College basketball · Team · 2017-18

Texas St.

Sun Belt
15–18
Rated 213th of 351

251st-ranked offense, 173rd-ranked defense

The defense carries them — 251st in adjusted offense and 173rd in adjusted defense of 351 Division I teams in 2017-18.

−4.5Net rating213th 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 O100.1251st of 351 · 10th of 12 in the Sun Belt
ADJ D104.6173rd of 351 · 6th of 12 in the Sun Belt
TEMPO62.7347th of 351 · 12th of 12 in the Sun Belt
WIN PROB37.6%213th of 351 · 9th of 12 in the Sun Belt
WAB−12.9260th of 351 · 9th of 12 in the Sun Belt

The four factors

Their strongest factor is offensive boards — 31.9, 70th of 351.

Effective field goal rateOffense 263rd, defense 219th of 351
48.851.7
Turnover rateOffense 317th, defense 106th of 351
20.919.4
Offensive rebound rateOffense 70th, defense 124th of 351
31.927.7
Free-throw rateOffense 91st, defense 90th of 351
36.330.0

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

Nijal Pearson plays the most — 84.7% of the team’s minutes.

PLAYER

CLASS

Nijal PearsonWing G · 6-5 · 15.2 points a game in 31 games

84.7

27.5

98.7

+1.5

—

Alex PeacockWing F · 6-7 · 7.1 points a game in 31 games

63.8

16.2

111.2

+2.0

—

Tre'Larenz NottinghamScoring PG · 6-2 · 7.5 points a game in 31 games

63.8

20.5

91.9

−3.2

—

Tyler BlountWing G · 5-11 · 7.0 points a game in 31 games

59.2

14.8

108.2

−0.8

—

Immanuel KingC · 6-8 · 8.9 points a game in 31 games

57.6

20.6

106.0

+0.2

—

Nedeljko PrijovicStretch 4 · 6-8 · Played 39% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

39.4

—

Eric TerryC · 6-8 · Played 38% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

38.3

—

Marlin DavisScoring PG · 6-2 · Played 33% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

33.1

—

Shelby AdamsWing G · 6-3 · Played 24% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

24.3

—

Isaiah GurleyWing G · 6-3 · Played 18% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

18.8

—

Ratings print for players with 40% of their team’s minutes and enough games; the rest show “—”. Tap a player to open his college file.

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 32 regular-season games.
2024-25Unranked in all 32 regular-season games.
2023-24Unranked in all 35 regular-season games.

The coach · 2017-18

How he wants to play

Danny Kaspar

Head coach · year 5 at Texas St. · 320–229 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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