The 16-seed Southeast Missouri State Redhawks (19-16) face the 16-seed Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders (23-10) Tuesday in a First Four game in the NCAA Tournament. Tip from UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio, is scheduled for 6:40 p.m. ET (truTV). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Southeast Missouri State vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
Southeast Missouri State closed out the regular season with a losing record (15-16). However, the Redhawks caught fire in the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Tournament, winning and covering 4 straight games to stun the rest of the conference and secure their spot in the NCAA Tournament.
It’s SEMO State’s 2nd-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament. It played LSU back in 2000 as a 13-seed, suffering a heartbreaking 64-61 loss in the 1st round in Salt Lake City.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi posted a 21-10 regular season record and went 2-0 in the conference tournament as claimed both the regular season and tournament titles in the Southland Conference. The Islanders won 12 of their last 13 games, going 10-3 against the spread during the impressive span.