Southeast Mens Basketball

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Checking in for the first time this season with 5:39 left in the first half Saturday, former Sikeston Bulldog Parker Long was more than happy to have a chance to play on a bigger stage. There seemed to be a weight lifted off his shoulders after months of waiting and watching as numerous Division-I players had their waivers granted and had the chance to play...

Former Sikeston Bulldog Parker Long made his long awaited Redhawk debut in Southeast Missouri State’s 65-50 defeat against Morehead State on Saturday at the Show Me Center. He played only six minutes and recorded no stats in the Redhawks’ first game in over a week after being on pause since Jan. 8 due to COVID-19 protocols...

The Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team returns to the court after pausing activities for a week to take on Morehead State on Saturday at 4 p.m. at the Show Me Center. The game was originally slated for Feb. 19 but was moved to Saturday to fill a slot vacated by Austin Peay, which was supposed to come to town.

Southeast Missouri State Athletics announced Friday that the Redhawks men's basketball team is pausing activities due to COVID-19 protocols.

The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks went into Thursday’s game against the best team in the Ohio Valley Conference without their leading scorer and it wasn’t until the final few minutes that the game finally got away from them and lost by 11 points...

The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks fell to the Ohio Valley Conference leading Belmont Bruins 77-66 on Thursday at Nashville. The Redhawks were without their leading scorer, junior guard Chris Harris. “He dinged his thumb up at practice on his shooting hand,” head coach Brad Korn said. “He wasn’t comfortable enough giving it a go so it was a gametime decision. We just decided to not let him go, didn’t want it to get any worse than it is. I think he’ll be fine.”...

If there is one thing the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men’s basketball team has learned in their previous game is if the shots aren’t falling in, simply torpedoing towards the basket and forcing the opponent to foul can be a viable scoring option...

Any team can garner a victory when things go well. However, a sign of growth for a squad is when it can find ways to win when things don’t work in its favor.

As the calendar changed, some things remained the same. Things like that uneasy feeling everyone at the Show Me Center got on Saturday when Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball game team went into overtime (again) against Tennessee State. That scenario has already happened three times with the Redhawks this season. It is like playing a game of “War” when both players draw the same card and have to then draw four more with the final one being the equalizer...

Dylan Branson was a late addition to the Southeast Missouri State recruiting class of 2020 after signing in late May. However, the Mehlville High School graduate is making an early impression on his new coach so far this season.

Southeast Missouri State’s Redhawks started the season 2-1 but now find themselves spiraling down a four-game losing streak. If there was ever a team to face during an ever-growing losing streak, it’s Tennessee Tech. At 0-9, the Golden Eagles look more like an aged and neglected copper that has turned moldy green — and that look only works for the Statue of Liberty.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – For the fans of the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team who are curious as to how good the Redhawks are this season, the answer is fairly good. However, what SEMO isn’t is good enough to play while making mistakes and still win. The margin for error for this group is razor-thin and that was on display (again) in a 72-66 loss at Indiana State on Tuesday at the Hulman Center...

It looked as if the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball squad was headed to its fourth overtime game in six outings on Friday, however, UT Martin guard Eden Holt had other plans. The sophomore put up a buzzer-beating shot just before falling out of bounds to push the Skyhawks past the Redhawks 69-67 at the Show Me Center...

The NCAA Division I Council voted on Wednesday to grant a blanket waiver, which will allow all Division I transfers to play immediately this season.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks fall to Evansville, 66-63, in overtime on Tuesday at the Ford Center. SEMO is 0-2 against the Missouri Valley Conference. All three of the Redhawks’ losses have ended in overtime. “I’ve never been a part of anything like that,” SEMO head coach Brad Korn said. “It’s insane to me. I don’t understand it.”...

There are several noticeable aspects of play when it comes to assessing the early returns of the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program this season.

It’s obvious that the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball squad is learning what it takes to win games.

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team played its best game of the young season in an 82-77 win over Lipscomb on Monday at the Show Me Center. SEMO will take on the Bison at their place for round two tonight at 7 p.m.

In what has been their best game of the young basketball season, the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks defeated the Lipscomb Bison 82-77 on Monday at the Show Me Center. In the victory, the Redhawks are beginning to find their identity. A brand new team with a first year head coach in Brad Korn and many senior transfers, it’s quite impressive that the Redhawks have figured out an offensive formula with their limited time together prior to the season...

Brad Korn’s first home game as coach of the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team lived up to its hype.

KANSAS CITY — Following his transfer from Nebraska, it had been nearly 21 months since Southeast Missouri State wing Nana Akenten had stepped on a basketball court and played in an official game.

KANSAS CITY — New Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Brad Korn didn’t have time to be nervous for himself prior to his head-coaching debut against Kansas City on Saturday. Given the chaotic nature of his first eight months on the job, he was just happy to be in a gym and able to compete.

With pandemic precautions abound, the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks are ready to usher in a new era on Saturday at Kansas City against the UMKC Roos. The key to a successful first season for the Redhawks under new head coach Brad Korn will be the return of redshirt junior guard Chris Harris...

The legendary and sadly, late, college men’s basketball coach Rick Majerus was infamous for a number of things, aside from being a tremendous coach. For those sports journalists that had the opportunity to cover his teams at the various stops he made, we all have our stories of dealing with him.

The theme of Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner Beth DeBauche’s recent virtual press conference to cap off the league’s Basketball Media Day was numerous small steps leading to big rewards in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team hasn’t had a winning season since 2013-14. Given the Redhawks’ performance in recent years, it wouldn’t be beyond the pale to assume that the reason why someone were to take a head coaching job here would be because of strictly the opportunity to be a head coach...

Southeast Missouri head coach Brad Korn is a few weeks away from his first season with the Redhawks tipping off. While there are still many unknowns about this unconventional season, Korn is fully aware going in who is the focal point of his system talent will be...

The Southeast Missouri State men’s and women’s basketball schedule has been released on Thursday. The men’s basketball season tips off in a multi-team event at Kansas City on Friday, Nov. 27, against Northern Colorado, followed by a matchup on Saturday against either UMKC or Avila College...

Villanova head coach Jay Wright brought up an interesting topic on the “College Hoops Today” Podcast with Jon Rothstein in terms of what the COVID-19 pandemic has forced on the college basketball landscape. "We're going to deal with the fact that any player that plays this year as a senior can come back and play another year,” Wright said. ...

The start of the college basketball season is 26 days away. Normally Thanksgiving isn’t normally known for using a turkey leg to christen the ship where two blue chip programs opening the season in glorious battle. This is no normal season. It’s evident enough in the apparent lack of schedules across the board. Some teams and conferences have already released them but for the rest, it leaves to be desired...

First year Southeast Missouri State head basketball coach Brad Korn spent his playing days at Southern Illinois at a time where the rivalry between the Redhawks and Salukis meant something. SEMO made its only NCAA Tournament run when Korn was a freshman and he rounded out his career with his Salukis reaching the big dance three straight years including a Sweet Sixteen finish in 2002...

Brad Korn finally gets to walk onto a basketball court today with the first team of his head-coaching career, and because of how the past seven months have transpired; it will be a surreal experience.

There is zero possibility that first-year Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Brad Korn is going to complain about himself, his coaching staff, and his players having to wear masks when trying to communicate with each other. After all, Korn has been on the job for five months and only last week did he actually get to meet with his entire team in person.

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Former Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Rick Ray was recently hired as an assistant coach at Colorado.

Recently-hired Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Brad Korn sat in a conference room with one of his recently-hired assistants, Sam McMahon, Wednesday and hovering over the two was a dry-erase board covered end-to-end with information on how to build the Redhawks into a formidable Ohio Valley Conference program.

Brad Korn has been a college basketball coach for 15 years. You can multiply that number by several hundred and tally the number of times his mind has wandered in terms of the tasks he would like to accomplish when – if – he ever received an opportunity to be a head coach.

New Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Brad Korn and Redhawk assistant Dustin Yoder have roots in the state of Illinois that both hope to tap into as they build their basketball program.

When Southeast Missouri State assistant men’s basketball coach Dustin Yoder was hired, he got to work in building the Redhawks very quickly.

There is no hidden agenda as to why Nolan Taylor is going to suit up for the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program this coming season.

First-year Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball assistant coach Dustin Yoder has spent four years as an actual college coach but has never been able to recruit at the NCAA Division I level.

New Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Brad Korn added a couple more pieces to his first personnel puzzle Wednesday, as he hired Missouri Southern associate head coach Sam McMahon as an assistant, while on the floor, he received a verbal commitment from one of the more versatile, talented, and highly successful players in the state.

The history of Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball at the NCAA Division I level has been one of mostly mediocre to poor results (21 losing seasons in 29 years), with a handful of flashes of success sparingly sprinkled in. However, recently-hired Redhawk coach Brad Korn made clear from his first day that accepting a fate of non-success was going to be unacceptable.

New Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Brad Korn has officially been on the job for six weeks as of today and he has taken some important steps towards building a foundation for success.

Famed comedian Jerry Seinfeld has an infamous bit centered on why it is so difficult to be a sports fan. With players changing teams so frequently, fans, Seinfeld explained, aren’t truly cheering for athletes, but in actuality are “rooting for laundry (uniforms).”

When you look at first-year Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Brad Korn today, you’ll see a soon-to-turn 40-year-old adult who just happens to make a nice living teaching basketball skills to athletes who aspire to play professionally.

Within minutes of being announced as the new men’s basketball coach at Southeast Missouri State, Brad Korn was talking about building a “long-lasting, genuine trust” with his players.

Recently-hired Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Brad Korn has spent the initial three weeks in his new position operating with his hands tied behind his back, but in the world that exists today, he is no different from any other coach across the country.

When Brad Korn was hired as the men’s basketball coach at Southeast Missouri State last month, he didn’t mince words when it came to what he planned to build the Redhawk program upon.

The list of NCAA Division I men’s college basketball players choosing a new program in which to play continues to grow by the hour during this time of the year. According to the site devoted to tracking such, verbalcommits.com, the number is well over 600 and is trending toward the 2019 number (997).