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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 Nebraska 1,848.4761 1,768.1937 1,807.8893 57.13 77.92 0.339
2nd Minnesota 1,823.4266 1,746.7690 1,784.6863 56.77 74.15 0.295
3rd Wisconsin 1,804.3720 1,726.8991 1,765.2106 53.67 75.62 0.286
4th Penn St. 1,789.9002 1,719.1044 1,754.1452 54.65 73.99 0.290
5th Michigan 1,742.1434 1,667.2729 1,704.2971 52.80 69.60 0.225
6th Michigan St. 1,736.8863 1,669.8409 1,703.0337 53.39 68.19 0.213
7th Ohio St. 1,733.2466 1,664.4965 1,698.5238 52.43 69.43 0.220
8th Illinois 1,728.3976 1,665.1363 1,696.4721 51.82 69.23 0.231
9th Purdue 1,730.0669 1,649.4175 1,689.2610 49.89 71.06 0.218
10th Iowa 1,683.0855 1,604.6409 1,643.3952 48.87 67.75 0.173
11th Maryland 1,650.6171 1,575.9810 1,612.8674 47.51 65.50 0.113
12th Indiana 1,647.9009 1,577.5133 1,612.3231 46.00 65.16 0.115
13th Northwestern 1,615.1805 1,555.4833 1,585.0509 46.12 62.78 0.122
14th Rutgers 1,498.1001 1,431.6533 1,464.4999 39.78 55.22 -0.036

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 Minnesota 0.3816 47.39 9.23 44.03 41.08 3.26 5.98
2nd Nebraska 0.3718 47.60 10.42 43.52 41.02 3.61 6.42
3rd Penn St. 0.3714 47.08 9.94 43.63 41.65 3.86 6.28
4th Wisconsin 0.3555 46.41 10.86 43.46 41.09 4.77 6.43
5th Purdue 0.3429 48.04 13.75 44.71 38.48 3.96 5.77
6th Michigan 0.3357 45.01 11.44 41.47 40.43 5.33 6.08
7th Illinois 0.3303 44.99 11.97 42.16 42.05 4.09 5.66
8th Ohio St. 0.3290 47.11 14.21 43.79 39.12 4.72 6.71
9th Iowa 0.3145 45.40 13.95 42.53 40.73 6.51 6.15
10th Michigan St. 0.3098 44.97 13.99 41.15 42.24 4.66 9.07
11th Indiana 0.2924 46.05 16.81 41.78 36.54 6.21 7.64
12th Northwestern 0.2747 40.51 13.03 37.66 47.40 4.94 6.34
13th Maryland 0.2473 39.32 14.59 36.27 47.60 5.60 6.82
14th Rutgers 0.1961 36.78 17.17 33.78 49.04 6.12 5.60

ViPR Division Adjusted Defenses

Rnk. Team O_Hit% O_Kill% O_HE% O_AST% DIG% BLK% O_ACE%
1st Nebraska 0.0327 23.80 20.53 22.99 59.25 9.34 2.37
2nd Wisconsin 0.0695 25.47 18.52 24.29 58.66 8.19 2.30
3rd Penn St. 0.0817 28.61 20.43 27.60 54.70 8.82 3.72
4th Minnesota 0.0861 27.78 19.17 26.98 54.56 8.32 3.55
5th Michigan St. 0.0966 28.82 19.16 27.33 54.24 8.76 4.64
6th Illinois 0.0998 29.94 19.96 28.67 51.88 9.14 5.32
7th Ohio St. 0.1092 28.97 18.06 27.69 57.18 7.14 4.42
8th Michigan 0.1111 30.02 18.91 28.57 54.55 8.15 3.21
9th Purdue 0.1253 31.04 18.50 28.92 52.57 7.55 4.34
10th Maryland 0.1340 31.51 18.11 30.14 52.86 8.12 4.45
11th Iowa 0.1412 31.94 17.82 29.38 52.60 6.04 4.16
12th Northwestern 0.1527 32.92 17.65 30.69 51.88 6.69 6.02
13th Indiana 0.1772 35.70 17.98 32.70 48.76 7.39 4.88
14th Rutgers 0.2325 40.51 17.26 37.26 41.77 7.92 8.34

Conference Strength

Description Average Remove First and Last Remove Top and Bottom 2 Remove Top and Bottom 3 Composite
Scores 1,680.1182 1,687.4389 1,687.9529 1,687.7494 1,685.8149
Difference 7.3206 7.8347 7.6312 7.5955

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 117 2,787 1,311 142 215 47.04 19.6 13.0 2,196 688 69 236 68.67 31.8 9.3
Penn St. 121 2,770 1,295 147 242 46.75 18.8 11.4 2,273 782 98 238 65.60 23.2 9.6
Minnesota 126 2,919 1,360 135 106 46.59 21.6 27.5 2,455 865 105 212 64.77 23.4 11.6
Wisconsin 122 2,738 1,197 143 242 43.72 19.1 11.3 2,378 802 69 208 66.27 34.5 11.4
Michigan St. 117 2,616 1,205 223 286 46.06 11.7 9.1 2,340 915 123 210 60.90 19.0 11.1
Michigan 131 2,986 1,324 147 209 44.34 20.3 14.3 2,743 1,058 116 224 61.43 23.6 12.2
Ohio St. 132 2,847 1,251 165 297 43.94 17.3 9.6 2,646 1,027 137 249 61.19 19.3 10.6
Illinois 112 2,421 1,057 110 193 43.66 22.0 12.5 2,245 875 137 224 61.02 16.4 10.0
Iowa 110 2,358 995 130 246 42.20 18.1 9.6 2,263 881 118 213 61.07 19.2 10.6
Purdue 129 2,860 1,159 127 226 40.52 22.5 12.7 2,736 1,031 143 294 62.32 19.1 9.3
Indiana 114 2,439 987 172 359 40.47 14.2 6.8 2,449 1,005 130 255 58.96 18.8 9.6
Maryland 114 2,366 955 147 247 40.36 16.1 9.6 2,403 1,009 123 266 58.01 19.5 9.0
Northwestern 112 2,332 907 126 281 38.89 18.5 8.3 2,545 1,130 166 203 55.60 15.3 12.5
Rutgers 108 1,919 667 102 189 34.76 18.8 10.2 2,454 1,240 233 208 49.47 10.5 11.8
Conference Average 119 2,597 1,119 144 238 42.81 18.5 11.8 2,438 951 126 231 61.09 21.0 10.6
  • 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

85.94

2016-11-23 Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota
Nebraska
3
2
21
25
22
25
28
26
25
17
17
15
GAME

85.66

2016-12-09 Lincoln, Nebraska
Nebraska
Penn St.
3
2
23
25
23
25
26
24
25
19
15
6
GAME

85.23

2016-11-20 Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota
Michigan
3
2
25
23
25
23
23
25
23
25
15
12
GAME

83.97

2016-10-05 University Park, Pa.
Penn St.
Minnesota
3
2
29
27
21
25
23
25
25
14
15
10
GAME

83.96

2016-10-22 Ann Arbor, Mich.
Michigan
Penn St.
3
2
25
23
17
25
29
27
23
25
15
9
GAME

82.90

2016-11-04 University Park, Pa.
Penn St.
Nebraska
2
3
25
22
17
25
23
25
25
23
11
15
GAME

82.02

2016-12-09 Madison, Wis.
Wisconsin
Ohio St.
3
2
25
15
22
25
29
31
25
22
15
13
GAME

81.68

2016-10-23 Lincoln, Nebraska
Nebraska
Minnesota
3
2
24
26
25
18
26
24
22
25
15
8
GAME

81.32

2016-11-12 Evanston, Ill.
Northwestern
Wisconsin
2
3
27
25
25
18
21
25
22
25
11
15
GAME

81.31

2016-09-24 East Lansing, Mich.
Michigan St.
Nebraska
2
3
25
22
25
23
20
25
14
25
14
16

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 29.9611
2 28.2205
3 27.3075
4 26.7551
5 25.6965
6 24.9045
7 23.1310
8 22.8758
9 22.8482
10 21.5179

Offensive WPA

Rk. Name Team OWPA
1 19.2518
2 18.3355
3 18.1743
4 17.8710
5 17.5370
6 16.8771
7 16.6571
8 16.3250
9 15.9531
10 14.9895

Defensive WPA

Rk. Name Team DWPA
1 16.8102
2 15.8184
3 15.1852
4 15.1522
5 14.6785
6 14.6670
7 14.4048
8 13.9006
9 12.8189
10 12.4858

WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team WPA/S
1 0.2378
2 0.2313
3 0.2167
4 0.2084
5 0.2074
6 0.2023
7 0.1953
8 0.1901
9 0.1882
10 0.1840

Offensive WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team OWPA/S
1 0.1528
2 0.1444
3 0.1442
4 0.1437
5 0.1385
6 0.1381
7 0.1365
8 0.1308
9 0.1281
10 0.1275

Defensive WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team DWPA/S
1 0.1353
2 0.1347
3 0.1283
4 0.1246
5 0.1245
6 0.1219
7 0.1198
8 0.1190
9 0.1164
10 0.1095


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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