# 2022–23 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men's basketball team

The 2022–23 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men's basketball team represented Southeast Missouri State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redhawks, led by third-year head coach Brad Korn, played their home games at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 19–17, 10–8 in OVC play to finish a three-way tie for third place. As No. 5 seed in the OVC tournament, the defeated Lindenwood, Tennessee State, Moorehead State, and Tennessee Tech to win the conference championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament for the second time in school history and first since 2000. As a No. 16 seed in the South region, they lost to Texas A&M–Corpus Christi in the First Four.

## Previous season

The Redhawks finished the 2021–22 season 14–18, 8–9 in OVC play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Tennessee State in the quarterfinals of the OVC tournament, before falling to Murray State in the semifinals.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| October 25, 2022* 6:30 pm | | Fontbonne | W 67–52 | – | Show Me Center (225) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| October 30, 2022* 2:00 pm | | Aurora | W 84–51 | – | Show Me Center (245) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 7, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at South Florida | W 64–61 | 1–0 | Yuengling Center (4,046) Tampa, FL |
| November 12, 2022* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Lyon College | W 83–46 | 2–0 | Show Me Center (683) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| November 16, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Evansville | W 67–61 | 3–0 | Ford Center (3,756) Evansville, IN |
| November 19, 2022* 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Bradley | L 60–73 | 3–1 | Carver Arena (4,826) Peoria, IL |
| November 22, 2022* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | William Woods | W 87–49 | 4–1 | Show Me Center (784) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| November 26, 2022* 1:00 pm | | vs. Boston University Cream City Classic | W 63–52 | 5–1 | Klotsche Center Milwaukee, WI |
| November 27, 2022* 12:00 pm | | vs. UC Davis Cream City Classic | L 71–73 | 5–2 | Klotsche Center Milwaukee, WI |
| November 28, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Milwaukee Cream City Classic | L 68–84 | 5–3 | Klotsche Center (1,183) Milwaukee, WI |
| December 4, 2022* 3:00 pm, SECN+ | | at Missouri | L 89–96 | 5–4 | Mizzou Arena (8,873) Columbia, MO |
| December 7, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Purdue Fort Wayne | L 68–89 | 5–5 | Show Me Center (1,155) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| December 14, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Arkansas State | L 61–68 | 5–6 | First National Bank Arena (1,541) Jonesboro, AR |
| December 17, 2022* 7:30 pm, BTN | | at Iowa | L 75–106 | 5–7 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (11,240) Iowa City, IA |
| December 21, 2022* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Southern Illinois | L 68–70 | 5–8 | Show Me Center (1,632) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| Ohio Valley regular season ||||||
| December 29, 2022 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Southern Indiana | L 81–86 | 5–9 (0–1) | Screaming Eagles Arena (3,110) Evansville, IN |
| December 31, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | SIU Edwardsville | W 82–73 | 6–9 (1–1) | Show Me Center (1,159) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| January 5, 2023 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UT Martin | L 82–87 | 6–10 (1–2) | Skyhawk Arena (1,180) Union City, TN |
| January 7, 2023 3:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Little Rock | W 74–68 | 7–10 (2–2) | Jack Stephens Center (2,135) Little Rock, AR |
| January 12, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Lindenwood | W 94–71 | 8–10 (3–2) | Show Me Center (875) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| January 14, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Morehead State | W 91–86 | 9–10 (4–2) | Ellis Johnson Arena (1,740) Morehead, KY |
| January 19, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UT Martin | L 60–80 | 9–11 (4–3) | Show Me Center (1,115) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| January 21, 2023 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Tennessee Tech | W 84–77 $^{2OT}$ | 10–11 (5–3) | Show Me Center (2,632) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| January 26, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Tennessee State | W 92–75 | 11–11 (6–3) | Show Me Center (1,857) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| January 28, 2023 3:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Eastern Illinois | W 79–68 | 12–11 (7–3) | Lantz Arena (1,515) Charleston, IL |
| February 2, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Little Rock | W 99–98 | 13–11 (8–3) | Show Me Center (1,290) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| February 4, 2023 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Tennessee Tech | L 80–82 | 13–12 (8–4) | Eblen Center (1,476) Cookeville, TN |
| February 9, 2023 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Tennessee State | L 65–85 | 13–13 (8–5) | Gentry Complex (6,691) Nashville, TN |
| February 11, 2023 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Morehead State | L 59–65 | 13–14 (8–6) | Show Me Center (2,890) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| February 16, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Eastern Illinois | W 78–64 | 14–14 (9–6) | Show Me Center (2,124) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| February 18, 2023 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Southern Indiana | W 85–80 | 15–14 (10–6) | Show Me Center (2,340) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| February 23, 2023 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Lindenwood | L 102–105 $^{2OT}$ | 15–15 (10–7) | Hyland Performance Arena (2,119) St. Charles, MO |
| February 25, 2023 3:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at SIU Edwardsville | L 78–93 | 15–16 (10–8) | First Community Arena Edwardsville, IL |
| Ohio Valley Tournament ||||||
| March 1, 2023 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | (5) | vs. (8) Lindenwood First round | W 84–65 | 16–16 | Ford Center Evansville, IN |
| March 2, 2023 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | (5) | vs. (4) Tennessee State Quarterfinals | W 91–83 | 17–16 | Ford Center Evansville, IN |
| March 3, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPNU | (5) | vs. (1) Morehead State Semifinals | W 65–58 | 18–16 | Ford Center Evansville, IN |
| March 4, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | (5) | vs. (2) Tennessee Tech Championship | W 89–82 $^{OT}$ | 19–16 | Ford Center Evansville, IN |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| March 14, 2023* 5:40 pm, TruTV | (16 S) | vs. (16 S) Texas A&M–Corpus Christi First Four | L 71–75 | 19–17 | UD Arena Dayton, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South. All times are in Central. ||||||
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