The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

La Salle

A-10 · 1–2

Power-4.5#210 of 365
Résumé+0.12#165 · wins above average
Movement-2down from #208 last week
Best winLong Island University (88–80)
Worst lossVillanova (59–80)
Schedule faced+12.9 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-14.3 avg opponent
Returning production41% of last season's win shares · #64 of 364
Incoming production5.5 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#166 in the country

How this rating is built

Power = w × (average margin counted + average opponent rating) + (1 − w) × preseason prior, where w = games ÷ (games + 8). After 3 games, w is 27%, so the preseason prior is 73% of this rating — mostly preseason, for now. Every game played shrinks that share.

PartValueWeightAdds
Margin counted-17.2 avg× 27%-4.7
Opponents faced+12.9 avg× 27%+3.5
Preseason prior-4.6× 73%-3.3
Power-4.5

This explains how the model reached the number. The opponent ratings come out of the same fitted model, so it is not independent proof that the rating is right.

Results

Expected is the margin the model's ratings imply for that matchup and site. Perf is how far the actual margin beat it — the result against expectation. Adds is a different question: how many points of Power the game contributes, counting its margin and the strength of the opponent together. A game can beat expectation and still add little, or the reverse. Adds, plus the preseason prior, sum to Power (figures are rounded so the column adds up). Hover an Adds figure for its arithmetic.

WkOpponentResult ExpectedPerfAdds
2 at Houston L 55–94 -38.0 -1.0 -0.4
2 vs Long Island University W 88–80 +6.7 +1.3 -0.4
3 at Villanova L 59–80 -24.0 +3.0 -0.4
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-3.3
Power-4.5

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Temple +2.1 58%
4 vs Coppin State +16.3 93%
4 vs Pennsylvania -2.1 42%
5 vs Penn State (Brandywine) non-D1 +31.6 100%
5 N Bucknell +12.5 87%

Season by season

Best finish: #68 in 2012–13. 22 seasons rated. The two columns' numbers are not comparable; the rank within each is. Season links open that year's game log.

25 1 400 2004–05 (MRI Classic): #283 of 326 (9-19)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #108 of 326 (18-10)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #217 of 326 (10-20)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #182 of 328 (15-17)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #106 of 330 (18-13)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #195 of 335 (12-18)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #195 of 346 (15-18)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #80 of 345 (21-13)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #68 of 347 (21-9)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #157 of 351 (15-16)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #152 of 351 (17-16)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #315 of 351 (9-22)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #194 of 351 (15-15)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #189 of 351 (13-19)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #272 of 353 (10-21)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #192 of 353 (15-15)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #246 of 347 (9-16)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #254 of 358 (11-19)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #238 of 363 (15-19)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #213 of 362 (16-17)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #227 of 364 (14-19)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #241 of 365 (9-23) MRI 2.0Classic 2004–05 2025–26

Finishing rank, best at the top, on an axis running to 400 — this team's own range, not the size of the field. Two lines where both ratings cover a season - MRI 2.0 in red, Classic in grey. Hover a point for the season.

SeasonRec MRI 2.0MRI Classic
2025–26 9–23 #241 of 365 · -5.64 –
2024–25 14–19 #227 of 364 · -4.28 –
2023–24 16–17 #213 of 362 · -3.71 –
2022–23 15–19 #238 of 363 · -4.54 –
2021–22 11–19 #254 of 358 · -6.05 –
2020–21 9–16 #246 of 347 · -5.37 –
2019–20 15–15 – #192 of 353 · 24.25
2018–19 10–21 – #272 of 353 · -12.71
2017–18 13–19 – #189 of 351 · 29.56
2016–17 15–15 – #194 of 351 · 30.75
2015–16 9–22 – #315 of 351 · -35.49
2014–15 17–16 – #152 of 351 · 45.74
2013–14 15–16 – #157 of 351 · 42.66
2012–13 21–9 – #68 of 347 · 85.45
2011–12 21–13 – #80 of 345 · 81.68
2010–11 15–18 – #195 of 346 · 26.02
2009–10 12–18 – #195 of 335 · 20.71
2008–09 18–13 – #106 of 330 · 63.39
2007–08 15–17 – #182 of 328 · 25.37
2006–07 10–20 – #217 of 326 · 9.46
2005–06 18–10 – #108 of 326 · 59.51
2004–05 9–19 – #283 of 326 · -22.41