College basketball · Team · 2017-18

Mississippi Valley St.

SWAC
4–28
Rated 348th of 351

Bottom-50 offense, bottom-50 defense

They lose at both ends — 345th in adjusted offense and 330th in adjusted defense of 351 Division I teams in 2017-18.

−24.8Net rating348th of 351

Points per 100 possessions, adjusted offense minus adjusted defense · Final ratings for 2017-18 · last updated May 5, 2026, 9:51 AM ET

Ratings · 2017-18

How good, and how they get there

ADJ O90.0345th of 351 · 8th of 10 in the SWAC
ADJ D114.7330th of 351 · 7th of 10 in the SWAC
TEMPO68.7149th of 351 · 5th of 10 in the SWAC
WIN PROB5.8%348th of 351 · 9th of 10 in the SWAC
WAB−22.4348th of 351 · 9th of 10 in the SWAC

The four factors

Their strongest factor is turnovers forced — 19.6, 95th of 351.

Effective field goal rateOffense 351st, defense 320th of 351
42.654.9
Turnover rateOffense 222nd, defense 95th of 351
19.119.6
Offensive rebound rateOffense 118th, defense 279th of 351
30.431.1
Free-throw rateOffense 293rd, defense 293rd of 351
29.139.2

Each bar is the team’s place among all 351 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 · 2017-18

Who carries it

Jordan Evans plays the most — 73.8% of the team’s minutes.

PLAYER

CLASS

Combo G · 6-2 · 14.7 points a game in 32 games

73.8

26.8

96.5

−2.8

—

Wing G · 6-4 · 14.9 points a game in 30 games

72.9

25.5

98.7

−1.7

—

Nate NahirnyCombo G · 6-2 · 4.2 points a game in 30 games

44.5

15.4

82.0

−7.2

—

PF/C · 6-6 · 3.7 points a game in 32 games

40.4

14.8

88.1

−7.2

—

C · 6-8 · Played 39% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

39.7

—

Wing G · 6-4 · Played 38% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

38.5

—

Wing G · 5-11 · Played 37% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

37.2

—

Wing G · 6-4 · Played 32% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

32.0

—

Wing G · 6-4 · Played 28% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

28.8

—

Combo G · 6-2 · Played 23% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

23.1

—

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

21.8

—

Wing F · 6-6 · Played 16% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

16.2

—

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 · 2017-18

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 33 regular-season games.
2024-25Unranked in all 31 regular-season games.
2023-24Unranked in all 31 regular-season games.

The coach · 2017-18

How he wants to play

Andre Payne

Head coach · year 4 at Mississippi Valley St. · 25–106 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 2017-18 season. No three-point attempt share is on file for his 2017-18 season.

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