The 2025–26 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men's basketball team represented Southeast Missouri State University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redhawks, led by sixth-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 2024–25 season 21–12, 15–5 in OVC play, to finish as OVC regular season champions. They defeated Little Rock, before falling to SIU Edwardsville in the OVC tournament championship game.
Preseason On October 14, 2025, the OVC released their preseason polls. Southeast Missouri State was picked to finish second in the conference, while receiving six first-place votes.
Preseason rankings +ASUN Preseason Coaches Poll Place Team Votes 1 188 (12) 2 Southeast Missouri State 177 (6) 3 163 (1) 4 135 (1) T-5 100 7 80 8 79 9 67 (2) 10 63 11 57
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Players to Watch Each OVC team selected two "Players to Watch" for their team. Players to WatchPlayerPositionYearBJ WardGuardJuniorBraxton StackerSenior Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=""| OVC regular season
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