Women's OVC Tournament is Set

The OVC Women’s Basketball Tournament bracket is set in stone with Eastern Illinois winning the top seed.

Like the men's tournament the top four seeds host first-round games on Tuesday, March 2 with the winners advancing to the semifinals in Nashville.



First Round - Tuesday, March 2 (Campus Sites)
*All times Central

(8) Tennessee State @ (1) Eastern Illinois, TBA
(7) Murray State @ (2) Morehead State, 4:30 pm
(6) Tennessee Tech @ (3) Austin Peay, TBA
(5) Eastern Kentucky @ (4) UT Martin, 7:00 pm

Men's OVC Tournament is Set

CAPE GIRADEAU (KFVS) - Everything it set for next weeks Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament.

Murray State (17-1) secured the overall number one seed after clinching the school's 21st redgular season OVC Title last week with a victory over SEMO. The Racers open tournament play hosting eighth seeded Tennessee State.

Southeast Missouri State and UT Martin did not qualify for the Tournament.

The winners of Tuesday's games advance to the semifinals in Nashville March 5th & 6th.

First Round - Tuesday, March 2 (Campus Sites)
*All times Central

(8) Tennessee State @ (1) Murray State, 7:00 pm
(7) Jacksonville State @ (2) Morehead State, 6:30 pm
(6) Tennessee Tech @ (3) Austin Peay, 7:30 pm
(5) Eastern Kentucky @ (4) Eastern Illinois, 7:30 pm

Semifinals - Friday, March 5
*All times Central

Semifinal #1 - 6:00 pm (ESPNU)
Semifinal #2 - 8:00 pm (ESPNU)


Championship - Saturday, March 6
*All times Central

Championship Game, 7:00 pm (ESPN2)

Show Me Sellout

Only days remain until the Redhawks regular season finale...It's Saturday night the 27th hosting Austin Peay. Southeast is making a push to pack the building...calling it the Show-Me-Sell Out.

The Show Me Center holds just over seven thousand people and as of Sunday night five thousand tickets have been sold.

The last time the show me center was sold out for a redhawks game... over ten years ago... february 12th 2000.

I remember it well... it was an NCAA Tournament-like atmosphere with the Murray State Racers winning 77-60. The Redhawks (Indians at the time) did not lose again until falling to LSU in the first round of the Big Dancein Salt Lake City.

I hope the Show Me Sell Out is a huge success and it helps energize SEMO basketball fans.

With the young raw talent on the roster and additions in key areas I honestly believe the programs fortunes will drastically improve under head coach Dickey Nutt.

The team has been fun to watch all season and I'm already looking forward to next season.

Changes To OVC Hoops Tournament?

If this is true I say it's about time.

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News from the Ohio Valley Conference... According to a release sent out late Sunday night OVC officals will hold a press conference Monday morning in Nashville to announce changes to mens and womens Conference basketball tournament. The changes will not effect the upcoming tournament.

According to a reliable source we can expect the entire tournament to be held in Nashville which would eliminate opening round games at campus sites.

The tournament would move from two days to four days in the Music City and be played at the Municipal Auditorium.

Todd Richards will have much more on the announcement Monday on Heartland News.

MSHSAA Wrestling

Congrats to the area wrestlers for a great showing at the State tournament:

Farmington's Justin Herberlie brings home a State Championship in Class Four... 189-pound division.

In Class Three...Cape Central's Trey Govenor finishes second in the 285 pound division.

Class Three 145-pounders... Farmington's Josh Kelleher wins the Title.

Jordan Reisenbichler takes fourth in Class Four...112 pound weight class.

Incredible Dunk From LaQuentin Miles

Special thanks to James LaBine at SEMO for shooting this highlight of Redhawks freshman guard LaQuentin Miles. One of the best dunks you'll see.

Southeast lost the game Saturday night to Morehead State but did show (as they have done all season) flashes of better things to come for the program.

Looks Promising For Rams To Stay In St. Louis

This appears to be good news for St. Louis Rams fans. I really hope they stay. I have finally gotten the point where I no longer associate them with Los Angeles.

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St. Louis (AP) - Published reports say the majority owners of the St. Louis Rams have reached an agreement to sell the team to Illinois businessman Shahid Khan.

The Web site for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the online newspaper Globe-Democrat.com cited unnamed sources in reporting the sale.
Publish Post
Calls from The Associated Press to the Rams, Khan and the NFL office were not immediately returned Thursday. Khan is the 55-year-old president of an auto parts manufacturer. STLtoday.com reports he will purchase the 60 percent of the Rams owned by Chip Rosenbloom and Lucia Rodriguez.

The sale would need to be approved by NFL owners.

League sources told STLtoday.com that Khan is a Rams fan who is committed to keeping the team in St. Louis.

Cape Colts Fans Bleed Blue

Cheering for the Indianapolis Colts may be the "in" thing to do but Indiana native and Cape Girardeau resident Troy Vaughn has been a fan since before the Mayflower moving trucks ever left Baltimore.

"When I was a little kid I was watching playoffs and they (Baltimore Colts) were
playing the Raiders and somehow I became a Colts fan then," said Vaughn. "And
being from Indianapolis the kids grew up being Colts fans before we moved here
(to Cape)."

When Troy says it's a family affair he is not kidding. The Vaughn's (daughter Allison, his wife Lori and son Casey) love their Colts.

"I love Peyton Manning, I look up to them every day," said Casey. "Reggie
Wayne, Dallas Clark - They are just so cool to watch and I'm so glad to be a fan
of them."

A few years ago Casey wrote a report about his favorite team which got a responce from (at the time) head coach Tony Dungy.

"I wanted to get more information about the Colts so I sent a letter to Tony Dungy and it was when they went to the playoffs and Super Bowl in 2006," said Casey. "Tony wrote back and said thanks for the encouragement and sorry he couldn't give any more information because they were so busy and he sent me an autographed picture."

The Vaughn's have taken a page out of the Colts play book. Everyone is on board looking for the same thing...a Colts victory. Even their ten year old daughter Allison is a big time fan.

"It's real exciting to watch all the plays and see all the fans cheering and
being crazy about their favorite NFL team," said Allison.

For What It's Worth....

For what it's worth here is my prediction for Super Bowl XXIV. I'm sure you life will now be complete.

Here goes....
Drum roll please....
I like the Colts to beat the Saints 34-17.

Honestly would not be shocked if the Saints won (their offense is capable). I am just not sold on their ability to stop Peyton.

Plus, my wife is a huge Peyton fan (she was in college at Tennessee when he was there).

Hopefully my wife doesn't read this because I wouldn't mind seeing the Saints win the game. It's one of my favorite cities in the country. I could live off crawfish etoufee, beignets and cafe au lait's from Cafe Du Monde.

ESPN BrackBusters: SIU Will Host Western Michigan

The Southern Illinois Salukis will host Western Michigan (11-9) of the Mid-American Conference on Feb. 20, at 2:05 p.m.

SIU has a bit of a history with the Broncos they last met in 2008. SIU leads the all-time series 3-1 (1-0 in Carbondale, 2-1 in Kalamazoo, MI).

ESPN BrackBusters: SEMO Travels To Miami (OH)

This just released... SEMO draws the Miami Redhawks in the upcoming ESPN BracketBusters.

Ironic don't you think....Redhawks vs Redhawks!
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Southeast Missouri State University will travel to Miami (Ohio) as part of the ESPN BracketBusters on Feb. 20. Game time is to be announced.

Southeast and Miami (Ohio), which bear the same nickname, meet for the first time in Oxford this season.

Miami (Ohio) is currently 8-13 overall and third in the Mid-American Conference East Division standings at 5-3. The RedHawks are the third MAC team Southeast will play this year.

Meanwhile, Southeast sits at 6-15 overall and eighth in the Ohio Valley Conference with a 3-8 mark.

The Southeast and Miami (Ohio) game is one of 10 non-televised matchups in this year's BracketBusters Pool. Oral Roberts at Austin Peay, Northern Illinois at Eastern Illinois, Winthrop at Eastern Kentucky, Presbyterian at Jacksonville State, Morehead State at Illinois State, SIU Edwardsville at Cal State Fullerton, Tennessee State at Central Michigan, Tennessee Tech at Appalachian State and UT Martin at Ball State are the others.

The pairings for the 11 televised games will be announced Monday at 5:30 p.m., CT, on ESPNU.