  The efforts of the team, along with seniors D.J. Balentine, Egidijus Mockevicius and Adam Wing is starting to spread to a national level.  Balentine was named this week's Sports Illustrated Mid-Major Player of the Week while Mockevicius garnered a spot on the Senior CLASS Award list and is a 5-time MVC Player of the Week.  Check out some of the top attention the program has garnered over the last few days below.

Which team has the nation's leading rebounder and another guy average 21.2 points per game? https://t.co/2RwWCKDsXI pic.twitter.com/shsqEOXBc3

— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) January 18, 2016

 

Evansville's Egidijus Mockevicius had 23 pts and 20 rebs last night. Only he and Weber State's Joel Bolomboy have multiple 20-20 games.

— Jay Bilas (@JayBilas) January 20, 2016

 

Almost famous: Duke, UCLA, Pitt, Seton Hall, VCU, St. Bonaventure, Evansville, Little Rock, Saint Mary's, Mich, Purdue, Cincy, LSU, UConn

— Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) January 18, 2016

Our mid-major player of the week is @UEAthletics's D.J. Balentine (by @mollyjgeary) https://t.co/GvFvvbO44S pic.twitter.com/8LH2MM5Iwz

— SI College Hoops (@si_ncaabb) January 20, 2016

 
 

Post game interview last night @TimDoyle00 @UEAthletics_MBB win over @LoyolaChicago Ejidius Mockevicius 4x 20 reb! pic.twitter.com/8q2BvQrtnm

— Dave Ryan (@DaveRyno12) January 20, 2016

 

Egidijus Mockevicius of @UEAthletics_MBB named candidate for Senior CLASS Award. #MVCHoops pic.twitter.com/XSeZdNohQ8

— Missouri Valley (@MVCsports) January 19, 2016

 

Egidijus Mockevicius (@ueathletics): 3rd 20-rebound game this season (most in Division I)

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) January 16, 2016

Wichita State's top challenger in the MVC looks like Evansville. Aces are 16-3 overall and have won 9 of their last 10. Very good MM team.

— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) January 16, 2016

 

Here are some teams already making the case to be bracket busters in March: https://t.co/kEiwLhz5mP pic.twitter.com/GvHKKLApSh

— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) January 20, 2016

 

Evansville's Egidijus Mockevicius is leading nation w/14.6 rpg. Only guy last 2 decades to do better over full season was Tim Duncan (14.7).

— Steve Greenberg (@SLGreenberg) January 20, 2016

I'm tired of hearing about Ben Simmons and company. @Egidijus55 is a legit national POY candidate, double/double and rebounding history.

— Mark Adams (@EnthusiAdams) January 20, 2016

 

Adam Wing. You can't spell win w/o W-I-N. Gee he's and nice teammate. Sorry in advance.

— Mark Adams (@EnthusiAdams) January 20, 2016