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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 Wisconsin 1,828.0615 1,789.3732 1,808.6139 56.97 68.31 0.276
2nd Nebraska 1,807.9533 1,773.6178 1,790.7033 55.95 69.22 0.277
3rd Penn St. 1,797.2692 1,763.8028 1,780.4574 53.34 70.73 0.260
4th Minnesota 1,788.2971 1,753.0764 1,770.5992 54.25 68.61 0.254
5th Purdue 1,761.7208 1,723.3807 1,742.4453 58.00 61.53 0.196
6th Illinois 1,757.8169 1,722.2072 1,739.9209 54.73 63.51 0.183
7th Michigan 1,742.0840 1,703.6305 1,722.7500 55.40 62.91 0.195
8th Michigan St. 1,699.4001 1,667.9853 1,683.6194 51.52 60.54 0.167
9th Ohio St. 1,678.1404 1,642.9647 1,660.4594 49.49 63.08 0.125
10th Northwestern 1,673.7968 1,637.6804 1,655.6401 49.86 60.77 0.122
11th Iowa 1,645.3231 1,617.5828 1,631.3940 50.60 59.65 0.114
12th Indiana 1,646.0970 1,613.6017 1,629.7684 50.70 58.43 0.101
13th Maryland 1,641.4921 1,607.0666 1,624.1882 48.54 60.01 0.115
14th Rutgers 1,561.8166 1,532.9855 1,547.3339 47.19 54.94 0.030

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 Wisconsin 0.3773 47.15 9.43 44.36 40.98 3.52 8.35
2nd Penn St. 0.3626 47.34 11.08 44.42 40.47 3.57 7.57
3rd Nebraska 0.3416 45.86 11.70 42.52 41.87 3.75 5.85
4th Minnesota 0.3415 43.47 9.33 40.12 45.21 3.90 6.34
5th Michigan 0.3370 46.06 12.36 42.35 39.36 5.59 7.76
6th Purdue 0.3198 44.32 12.34 40.89 41.89 3.83 8.67
7th Illinois 0.3111 43.83 12.72 40.71 41.41 4.12 8.37
8th Iowa 0.2988 41.71 11.82 37.98 42.75 4.89 6.55
9th Northwestern 0.2857 41.76 13.19 38.12 42.73 5.60 5.96
10th Michigan St. 0.2792 42.17 14.25 39.17 43.91 5.34 6.29
11th Maryland 0.2695 39.85 12.90 37.09 47.55 4.86 7.77
12th Ohio St. 0.2634 40.73 14.39 37.30 45.21 5.08 6.18
13th Indiana 0.2500 38.33 13.34 35.62 48.63 5.59 6.51
14th Rutgers 0.2342 38.12 14.70 35.55 47.73 5.74 7.82

ViPR Division Adjusted Defenses

Rnk. Team O_Hit% O_Kill% O_HE% O_AST% DIG% BLK% O_ACE%
1st Nebraska 0.0650 25.35 18.85 23.40 57.25 7.71 4.60
2nd Minnesota 0.0877 27.52 18.75 26.15 55.27 8.58 5.16
3rd Wisconsin 0.1009 28.21 18.12 26.72 56.01 8.18 3.51
4th Penn St. 0.1030 29.77 19.47 28.13 54.30 7.70 3.42
5th Michigan St. 0.1127 31.15 19.88 29.22 51.81 8.92 5.95
6th Purdue 0.1240 30.04 17.64 27.94 51.68 8.44 5.01
7th Illinois 0.1278 29.60 16.82 27.44 53.46 6.91 3.75
8th Ohio St. 0.1389 30.07 16.18 28.25 55.54 6.33 4.52
9th Michigan 0.1417 30.89 16.72 28.40 52.84 6.66 6.21
10th Indiana 0.1490 32.58 17.69 30.91 50.98 7.63 5.67
11th Maryland 0.1547 33.83 18.36 31.12 47.54 8.06 6.64
12th Northwestern 0.1632 32.49 16.17 29.81 51.15 7.27 5.78
13th Iowa 0.1846 33.18 14.72 29.89 49.82 5.81 6.19
14th Rutgers 0.2044 34.86 14.42 32.51 47.40 7.95 7.95

Conference Strength

Description Average Remove First and Last Remove Top and Bottom 2 Remove Top and Bottom 3 Composite
Scores 1,699.1352 1,702.6621 1,701.7054 1,700.8535 1,701.0891
Difference 3.5269 2.5702 1.7183 2.6051

Point Totals

Offense Defense
Team Sets S SP SA SE SP% S/SA S/SE OS SPA SAA SEA SO% OS/SAA OS/SEA
Nebraska 119 2,594 1,268 125 238 48.88 20.8 10.9 2,204 844 126 252 61.71 17.5 8.7
Wisconsin 116 2,504 1,214 189 243 48.48 13.2 10.3 2,143 819 100 226 61.78 21.4 9.5
Penn St. 117 2,294 1,061 164 256 46.25 14.0 9.0 1,946 708 91 220 63.62 21.4 8.8
Minnesota 118 2,328 1,075 140 163 46.18 16.6 14.3 2,091 817 150 227 60.93 13.9 9.2
Michigan 118 2,425 1,206 176 284 49.73 13.8 8.5 2,194 952 162 225 56.61 13.5 9.8
Purdue 122 2,261 1,167 184 204 51.61 12.3 11.1 1,907 876 113 234 54.06 16.9 8.1
Illinois 118 2,499 1,165 182 271 46.62 13.7 9.2 2,374 1,024 99 205 56.87 24.0 11.6
Ohio St. 114 1,764 776 137 258 43.99 12.9 6.8 1,753 752 132 220 57.10 13.3 8.0
Michigan St. 110 2,063 943 129 231 45.71 16.0 8.9 2,025 916 137 242 54.77 14.8 8.4
Northwestern 118 2,222 1,015 126 248 45.68 17.6 9.0 2,196 1,000 161 254 54.46 13.6 8.6
Maryland 127 2,624 1,142 186 291 43.52 14.1 9.0 2,667 1,202 187 277 54.93 14.3 9.6
Indiana 126 2,552 1,158 143 231 45.38 17.8 11.0 2,626 1,253 157 249 52.29 16.7 10.5
Iowa 115 2,372 1,043 129 249 43.97 18.4 9.5 2,515 1,186 165 265 52.84 15.2 9.5
Rutgers 105 1,894 795 136 211 41.98 13.9 9.0 2,147 1,109 197 179 48.35 10.9 12.0
Conference Average 117 2,314 1,073 153 241 46.28 15.4 9.8 2,199 961 141 234 56.45 16.2 9.5
  • 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

88.29

2019-11-14 Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota
Wisconsin
1
3
22
25
25
23
28
30
27
29
GAME

83.91

2019-10-25
Michigan
Minnesota
2
3
25
22
25
23
21
25
18
25
13
15
GAME

83.89

2019-10-23 University Park, Pa.
Penn St.
Illinois
3
2
18
25
24
26
25
15
30
28
15
13
GAME

82.97

2019-09-27
Illinois
Nebraska
2
3
22
25
27
25
28
26
22
25
10
15
GAME

82.23

2019-11-02 Lincoln, Nebraska
Nebraska
Penn St.
3
2
25
18
18
25
25
21
21
25
15
13
GAME

81.71

2019-11-27
Michigan
Purdue
2
3
24
26
17
25
25
20
25
20
18
20
GAME

81.51

2019-11-30 University Park, Pa.
Penn St.
Minnesota
1
3
25
19
20
25
20
25
23
25
GAME

80.95

2019-10-26
Purdue
Nebraska
3
2
23
25
25
23
25
17
20
25
15
8
GAME

80.72

2019-10-18
Michigan
Penn St.
1
3
23
25
20
25
25
16
22
25
GAME

80.65

2019-11-29 University Park, Pa.
Penn St.
Wisconsin
3
2
19
25
15
25
25
12
25
22
15
11

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
D
S
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 25.2616
2 24.2667
3 23.1918
4 22.5253
5 22.0783
6 22.0391
7 21.7483
8 20.6915
9 20.6895
10 20.5348

Offensive WPA

Rk. Name Team OWPA
1 17.2840
2 16.2059
3 15.6725
4 14.3687
5 13.8964
6 13.5519
7 12.9517
8 12.3317
9 11.5658
10 11.4851

Defensive WPA

Rk. Name Team DWPA
1 16.0684
2 13.2527
3 12.6847
4 12.6711
5 12.3285
6 12.2706
7 12.1965
8 12.0749
9 11.8819
10 11.6957

WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team WPA/S
1 0.2383
2 0.2311
3 0.2284
4 0.2265
5 0.2165
6 0.2104
7 0.2079
8 0.2071
9 0.2028
10 0.1976

Offensive WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team OWPA/S
1 0.1631
2 0.1589
3 0.1493
4 0.1451
5 0.1409
6 0.1293
7 0.1246
8 0.1222
9 0.1219
10 0.1210

Defensive WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team DWPA/S
1 0.1678
2 0.1461
3 0.1340
4 0.1306
5 0.1242
6 0.1207
7 0.1206
8 0.1164
9 0.1163
10 0.1132


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.

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