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ViPR D1 Volleyball Wisconsin 1,711.3731

MAC - Conference Overview

Conference Division: Division 1
Rnk. Team Résumé Recent ViPR Adj SP% Adj SO% Adj. Hit Mar.
1st Ball St. 1,541.3903 1,512.9198 1,527.0887 44.40 61.26 0.044
2nd Miami (OH) 1,523.4568 1,494.6358 1,508.9775 43.37 61.83 0.024
3rd Eastern Mich. 1,522.2940 1,495.0512 1,508.6111 43.17 60.25 0.040
4th Bowling Green 1,510.3398 1,486.3930 1,498.3186 44.17 58.31 0.012
5th Buffalo 1,504.3289 1,470.9214 1,487.5314 42.65 58.45 0.008
6th Ohio 1,496.4318 1,470.1521 1,483.2338 41.67 59.06 -0.010
7th Western Mich. 1,489.3311 1,460.8586 1,475.0261 43.35 56.85 0.009
8th Northern Ill. 1,455.7612 1,424.8191 1,440.2071 39.99 57.24 -0.047
9th Akron 1,431.1996 1,403.0961 1,417.0782 39.32 55.16 -0.059
10th Central Mich. 1,417.9949 1,405.3110 1,411.6387 38.76 54.63 -0.067
11th Kent St. 1,411.9335 1,385.5741 1,398.6917 38.41 54.00 -0.074
12th Toledo 1,410.4225 1,383.9089 1,397.1028 38.41 53.70 -0.071

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 Ball St. 0.2358 37.12 13.54 33.96 48.48 5.20 5.80
2nd Buffalo 0.2286 38.56 15.70 35.85 46.90 5.85 5.84
3rd Eastern Mich. 0.2275 36.63 13.89 34.68 50.20 4.98 5.61
4th Western Mich. 0.2157 35.92 14.35 32.84 50.59 5.19 4.99
5th Ohio 0.2051 35.38 14.87 33.44 50.77 5.29 6.81
6th Miami (OH) 0.2029 35.37 15.09 32.53 50.29 5.25 6.38
7th Akron 0.1900 34.71 15.71 32.36 47.90 6.77 6.64
8th Northern Ill. 0.1827 33.36 15.10 31.21 54.14 5.54 5.81
9th Bowling Green 0.1783 31.08 13.25 28.83 55.73 5.56 6.31
10th Central Mich. 0.1661 34.19 17.58 32.73 49.72 7.02 4.79
11th Kent St. 0.1589 30.91 15.01 29.36 56.43 5.96 5.03
12th Toledo 0.1565 31.12 15.48 29.37 54.07 4.64 5.35

ViPR Division Adjusted Defenses

Rnk. Team O_Hit% O_Kill% O_HE% O_AST% DIG% BLK% O_ACE%
1st Bowling Green 0.1666 31.74 15.08 29.63 54.76 5.40 5.01
2nd Miami (OH) 0.1785 32.96 15.11 30.71 54.01 5.79 5.04
3rd Eastern Mich. 0.1872 33.10 14.39 30.80 55.02 5.25 5.37
4th Ball St. 0.1916 35.68 16.52 33.24 49.91 7.09 5.14
5th Western Mich. 0.2065 36.18 15.53 33.44 49.46 5.59 6.06
6th Ohio 0.2149 36.77 15.28 34.51 49.62 6.53 5.06
7th Buffalo 0.2202 37.10 15.08 34.50 49.33 6.23 5.28
8th Toledo 0.2274 36.78 14.04 33.77 49.80 5.12 5.20
9th Northern Ill. 0.2298 38.05 15.07 35.64 48.51 5.63 6.04
10th Kent St. 0.2325 36.66 13.40 34.22 51.06 4.65 5.61
11th Central Mich. 0.2328 37.83 14.55 35.11 48.94 4.68 5.90
12th Akron 0.2487 38.62 13.74 35.58 45.61 4.57 6.78

Conference Strength

Description Average Remove First and Last Remove Top and Bottom 2 Remove Top and Bottom 3 Composite
Scores 1,462.7921 1,462.9314 1,465.2056 1,466.8992 1,464.4571
Difference 0.1393 2.4135 4.1070 2.2199

Point Totals

Offense Defense
Team Sets S SP SA SE SP% S/SA S/SE OS SPA SAA SEA SO% OS/SAA OS/SEA
Eastern Mich. 128 2,890 1,310 167 269 45.33 17.3 10.7 2,645 1,047 144 185 60.42 18.4 14.3
Ball St. 120 2,710 1,214 150 175 44.80 18.1 15.5 2,478 968 122 205 60.94 20.3 12.1
Miami (OH) 121 2,724 1,190 171 234 43.69 15.9 11.6 2,527 973 129 298 61.50 19.6 8.5
Bowling Green 114 2,526 1,127 157 235 44.62 16.1 10.7 2,445 1,030 127 228 57.87 19.3 10.7
Buffalo 113 2,497 1,088 147 219 43.57 17.0 11.4 2,419 1,008 127 201 58.33 19.0 12.0
Western Mich. 116 2,600 1,151 126 189 44.27 20.6 13.8 2,527 1,081 152 239 57.22 16.6 10.6
Ohio 117 2,552 1,056 170 302 41.38 15.0 8.5 2,591 1,088 137 240 58.01 18.9 10.8
Akron 103 2,167 897 145 218 41.39 14.9 9.9 2,248 992 151 185 55.87 14.9 12.2
Northern Ill. 119 2,558 1,028 140 190 40.19 18.3 13.5 2,667 1,155 161 288 56.69 16.6 9.3
Kent St. 116 2,430 1,002 128 222 41.24 19.0 10.9 2,554 1,141 141 234 55.33 18.1 10.9
Toledo 106 2,197 885 119 201 40.28 18.5 10.9 2,383 1,087 126 231 54.39 18.9 10.3
Central Mich. 106 2,205 869 103 201 39.41 21.4 11.0 2,449 1,121 142 170 54.23 17.2 14.4
Conference Average 115 2,505 1,068 144 221 42.51 17.7 11.5 2,494 1,058 138 225 57.57 18.2 11.3
  • 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 MAC

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

76.87

2018-10-19 Buffalo, NY
Buffalo
Eastern Mich.
3
1
28
30
25
23
31
29
25
22
GAME

76.76

2018-10-20 Athens, Ohio
Ohio
Northern Ill.
2
3
23
25
27
25
25
17
30
32
7
15
GAME

76.60

2018-10-19 Oxford, Ohio
Miami (OH)
Ball St.
3
2
19
25
25
23
28
30
25
18
18
16
GAME

74.21

2018-11-17 Oxford, Ohio
Miami (OH)
Ball St.
3
2
22
25
25
27
25
23
26
24
15
5
GAME

72.50

2018-11-10 Athens, Ohio
Ohio
Miami (OH)
0
3
24
26
28
30
21
25
GAME

72.10

2018-09-27 Bowling Green, Ohio
Bowling Green
Miami (OH)
3
1
19
25
25
19
25
23
25
17
GAME

71.51

2018-11-09 Athens, Ohio
Ohio
Bowling Green
1
3
25
22
20
25
24
26
17
25
GAME

71.09

2018-10-13 Ypsilanti, Mich.
Eastern Mich.
Bowling Green
1
3
23
25
25
20
24
26
22
25
GAME

70.85

2018-09-28 Kent, Ohio
Kent St.
Akron
3
2
27
25
30
32
17
25
25
18
15
12
GAME

70.77

2018-11-16 Oxford, Ohio
Ball St.
Ohio
3
2
25
14
23
25
25
23
22
25
15
12

HuskerGeek MAC 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 25.4849
2 24.4934
3 24.4400
4 23.1908
5 22.9610
6 22.7604
7 22.6264
8 22.1536
9 21.5210
10 20.7831

Offensive WPA

Rk. Name Team OWPA
1 19.0054
2 15.4838
3 13.9767
4 13.2478
5 13.2386
6 12.5709
7 12.4763
8 12.0558
9 11.8943
10 11.4526

Defensive WPA

Rk. Name Team DWPA
1 23.6387
2 22.0200
3 20.8804
4 19.8904
5 17.9063
6 17.6491
7 17.5264
8 16.6869
9 14.5072
10 14.3116

WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team WPA/S
1 0.2149
2 0.2142
3 0.2037
4 0.1965
5 0.1956
6 0.1951
7 0.1942
8 0.1929
9 0.1908
10 0.1862

Offensive WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team OWPA/S
1 0.1597
2 0.1312
3 0.1266
4 0.1188
5 0.1186
6 0.1182
7 0.1165
8 0.1086
9 0.1059
10 0.1030

Defensive WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team DWPA/S
1 0.2074
2 0.1876
3 0.1755
4 0.1748
5 0.1699
6 0.1544
7 0.1537
8 0.1521
9 0.1408
10 0.1391


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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