# 2020–21 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men's basketball team

The 2020–21 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men's basketball team represented Southeast Missouri State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redhawks, led by first-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.

## Previous season

The Redhawks finished the 2019–20 season 7–24, 3–15 in OVC play, to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the OVC tournament.
On March 3, head coach Rick Ray was fired. He finished at Southeast Missouri State with a five-year record of 51–104. On March 23, the school named former Kansas State assistant coach Brad Korn the new head coach.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| November 27, 2020* 7:00 p.m. | | vs. Northern Colorado Negro Leagues Baseball Museum TipOff Classic Semifinal | Canceled (CDC/NCAA guidelines) | Canceled (CDC/NCAA guidelines) | Mabee Fieldhouse Kansas City, MO |
| November 28, 2020* 4:00 p.m. | | vs. Kansas City Negro Leagues Baseball Museum TipOff Classic Final | W 71–66 | 1–0 | Mabee Fieldhouse (175) Kansas City, MO |
| December 2, 2020* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Southern Illinois | L 79–87 $^{OT}$ | 1–1 | Show Me Center (740) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| December 7, 2020* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Lipscomb | W 82–77 | 2–1 | Show Me Center (580) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| December 9, 2020* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Lipscomb | L 74–80 $^{OT}$ | 2–2 | Allen Arena (488) Nashville, TN |
| December 15, 2020* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Evansville | L 63–66 $^{OT}$ | 2–3 | Ford Center Evansville, IN |
| December 18, 2020 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | UT Martin | L 67–69 | 2–4 (0–1) | Show Me Center (748) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| December 22, 2020* 12:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Indiana State | L 66–72 | 2–5 | Hulman Center (100) Terre Haute, IN |
| December 30, 2020 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Tennessee Tech | L 63–72 | 2–6 (0–2) | Eblen Center (430) Cookeville, TN |
| January 2, 2021 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Tennessee State | W 83–79 $^{2OT}$ | 3–6 (1–2) | Show Me Center (760) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| January 7, 2021 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Belmont | L 66–77 | 3–7 (1–3) | Curb Event Center (271) Nashville, TN |
| January 16, 2021 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Morehead State | L 50–64 | 3–8 (1–4) | Show Me Center (799) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| January 19, 2021 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Tennessee State | W 63–59 | 4–8 (2–4) | Gentry Complex (231) Nashville, TN |
| January 21, 2021 6:00 p.m., ESPNU | | at Morehead State | L 65–76 | 4–9 (2–5) | Ellis Johnson Arena (775) Morehead, KY |
| January 26, 2021 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at UT Martin | L 66–69 | 4–10 (2–6) | Skyhawk Arena (267) Martin, TN |
| January 28, 2021 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | SIU Edwardsville | W 64–62 | 5–10 (3–6) | Show Me Center (723) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| January 30, 2021 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Eastern Illinois | W 75–44 | 6–10 (4–6) | Show Me Center (842) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| February 1, 2021 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Murray State | L 60–77 | 6–11 (4–7) | Show Me Center (690) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| February 4, 2021 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Tennessee Tech | W 68–64 | 7–11 (5–7) | Show Me Center (642) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| February 6, 2021 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Jacksonville State | L 54–66 | 7–12 (5–8) | Show Me Center (720) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| February 12, 2021 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Murray State | L 60–80 | 7–13 (5–9) | CFSB Center (1,252) Murray, KY |
| February 13, 2021 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Austin Peay | L 63–78 | 7–14 (5–10) | Dunn Center (494) Clarksville, TN |
| February 16, 2021 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Austin Peay | W 86–81 $^{OT}$ | 8–14 (6–10) | Show Me Center (279) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| February 20, 2021 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Eastern Kentucky | W 94–72 | 9–14 (7–10) | Show Me Center (753) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| February 22, 2021 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Eastern Kentucky | L 65–87 | 9–15 (7–11) | Show Me Center (289) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| February 25, 2021 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Eastern Illinois | W 94–88 | 10–15 (8–11) | Lantz Arena (29) Charleston, IL |
| February 27, 2021 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at SIU Edwardsville | W 69–63 | 11–15 (9–11) | First Community Arena (50) Edwardsville, IL |
| OVC tournament ||||||
| March 4, 2021 9:30 p.m., ESPN+ | (7) | vs. (2) Morehead State First round | L 54–61 | 11–16 | Ford Center (266) Evansville, IN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central. ||||||
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