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Send us Fan Mail#16 Southeast Missouri (19-16) vs. #16 Texas A&M-CC (23-10)NCAA First FourDate: Tuesday, March 14, 2023Tip-Off: 5:40 p.m., CTLocation: Dayton, OhioFacility: UD ArenaSeries: First MeetingHead Coaches: Brad Korn (44-50 overall; 44-50 at SEMO; 27-28 OVC). Steve Lutz (46-22 overall; 46-22 at TAMCC; 21-11 Soutland).Follow the RedhawksRadio: Real Rock 99.3 FM (Erik Sean)TV: truTV (Tom McCarthy, Avery Johnson, Jon Rothstein)Live Stats: NCAA.comTwitter: @SEMOMBB2023 NCAA Tournament Bracket: Complete BracketNCAA Tournament Guide: Southeast Missouri (PDF)Time to Dance#16 Southeast Missouri (19-16) will square off against #16 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (23-10) in the First Four of the NCAA Tournament Tuesday. Tip-off is set for 5:40 p.m., CT at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio.Follow the RedhawksFans can listen live on the radio at Real Rock 99.3 FM. Erik Sean will be on the call. The game will be televised live on truTV with Tom McCarthy, Avery Johnson and Jon Rothstein calling the action. Live stats are available at NCAA.com and Twitter updates will be provided @SEMOMBB.Series HistorySoutheast Missouri meets Southland Conference member Texas A&M-CC for the first time Tuesday. The Islanders are the automatic qualifier out of their conference this season.Winner Goes to South RegionalThe winner of Tuesday's game between #16 Southeast Missouri and #16 Texas A&M-CC will go to the South Regional in Birmingham, Alabama to play #1 Alabama on Thursday, Mar. 16. Tip for that game in Birmingham is 1:45 p.m., CT on CBS.First NCAA Tournament in 23 YearsThe Redhawks are in their first NCAA Tournament in 23 years and second in program history. Southeast Missouri last made the NCAA Tournament in 1999-2000. SEMO is 0-1 all-time at the NCAA Tournament. The Redhawks came up on the short end of a close 64-61 loss to LSU (Mar. 16) in Salt Lake City, Utah that year. SEMO was a #13 seed in the 2000 NCAA Tournament, which was won by Michigan State in Indianapolis, Indiana.Winning SeasonAt 19-16 overall, Southeast Missouri has its first winning season in nine years. SEMO finished the 2013-14 campaign at 18-14 overall for its last winning season. The Redhawks ended a streak of eight-straight losing records. One more victory will give SEMO 20 wins in a season for only the third time during its NCAA Division I era in program history. The Redhawks also went 20-9 in 1998-99 and 24-7 in 1999-2000. This year is SEMO's ninth winning season since the Redhawks joined the Division I ranks in 1991-92.OVC ChampionsThe Redhawks, 4-0 in March, stormed their way into the NCAA Tournament when they won four games in four days to claim this year's Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Championship. As a #5 seed, Southeast Missouri beat #8 Lindenwood (Mar. 1) and #4 Tennessee State (Mar. 2) before ousting the tournament's top two seeds in #1 Morehead State (Mar. 3) and #2 Tennessee Tech (Mar. 4). SEMO became the first #5 seed to ever win the OVC Tournament and is the first team to four games in four days at the event since Austin Peay accomplished the feat in 2016.First Ticket PunchedSoutheast Missouri was the first team to punch its ticket in this year's NCAA Tournament when it took down Tennessee Tech, 89-82, in overtime during the Ohio Valley Conference Championship game on Mar. 4. SEMO was one of four teaThis episode is sponsored by www.betterhelp.com/TheBarn and brought to you as always by The Barn Media Group.   YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/@TheBarnPodcastNetworkSPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/09neXeCS8I0U8OZJroUGd4?si=2f9b8dfa5d2c4504APPLE https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1625411141I HEART RADIO https://www.iheart.com/podcast/97160034/AMAZON https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/7aff7d00-c41b-4154-94cf-221a808e3595/the-barn