Nerdly Nebraska.

2023-2024 HuskerGeek Ratings Leaders

Sport School Rating
ViPR D1 Volleyball Wisconsin 1,711.3731

Big Ten - Conference Overview

Conference Division: Division 1
Rnk. Team Résumé Recent ViPR Adj SP% Adj SO% Adj. Hit Mar.
1st Penn St. 1,744.5837 1,742.6423 1,743.6128 57.14 75.50 0.337
2nd Nebraska 1,684.5709 1,679.4376 1,682.0023 53.78 73.85 0.270
3rd Minnesota 1,650.7758 1,631.6906 1,641.2054 52.85 71.75 0.249
4th Michigan St. 1,621.1175 1,617.5615 1,619.3385 51.01 69.94 0.193
5th Michigan 1,611.0093 1,622.4861 1,616.7375 51.82 68.49 0.192
6th Purdue 1,610.1193 1,605.8059 1,607.9611 53.22 68.00 0.212
7th Ohio St. 1,602.6514 1,598.9168 1,600.7830 50.93 69.08 0.196
8th Illinois 1,576.5456 1,577.0371 1,576.7913 49.49 68.51 0.185
9th Northwestern 1,545.4683 1,536.4787 1,540.9669 48.08 67.05 0.141
10th Wisconsin 1,548.7270 1,533.2136 1,540.9508 47.99 65.59 0.145
11th Indiana 1,499.3675 1,519.9601 1,509.6287 47.48 63.43 0.073
12th Iowa 1,434.2061 1,430.4991 1,432.3514 44.11 60.92 0.041

ViPR Adjusted Offenses and Defenses are adjusted to expected values against an average team in the same division.

ViPR Division Adjusted Offenses

Rnk. Team Hit% Kill% HE% AST% O_DIG% O_BLK% ACE%
1st Penn St. 0.3719 47.46 10.27 43.17 40.57 3.80 7.58
2nd Nebraska 0.3688 46.98 10.10 43.60 41.48 3.88 6.20
3rd Minnesota 0.3663 48.33 11.70 44.94 39.13 5.09 7.96
4th Illinois 0.3263 44.87 12.24 42.07 42.38 4.56 5.96
5th Ohio St. 0.3243 45.07 12.64 41.92 41.62 3.99 5.92
6th Michigan St. 0.3191 45.68 13.76 42.06 41.20 4.18 7.70
7th Purdue 0.3136 44.26 12.90 41.25 41.98 3.76 5.73
8th Michigan 0.3131 43.44 12.13 40.31 43.16 5.09 6.18
9th Wisconsin 0.2835 40.34 11.98 37.24 47.10 3.61 5.73
10th Northwestern 0.2816 41.21 13.05 38.83 44.95 5.54 6.00
11th Indiana 0.2553 42.42 16.88 39.27 41.68 5.73 6.33
12th Iowa 0.2175 36.40 14.65 34.19 49.18 4.42 5.49

ViPR Division Adjusted Defenses

Rnk. Team O_Hit% O_Kill% O_HE% O_AST% DIG% BLK% O_ACE%
1st Penn St. 0.0346 24.90 21.45 24.05 57.50 9.85 3.31
2nd Nebraska 0.0991 28.60 18.69 27.13 55.00 8.57 2.79
3rd Purdue 0.1020 28.58 18.38 26.07 55.53 7.73 4.16
4th Minnesota 0.1176 30.25 18.49 28.67 53.01 8.06 4.24
5th Michigan 0.1211 29.29 17.18 27.22 55.15 7.42 3.58
6th Michigan St. 0.1265 30.35 17.70 28.62 54.58 7.92 3.65
7th Ohio St. 0.1279 30.27 17.48 28.50 54.74 7.75 3.95
8th Wisconsin 0.1383 30.74 16.91 29.29 53.71 7.81 5.57
9th Northwestern 0.1404 31.05 17.00 30.03 53.62 6.69 4.24
10th Illinois 0.1411 31.88 17.76 30.42 52.31 8.19 4.78
11th Iowa 0.1766 33.67 16.01 31.60 53.16 5.12 4.91
12th Indiana 0.1822 34.56 16.34 31.92 51.38 7.03 3.67

Conference Strength

Description Average Remove First and Last Remove Top and Bottom 2 Remove Top and Bottom 3 Composite
Scores 1,592.6941 1,593.6366 1,593.0918 1,593.7631 1,593.2964
Difference 0.9424 0.3977 1.0689 0.8030

Point Totals

Offense Defense
Team Sets S SP SA SE SP% S/SA S/SE OS SPA SAA SEA SO% OS/SAA OS/SEA
Penn St. 125 2,997 1,458 196 314 48.65 15.3 9.5 2,331 758 97 193 67.48 24.0 12.1
Nebraska 123 2,813 1,259 139 217 44.76 20.2 13.0 2,425 845 94 209 65.16 25.8 11.6
Michigan St. 129 2,943 1,320 204 266 44.85 14.4 11.1 2,600 957 110 208 63.19 23.6 12.5
Minnesota 126 2,927 1,293 199 305 44.18 14.7 9.6 2,613 952 133 248 63.57 19.6 10.5
Purdue 127 2,833 1,266 129 199 44.69 22.0 14.2 2,632 1,051 133 253 60.07 19.8 10.4
Michigan 146 3,263 1,415 165 261 43.37 19.8 12.5 3,061 1,196 132 259 60.93 23.2 11.8
Ohio St. 129 2,881 1,224 139 246 42.49 20.7 11.7 2,736 1,060 130 256 61.26 21.0 10.7
Wisconsin 118 2,595 1,089 130 219 41.97 20.0 11.8 2,563 1,052 161 200 58.95 15.9 12.8
Northwestern 114 2,528 1,038 133 205 41.06 19.0 12.3 2,495 1,003 126 237 59.80 19.8 10.5
Illinois 123 2,543 1,009 124 250 39.68 20.5 10.2 2,568 1,035 150 219 59.70 17.1 11.7
Indiana 121 2,365 946 148 204 40.00 16.0 11.6 2,501 1,093 119 226 56.30 21.0 11.1
Iowa 119 2,321 883 117 200 38.04 19.8 11.6 2,600 1,189 151 195 54.27 17.2 13.3
Conference Average 125 2,751 1,183 152 241 42.81 18.5 11.6 2,594 1,016 128 225 60.89 20.7 11.6
  • Sets - Team Sets Played
  • S - Serves
  • SP - Service Points
  • SA - Service Aces
  • SE - Service Errors
  • SP% - Service Point Percentage
  • S/SA - Serves Per Service Ace
  • S/SE - Serves Per Service Error
  • OS - Opponent Serves
  • SPA - Service Points Allowed
  • SAA - Service Aces Allowed
  • SEA - Service Errors Against
  • SO% - Team Sideout Percentage
  • OS/SAA - Serves Per Ace Allowed
  • OS/SEA - Serves Per Error Against

The Best Games in the Big Ten

Game Link EPIC Game Date Location Teams Sets Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
GAME

82.14

2012-10-28 Lincoln, Nebraska
Nebraska
Penn St.
3
2
12
25
32
30
19
25
25
23
15
10
GAME

79.11

2012-09-19 University Park, Pa.
Penn St.
Nebraska
3
1
23
25
28
26
25
17
26
24
GAME

78.08

2012-12-08 West Lafayette, Ind.
Penn St.
Minnesota
3
1
25
19
19
25
26
24
25
18
GAME

77.95

2012-10-20 Ann Arbor, Mich.
Michigan
Penn St.
2
3
19
25
18
25
25
21
25
22
10
15
GAME

77.89

2012-11-10 Lincoln, Nebraska
Nebraska
Purdue
3
2
21
25
25
16
23
25
25
19
15
10
GAME

77.42

2012-11-04 Columbus, Ohio
Ohio St.
Minnesota
2
3
25
23
25
21
25
27
13
25
12
15
GAME

76.88

2012-09-21 East Lansing, Mich.
Michigan St.
Purdue
2
3
25
18
19
25
26
24
21
25
15
17
GAME

76.86

2012-12-07 West Lafayette, Ind.
Minnesota
Purdue
3
1
23
25
26
24
25
23
25
21
GAME

76.65

2012-10-06 Champaign, Ill.
Illinois
Penn St.
2
3
25
23
18
25
21
25
26
24
16
18
GAME

76.64

2012-11-16 Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota
Nebraska
3
2
25
12
15
25
22
25
25
19
21
19

HuskerGeek Big Ten All-Conference

1st Team

Name Team Role
A
A
A
A
D
S
S

2nd Team

Name Team Role
A
A
A
A
A
D
S

Player of the Year

Rank Name Team
1
2
3
4
5

Attacker of the Year

Rank Name Team
1
2
3
4
5

Setter of the Year

Rank Name Team
1
2
3
4
5

Defensive Player of the Year

Rank Name Team
1
2
3
4
5

WPA

Rk. Name Team WPA
1 34.4043
2 31.4437
3 30.6881
4 29.0547
5 29.0340
6 28.6250
7 27.1162
8 27.0876
9 26.1663
10 26.0437

Offensive WPA

Rk. Name Team OWPA
1 22.3012
2 20.6739
3 19.0027
4 17.9888
5 17.8081
6 17.3178
7 16.8033
8 16.6855
9 16.4566
10 15.3322

Defensive WPA

Rk. Name Team DWPA
1 19.4509
2 17.7929
3 16.7653
4 16.4042
5 15.8747
6 15.6345
7 15.6053
8 12.7646
9 12.6993
10 12.1031

WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team WPA/S
1 0.2511
2 0.2475
3 0.2376
4 0.2373
5 0.2360
6 0.2306
7 0.2275
8 0.2199
9 0.2169
10 0.2019

Offensive WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team OWPA/S
1 0.1545
2 0.1538
3 0.1474
4 0.1451
5 0.1446
6 0.1444
7 0.1413
8 0.1385
9 0.1324
10 0.1313

Defensive WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team DWPA/S
1 0.1534
2 0.1508
3 0.1393
4 0.1323
5 0.1311
6 0.1221
7 0.1156
8 0.1099
9 0.1037
10 0.1024


Explanations

Conference Strength – The Conference Strength table has two parts.  The first row is a list of averages of the scores for a selection of teams in the conference ranging from all of them under the heading “Average” to an average of teams in the conference if we remove the top and bottom three teams.  This is designed to check if a conference is propped up by its elite teams of held down by its weakest teams.  The Composite score on the far right is an average of those scores.  It is a weighted score where the middle teams have a higher value than the edge teams.  The second row containing difference is simply a measure of how different removing the edge teams makes the conference from its initial average.  If the numbers are positive, then removing the edge teams increases the conferences rating.  If a value grows from the value before it, then the team removed at the bottom of the ratings was rated farther outside of the mean than the team removed at the top of the ratings.  It was weighing the average down so to speak.  The Composite difference at the far right is simply an average of the differences.

The Best Conference Games – A short list of the best games played between two members of the conference which is calculated using the EPIC score of each game.  EPIC score is essentially very simple amounting to adding the teams combined ViPR Rating and the total Win Probability Added scored by each team.

All-Conference Teams – All-conference teams are calculated using Win Probability Added per Set Played and the quality of the team that the player plays on. Team quality is included because better teams tend to have better players and more of them.  This often means that players on better teams have fewer opportunities than standouts on lesser teams.

Awards Lists – Each awards list uses the same formula that is used to calculate All-Conference Teams, and decides based on the focus of the list.  Player of the Year has no limitation on how the player score is added up. While Attacker of the Year must have a higher attack score than any other metric.  Similarly Setter and Defensive Player must acquire most of their score through those metrics.

HuskerGeek
HuskerGeek