From the Ashes The University of Evansville Purple Aces

On December 13 1977 the plane carrying the University of Evansville mens basketball team to its game at Middle Tennessee State University crashed 90 seconds after takeoff killing all 29 people on board From the Ashes tells the story of the team Evansville lost that night from its start as the universitys first Division I basketball team through the schools effort to rebuild its program from the ashes of tragedy