# 2017–18 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men's basketball team

The 2017–18 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men's basketball team represented Southeast Missouri State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redhawks, led by third-year head coach Rick Ray, played their home games at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 14–17, 8–10 in OVC play to finish in seventh place.
The team was ineligible for postseason play this season due to APR violations.

## Previous season

The Redhawks finished the 2016–17 season 15–18, 9–7 in OVC play to finish in second place in the West Division. They defeated Tennessee State in the first round of the OVC tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Jacksonville State.

## Preseason

In a vote of conference coaches and sports information directors, SEMO was picked to finish in 10th place in the OVC. Denzel Mahoney was named to the 2017–18 Preseason All-OVC team.
After five years of divisional play in the OVC, the conference eliminated divisions for the 2017–18 season. Additionally, for the first time, each conference team will play 18 conference games.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||
| Nov 01, 2017* 6:30 pm | Missouri S&T | W 94–75 | | Show Me Center (565) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| Nov 04, 2017* 6:00 pm | Missouri Southern | W 85–77 | | Show Me Center Cape Girardeau, MO |
| Non-conference regular season |||||
| Nov 10, 2017* 6:30 pm | Missouri Baptist | W 81–69 | 1–0 | Show Me Center (1,239) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| Nov 13, 2017* 6:30 pm | at Louisiana Tech Cancún Challenge | L 95–96 $^{OT}$ | 1–1 | Thomas Assembly Center (2,456) Ruston, LA |
| Nov 16, 2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Evansville Cancún Challenge | L 50–66 | 1–2 | Ford Center (3,151) Evansville, IN |
| Nov 21, 2017* 2:00 pm | vs. Cal State Northridge Cancún Challenge Mayan Division semifinals | W 74–59 | 2–2 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya Cancún, Mexico |
| Nov 22, 2017* 2:00 pm | vs. Montana State Cancún Challenge Mayan Division finals | L 82–88 | 2–3 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya Cancún, Mexico |
| Nov 26, 2017* 2:00 pm | North Carolina Central | L 70–77 | 2–4 | Show Me Center (645) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| Nov 28, 2017* 6:30 pm | Hannibal–LaGrange | W 83–59 | 3–4 | Show Me Center (815) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| Dec 02, 2017* 6:00 pm | at North Carolina Central | W 86–77 | 4–4 | McLendon–McDougald Gymnasium (873) Durham, NC |
| Dec 06, 2017* 6:30 pm | UMKC | W 91–87 | 5–4 | Show Me Center (1,586) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| Dec 09, 2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Southern Illinois | W 75–69 | 6–4 | SIU Arena (4,493) Carbondale, IL |
| Dec 16, 2017* 7:00 pm, FSKC | at Kansas State | L 71–89 | 6–5 | Bramlage Coliseum (7,389) Manhattan, KS |
| Dec 20, 2017* 1:00 pm | Bradley | L 67–75 | 6–6 | Show Me Center (702) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| Dec 22, 2017* 7:00 pm, FSMW | at Saint Louis | L 48–78 | 6–7 | Chaifetz Arena (8,021) St. Louis, MO |
| Ohio Valley Conference regular season |||||
| Dec 28, 2017 7:30 pm | Belmont | L 72–94 | 6–8 (0–1) | Show Me Center (1,310) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| Dec 31, 2017 1:00 pm | Tennessee State | W 77–65 | 7–8 (1–1) | Show Me Center (615) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| Jan 4, 2018 7:00 pm | at Murray State | L 73–89 | 7–9 (1–2) | CFSB Center (2,728) Murray, KY |
| Jan 6, 2018 7:00 pm | at Austin Peay | L 71–76 | 7–10 (1–3) | Dunn Center (1,825) Clarksville, TN |
| Jan 11, 2018 7:30 pm | Morehead State | W 78–75 | 8–10 (2–3) | Show Me Center (915) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| Jan 13, 2017 4:15 pm | Eastern Kentucky | L 86–91 | 8–11 (2–4) | Show Me Center (1,206) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| Jan 18, 2018 7:00 pm | at SIU Edwardsville | W 86–74 | 9–11 (3–4) | Vadalabene Center (1,147) Edwardsville, IL |
| Jan 20, 2018 3:15 pm | at Eastern Illinois | W 86–74 | 10–11 (4–4) | Lantz Arena (1,369) Charleston, IL |
| Jan 25, 2018 7:30 pm | at Tennessee Tech | L 65–76 | 10–12 (4–5) | Eblen Center (1,936) Cookeville, TN |
| Jan 27, 2018 7:00 pm | at Jacksonville State | L 60–78 | 10–13 (4–6) | Pete Mathews Coliseum (2,688) Jacksonville, AL |
| Feb 01, 2017 7:30 pm | Murray State | L 75–87 | 10–14 (4–7) | Show Me Center (2,035) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| Feb 03, 2017 4:15 pm | Austin Peay | L 81–96 | 10–15 (4–8) | Show Me Center (2,234) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| Feb 08, 2018 6:30 pm | at Morehead State | W 78–62 | 11–15 (5–8) | Ellis Johnson Arena (3,315) Morehead, KY |
| Feb 10, 2018 6:00 pm | at UT Martin | W 81–77 $^{OT}$ | 12–15 (6–8) | Skyhawk Arena (1,897) Martin, TN |
| Feb 15, 2017 6:30 pm | Eastern Illinois | W 80–73 | 13–15 (7–8) | Show Me Center (825) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| Feb 17, 2017 4:15 pm | SIU Edwardsville | W 79–74 | 14–15 (8–8) | Show Me Center (1,697) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| Feb 22, 2018 7:00 pm | at Eastern Kentucky | L 88–91 | 14–16 (8–9) | McBrayer Arena (1,840) Richmond, KY |
| Feb 24, 2017 4:15 pm | UT Martin | L 66–72 | 14–17 (8–10) | Show Me Center (1,702) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time Source. |||||