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2023-2024 HuskerGeek Ratings Leaders

Sport School Rating
ViPR D1 Volleyball Nebraska 1,745.1217

Football oklahoma 12.3688
Men's Soccer san diego st 11.0954
Women's Soccer florida st 9.6241
Women's Volleyball wisconsin 13.2455
Field Hockey northwestern 9.2539

Big Ten - Conference Overview

Conference Division: Division 1
Rnk. Team Résumé Recent ViPR Adj SP% Adj SO% Adj. Hit Mar.
1st Nebraska 1,746.6646 1,743.5802 1,745.1217 61.56 66.14 0.363
2nd Wisconsin 1,673.3548 1,677.3251 1,675.3388 58.95 64.59 0.319
3rd Minnesota 1,622.8451 1,623.2995 1,623.0723 60.71 59.40 0.270
4th Penn St. 1,616.5593 1,617.0907 1,616.8250 53.89 61.67 0.207
5th Indiana 1,595.0519 1,596.8238 1,595.9376 55.66 56.62 0.139
6th Purdue 1,592.8501 1,587.5003 1,590.1730 54.60 60.01 0.162
7th Northwestern 1,577.1227 1,575.2314 1,576.1768 53.70 57.94 0.151
8th Ohio St. 1,573.0775 1,571.1649 1,572.1209 53.56 56.69 0.161
9th Michigan St. 1,532.0424 1,529.6421 1,530.8418 54.54 54.54 0.130
10th Maryland 1,507.1394 1,504.9986 1,506.0686 48.63 58.26 0.082
11th Michigan 1,508.7840 1,502.1919 1,505.4843 51.54 51.36 0.068
12th Illinois 1,480.7932 1,485.0583 1,482.9242 50.78 54.36 0.070
13th Rutgers 1,459.1781 1,460.2444 1,459.7111 51.38 51.74 0.051
14th Iowa 1,442.6864 1,447.4351 1,445.0588 51.10 50.69 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 0.3788 47.05 9.17 43.14 40.65 2.80 7.48
2nd Nebraska 0.3770 49.57 11.88 45.09 34.82 4.29 7.76
3rd Minnesota 0.3374 43.23 9.49 40.38 45.97 3.33 8.46
4th Ohio St. 0.3089 45.15 14.27 41.19 42.42 6.05 6.84
5th Purdue 0.3057 43.16 12.60 39.64 44.24 4.58 7.05
6th Northwestern 0.3053 43.45 12.92 38.90 43.03 4.30 7.13
7th Penn St. 0.3049 43.91 13.42 40.12 41.89 4.91 5.80
8th Michigan St. 0.2736 43.64 16.28 39.66 38.53 6.69 9.07
9th Maryland 0.2722 41.87 14.65 38.22 42.85 6.14 6.13
10th Indiana 0.2686 40.85 13.99 36.85 42.53 5.03 9.61
11th Iowa 0.2325 36.83 13.59 33.66 49.34 5.07 7.36
12th Rutgers 0.2294 37.45 14.51 33.94 47.72 5.64 6.05
13th Illinois 0.2284 37.66 14.82 34.13 47.14 5.59 6.40
14th Michigan 0.2214 37.90 15.76 34.65 44.67 5.31 10.99

ViPR Division Adjusted Defenses

Rnk. Team O_Hit% O_Kill% O_HE% O_AST% DIG% BLK% O_ACE%
1st Nebraska 0.0143 23.75 22.32 22.59 54.76 10.08 3.79
2nd Wisconsin 0.0595 25.76 19.81 25.02 56.09 9.02 5.94
3rd Minnesota 0.0671 26.62 19.91 25.53 56.87 9.05 8.71
4th Penn St. 0.0980 29.94 20.14 29.02 51.79 10.26 3.06
5th Indiana 0.1291 32.75 19.84 31.21 51.65 9.42 5.82
6th Michigan St. 0.1433 31.92 17.60 28.11 52.35 6.41 6.47
7th Purdue 0.1441 32.22 17.81 29.66 51.78 8.44 5.54
8th Ohio St. 0.1480 31.44 16.64 28.40 52.74 5.32 6.27
9th Michigan 0.1536 29.49 14.13 26.99 56.22 6.36 5.74
10th Northwestern 0.1547 32.62 17.14 30.17 50.12 7.02 5.53
11th Illinois 0.1581 32.69 16.88 30.65 50.14 7.60 7.41
12th Rutgers 0.1780 35.27 17.47 33.09 49.27 6.52 5.81
13th Maryland 0.1904 36.70 17.66 34.02 45.86 8.78 5.15
14th Iowa 0.2025 35.19 14.94 31.64 48.96 5.66 7.36

Conference Strength

Description Average Remove First and Last Remove Top and Bottom 2 Remove Top and Bottom 3 Composite
Scores 1,566.0611 1,561.2229 1,559.9624 1,561.7035 1,562.2375
Difference -4.8382 -6.0986 -4.3576 -5.0981

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 30 729 389 38 80 53.36 19.2 9.1 544 211 26 100 61.21 20.9 5.4
Indiana 47 1,125 613 107 110 54.49 10.5 10.2 885 394 53 105 55.48 16.7 8.4
Michigan St. 37 861 473 71 116 54.94 12.1 7.4 729 329 51 80 54.87 14.3 9.1
Wisconsin 35 800 394 44 95 49.25 18.2 8.4 710 293 54 67 58.73 13.1 10.6
Maryland 43 995 493 69 119 49.55 14.4 8.4 865 360 49 108 58.38 17.7 8.0
Rutgers 41 939 502 62 102 53.46 15.1 9.2 826 379 48 105 54.12 17.2 7.9
Penn St. 35 803 398 35 76 49.56 22.9 10.6 698 299 27 90 57.16 25.9 7.8
Northwestern 36 801 407 54 68 50.81 14.8 11.8 693 307 39 70 55.70 17.8 9.9
Minnesota 32 691 352 44 75 50.94 15.7 9.2 678 317 62 70 53.25 10.9 9.7
Iowa 45 1,006 526 79 69 52.29 12.7 14.6 955 477 77 72 50.05 12.4 13.3
Purdue 38 848 391 41 72 46.11 20.7 11.8 820 366 53 106 55.37 15.5 7.7
Illinois 44 939 444 59 101 47.28 15.9 9.3 959 457 76 84 52.35 12.6 11.4
Ohio St. 35 751 349 41 67 46.47 18.3 11.2 777 385 55 87 50.45 14.1 8.9
Michigan 34 725 343 70 88 47.31 10.4 8.2 740 380 53 79 48.65 14.0 9.4
Conference Average 38 858 434 58 88 50.42 15.8 10.0 777 354 52 87 54.70 15.9 9.1
  • 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

68.40

2023-09-20
Indiana
Illinois
3
1
25
13
24
26
25
17
25
17
GAME

65.72

2023-09-20
Penn St.
Rutgers
3
0
25
17
25
15
25
17

HuskerGeek Big Ten All-Conference

1st Team

Name Team Role
A
A
A
A
A
D
S
S

2nd Team

Name Team Role
A
A
A
A
A
D
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 10.1001
2 9.4199
3 9.0214
4 8.8915
5 8.6132
6 8.2298
7 7.9403
8 7.5491
9 7.2911
10 6.9947

Offensive WPA

Rk. Name Team OWPA
1 6.3991
2 6.1000
3 5.8122
4 5.5101
5 5.4318
6 4.8565
7 4.7464
8 4.7098
9 4.3480
10 4.3336

Defensive WPA

Rk. Name Team DWPA
1 5.9003
2 5.5458
3 5.2546
4 4.9993
5 4.8586
6 4.7599
7 4.7324
8 4.5900
9 4.4456
10 4.0497

WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team WPA/S
1 0.2355
2 0.2295
3 0.2267
4 0.2214
5 0.2169
6 0.2133
7 0.2090
8 0.2083
9 0.1950
10 0.1944

Offensive WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team OWPA/S
1 0.1561
2 0.1525
3 0.1448
4 0.1429
5 0.1318
6 0.1252
7 0.1239
8 0.1237
9 0.1204
10 0.1173

Defensive WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team DWPA/S
1 0.1553
2 0.1313
3 0.1266
4 0.1260
5 0.1235
6 0.1163
7 0.1161
8 0.1130
9 0.1118
10 0.1092


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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