Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams qualified for the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament on March 3 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind.

The women’s team locked up the third seed in the OVC by defeating SIUE 63-52 on Feb. 27 in Edwardsville, Ill.

Southeast will look to win back-to-back tournament tiles and get back to the NCAA Tournament, where they were supposed to be a season ago before the NCAA cancelled the tournament due to the pandemic.

The number three Redhawks begin their title defense on March 4 when they take on the sixth seeded Murray State Racers at 3:30 p.m. in the first round of the tournament.

The Redhawks went 1-1 against the Racers this season with both teams winning on their home court.

The semi-finals are set for March 5 and the championship round is set for March 6.

The men’s team will enter the tournament as the seven seed and will take on second seed Morehead State on March 3 at 9:30 p.m.

Southeast went 0-2 against the Eagles, losing by 11 and 14 in the two matchups this season.

The Redhawks are making their first appearance in the OVC Tournament since 2017.