While Edgar was on administrative leave, he was instructed by SEMO's administration to not attend any practices and to also have no contact with the players and coaches. Edgar told me he assumed that also meant don't attend any games, so he didn't.

But after SEMO officially cut ties with Edgar, he told me he figured he could go to games now if he wanted. So there he was at the Show Me Center Wednesday night, along with his wife, who had been attending games.

As for the contest itself, it was close and exciting, which is not surprising considering both programs are struggling right now, for different reasons (SIU-E because it's making the move to Division I and SEMO for, well, you know why).

SIU-E wound up hitting a 3-pointer with 2.9 seconds left to beat the Redhawks 70-69 after SEMO had rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit.

In the big picture of the season, it probably doesn't matter that the Redhawks lost. But in the small picture, when SEMO hasn't even been competitive in so many of its games, it's a shame to let one slip away that was there for the taking.