Southeast Mens Basketball

Recently-hired Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball assistant coach J.R. Reynolds proudly embraces the adage that “You are known by the company that you keep.”

Israel Barnes has one final opportunity to showcase his ability during the 2022-23 men’s basketball season and he isn’t going to waste it.

When the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball squad gathers today for its first official off-season workout of the 2022-23 season, it might help if everyone wore name tags.

Over the final two months of the 2021-22 men’s basketball season, the fans of Southeast Missouri State realized that the narrative of having a dominant center being minimized in today’s game can be a myth.

It’s doubtful that Southeast Missouri State basketball would have been an attractive enough option for Aquan Smart coming out of Niles North (Ill.) High School two years ago.

Of the 13 Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball players that comprised the 2021-22 roster this past season, only one, freshman forward Dylan Branson, chose history as an academic field to focus on. That is ironic because studying history – as it pertains to college basketball – would have been beneficial to the seven Redhawk student-athletes (of which Branson isn’t included) that elected to leave the program this spring.

The Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program finally got some positive news this spring when third-year coach Brad Korn was able to announce the signings of transfers Kobe Clark and Gavyn Elkamil earlier this week.

And then there were five. The Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program officially lost its most productive player from its 2021-22 roster on Monday, as junior shooter, Eric Reed Jr., entered the transfer portal.

After losing seven players who have eligibility remaining off its 2021-22 roster, the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program reversed its outflow by adding a student-athlete for next season on Friday.

Another day, another Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball player enters the transfer portal.

The correlation between the basketball careers of brothers Owen and Parker Long continues.

The Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program lost a critical piece to its success over the past two seasons on Tuesday and it had nothing to do with the transfer portal.

“We’re more family-oriented. When I first came to SEMO, we weren’t like a team. The last two years, we built that bond with each other, our chemistry, we became closer.”

The contrast endured by the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program over the past 24-plus hours could not have been more stark, as the Redhawks battled their way through the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament in Evansville, Ind.

Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Brad Korn said recently that “… we are the team in the league that no one wants to play…” and following the Redhawks’ 79-55 thrashing of No. 5-seed Tennessee State in the quarterfinals of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament on Friday at the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind., that should include No. 1-seed Murray State.

The narrative throughout basketball at all levels is that the traditional position of center no longer exists in today’s “5-out” world of perimeter shooting. However, the Ohio Valley Conference is particularly blessed with several talented and productive back-to-the-basket players, and Tuesday’s announcement of the All-OVC Teams showed that.

No one needs to tell lifelong Chicago Bulls fan, Brad Korn, about the travails of the journey to success on the basketball court.

Brad Korn coaches the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team, not gymnastics or ice skating or diving, so there aren’t style points awarded, only wins or losses.

With the 2021-22 regular season down to its final moments, the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team is in a good position, but a precarious one.

Life happens fast in the ever-changing world of intercollegiate athletics, and no one is learning that more so than the fans of Southeast Missouri State athletics.

Southeast Missouri State sophomore pitcher opened his 2022 season on a positive note, as he was named on Monday as the first Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week award winner.

Second-year Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Brad Korn wants to see growth out of his team as the 2021-22 season winds down, and Saturday’s performance at defending Ohio Valley Conference Tournament champion Morehead State can serve as a perfect example of where this program is at this point of the season, as well as in Korn’s 23-month tenure.

At halftime of its men’s basketball game at Tennessee Tech on Thursday, there were ominous signs for Southeast Missouri State.

It’s not hyperbole to state that its game on Thursday at Tennessee Tech for Southeast Missouri State is critically important.

Where the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program wants to go, whether it be for 40 minutes on Saturday afternoon or a much broader perspective, is where Belmont is.

Southeast Missouri State found itself shorthanded once again on Thursday, as it battled at Austin Peay in Ohio Valley Conference men’s basketball action. The Redhawks dug themselves an early hole and never recovered, as they fell 74-66.

The Ohio Valley Conference added its newest member, the University of Southern Indiana, on Wednesday. And for those that believe adding a transitioning NCAA Division II institution won’t be challenging for Southeast Missouri State, as well as the remainder of the league, particularly in terms of men’s basketball, they need to think again.

When the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team played Ohio Valley Conference-power Morehead State until the final seconds of overtime before falling by one point recently, the Redhawk fans had to have been impressed by that performance by their favorite team. However, as great of an effort as that night was at the Show Me Center, Monday’s 76-47 drubbing of SIU Edwardsville in Edwardsville, Ill. was very impressive in its own right.

To gauge how the expectations for the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program have been altered in 24 months, Saturday’s 63-56 win over Eastern Illinois at the Show Me Center was a perfect example.

For the experienced followers of Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball, Thursday’s 84-63 loss at UT Martin was a scene all too familiar. However, what makes the performance most “disappointing” (a word used by second-year Redhawk coach Brad Korn), was that the Redhawks had shown so much promise in recent weeks leading up to Thursday.

As good as the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team has been performing of late, and it has been playing very well, the fact remains that the Redhawks have just a 30 percent win rate away from Cape Girardeau and today’s Ohio Valley Conference match-up with UT Martin is in Tennessee.

The followers of the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program are probably still talking about the notable performance by the Redhawks on Thursday, as they battled unbeaten (in Ohio Valley Conference play) Morehead State into overtime before falling by one point (74-73).

Numbers can be misleading and there is no better evidence of that than the fact that the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team lost on Thursday. The scoreboard showed that Morehead State won its game at the Show Me Center 74-73 in overtime. However, anyone with eyes can attest that, yes, the Redhawks lost a game, but in so many ways, this program proved incredibly successful.

A lot of Southeast Missouri State students showed up at the Show Me Center on Thursday for the Redhawks’ gut-wrenching 74-73 overtime loss to undefeated (in Ohio Valley Conference play) Morehead State, a game which was televised nationally on ESPNU.

It’s been a journey this season for all involved with the Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball program.

The Morehead State men’s basketball squad has won 27 of its last 28 games against Ohio Valley Conference opponents. A program doesn’t amass that type of success by being rattled under pressure.

With the glare of a spotlight, often comes pressure. However, from a positive perspective, no one shines a spotlight on you unless you are doing something noteworthy.

CHARLESTON, ILL. – Life happens fast, and no group realizes that more so than the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program.

Sometimes in the struggles of life, there is simply no better place to be than at home. It can be that way for all of us, and the adage is true for the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team.

There hasn’t been much positive news emanating out the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program of late.

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball program is not only battling opposition on the court this season, but this week, it is also fighting a losing battle against COVID-19.

The Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program is having a difficult time this season catching a break.

The Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball squad entered this season with five different options for post play.

A year ago, there was so much to like about the direction of the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program.

Southeast Missouri State junior guard Eric Reed Jr. and freshman guard Phillip Russell were recognized by the Ohio Valley Conference on Monday, as Reed Jr. was named as the OVC Player of the Week and Russell was honored as the Freshman of the Week.

Since the arrival of Eric Reed Jr. in Cape Girardeau prior to the 2020-21 season, the followers of the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program have come to learn that they don’t have to worry about the shooting of junior guard from Baton Rouge. However, after watching his offensive performances in December, there was reason for some concern.

Murray State (11-2, 1-0) raced to a 106-81 win over Southeast Missouri State (5-9, 0-1) Thursday in the Ohio Valley Conference opener for both men's basketball teams.

It would be inaccurate to state that the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team lost its fourth straight game on Tuesday (and eighth in 11 games against NCAA Division I competition) because it is a bad team. The Redhawks (5-8) aren’t a bad team, they are a solid team, with solid players, who are playing poorly.

Just like analyzing an investment in Bitcoin, there are two ways you can form an opinion on the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball squad. In reference to the crypto asset, Bitcoin has essentially chopped sideways for 18 consecutive days. However, from a macro level, it is up 99.37 percent over the past year.

The story was the same on Saturday for the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball squad.