College basketball · Team · 2022-23

Mississippi St.

SEC
21–13
Rated 64th of 363

186th-ranked offense, top-25 defense

They win ugly — 186th in adjusted offense and 11th in adjusted defense of 363 Division I teams in 2022-23.

+11.7Net rating69th of 363

Points per 100 possessions, adjusted offense minus adjusted defense · Final ratings for 2022-23 · last updated May 5, 2026, 9:48 AM ET

Ratings · 2022-23

How good, and how they get there

ADJ O103.4186th of 363 · 12th of 14 in the SEC
ADJ D91.811th of 363 · 3rd of 14 in the SEC
TEMPO63.6336th of 363 · 14th of 14 in the SEC
WIN PROB79.9%64th of 363 · 7th of 14 in the SEC
WAB+0.449th of 363 · 8th of 14 in the SEC

The four factors

Their strongest factor is offensive boards — 35.5, 14th of 363.

Effective field goal rateOffense 328th, defense 17th of 363
46.746.2
Turnover rateOffense 264th, defense 25th of 363
19.421.7
Offensive rebound rateOffense 14th, defense 182nd of 363
35.528.6
Free-throw rateOffense 98th, defense 76th of 363
33.827.6

Each bar is the team’s place among all 363 Division I teams, so a longer bar is better on both sides — even where the better number is the smaller one (turnovers committed, everything allowed). The tick marks the median team. Free-throw rate is free throws attempted per 100 shots.

Roster · 2022-23

Who carries it

D.J. Jeffries plays the most — 76.7% of the team’s minutes.

PLAYER

CLASS

Wing F · 6-7 · 8.8 points a game in 34 games

76.7

18.1

91.9

+1.9

—

Tolu SmithC · 6-11 · 15.7 points a game in 34 games

68.1

30.3

108.7

+7.8

—

Scoring PG · 6-2 · 8.7 points a game in 31 games

66.5

18.3

101.8

+3.2

—

Wing G · 6-7 · 6.9 points a game in 34 games

66.0

16.7

105.1

+4.6

—

Combo G · 6-1 · 9.8 points a game in 32 games

61.1

22.1

96.2

+3.9

—

Wing G · 6-2 · 3.7 points a game in 34 games

43.6

13.9

98.9

−0.4

—

PF/C · 6-11 · Played 31% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

31.2

—

C · 6-8 · Played 27% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

27.1

—

Wing G · 6-5 · Played 21% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

21.1

—

PF/C · 6-10 · Played 14% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

14.0

—

Wing G · 6-5 · Played 8 of the 10 games a rating needs

0.6

—

Ratings print for players with 40% of their team’s minutes and enough games; the rest show “—”. Tap a highlighted name to open his college file; the others open once their records are linked.

Results · 2022-23

Every final

Game-by-game results start in 2023-24.

Game-by-game results start in 2023-24. The margin is the final score difference; tournament opponents show the seed they carried.

The AP path

Where the poll had them

AP ranks start in 2023-24.

2025-26Unranked in all 32 regular-season games.
2024-25Opened unranked, peaked at No. 14 and closed unranked — ranked in 22 of 33 regular-season games.
2023-24Opened unranked, peaked at No. 21 and closed unranked — ranked in 3 of 34 regular-season games.

The coach · 2022-23

How he wants to play

Chris Jans

Head coach · year 1 at Mississippi St. · 164–57 career

TEMPO—Possessions per 40 minutes, adjusted
3PA RATE—Share of his team’s shots taken from three

No tempo is on file for his 2022-23 season. No three-point attempt share is on file for his 2022-23 season.

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