The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Towson

CAA · 2–2

Power-0.2#147 of 365
Résumé-0.16#217 · wins above average
Movement+38up from #185 last week
Best winLong Island University (66–46)
Worst lossUtah (57–67)
Schedule faced-2.0 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-4.1 avg opponent
Returning production21% of last season's win shares · #186 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production1.0 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#132 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 4 games, w is 33%, so the preseason prior is 67% of this rating — mostly preseason, for now. Every game played shrinks that share.

PartValueWeightAdds
Margin counted+5.8 avg× 33%+2.0
Opponents faced-2.0 avg× 33%-0.7
Preseason prior-2.3× 67%-1.5
Power-0.2

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 Santa Clara L 70–89 -14.7 -4.3 -0.6
2 at Utah L 57–67 -6.5 -3.5 -0.3
3 vs Long Island University W 66–46 +10.9 +9.1 +1.0
3 vs Loyola Maryland W 90–60 +17.1 +12.9 +1.2
Preseason prior (67% of the rating)-1.5
Power-0.2

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Morgan State +17.1 94%
3 N Morgan State +14.1 90%
3 vs UMBC +8.5 78%
4 vs James Madison +4.0 64%
4 at American University -2.3 42%
5 at Pennsylvania -3.7 37%
5 vs Buffalo +9.1 80%
10 at Campbell +4.0 64%

Season by season

Best finish: #83 in 2016–17. 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): #307 of 326 (5-24)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #269 of 326 (12-16)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #171 of 326 (15-17)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #243 of 328 (13-18)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #283 of 330 (12-22)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #298 of 335 (10-21)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #304 of 346 (4-26)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #341 of 345 (1-31)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #144 of 347 (17-13)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #95 of 351 (25-11)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #232 of 351 (12-20)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #116 of 351 (20-13)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #83 of 351 (20-13)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #99 of 351 (18-14)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #251 of 353 (9-22)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #129 of 353 (17-13)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #288 of 347 (4-14)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #91 of 358 (25-9)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #113 of 363 (21-12)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #145 of 362 (20-14)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #146 of 364 (22-11)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #144 of 365 (19-15) 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 19–15 #144 of 365 · 0.97 –
2024–25 22–11 #146 of 364 · 1.19 –
2023–24 20–14 #145 of 362 · 1.82 –
2022–23 21–12 #113 of 363 · 4.21 –
2021–22 25–9 #91 of 358 · 6.65 –
2020–21 4–14 #288 of 347 · -8.70 –
2019–20 17–13 – #129 of 353 · 50.74
2018–19 9–22 – #251 of 353 · -5.61
2017–18 18–14 – #99 of 351 · 74.87
2016–17 20–13 – #83 of 351 · 80.79
2015–16 20–13 – #116 of 351 · 63.90
2014–15 12–20 – #232 of 351 · 11.68
2013–14 25–11 – #95 of 351 · 72.21
2012–13 17–13 – #144 of 347 · 40.41
2011–12 1–31 – #341 of 345 · -95.04
2010–11 4–26 – #304 of 346 · -31.99
2009–10 10–21 – #298 of 335 · -33.58
2008–09 12–22 – #283 of 330 · -19.98
2007–08 13–18 – #243 of 328 · -5.83
2006–07 15–17 – #171 of 326 · 29.05
2005–06 12–16 – #269 of 326 · -13.26
2004–05 5–24 – #307 of 326 · -42.49