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Sport School Rating
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. 1,530.0541 1,535.8734 1,532.9610 53.07 56.29 0.081
2nd Bowling Green 1,521.4361 1,527.0539 1,524.2424 52.43 55.98 0.091
3rd Western Mich. 1,493.3394 1,501.6611 1,497.4945 49.75 56.32 0.025
4th Ohio 1,486.7413 1,490.9705 1,488.8544 50.35 52.02 0.040
5th Central Mich. 1,471.6413 1,479.3109 1,475.4711 50.41 51.90 0.040
6th Toledo 1,462.7778 1,474.9305 1,468.8416 50.13 52.77 0.035
7th Buffalo 1,457.5484 1,463.0754 1,460.3093 50.31 52.25 0.023
8th NIU 1,450.5290 1,459.1336 1,454.8249 77.58 82.14 0.207
9th Kent St. 1,387.3697 1,396.3778 1,391.8665 48.26 48.08 -0.025
10th Eastern Mich. 1,382.3263 1,389.2126 1,385.7652 48.83 46.76 -0.052
11th Akron 1,337.2893 1,343.2669 1,340.2748 44.05 47.69 -0.119
12th Miami (OH) 1,312.9067 1,322.0514 1,317.4711 43.27 47.86 -0.115

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 NIU 0.3818 40.94 2.75 36.92 46.35 3.80 9.07
2nd Ball St. 0.2687 38.76 11.89 35.57 48.57 4.93 6.79
3rd Bowling Green 0.2460 38.70 14.10 36.13 47.35 6.21 7.58
4th Western Mich. 0.2448 38.12 13.64 35.49 47.10 5.62 6.83
5th Ohio 0.2297 38.67 15.70 35.97 44.83 5.86 4.80
6th Buffalo 0.2291 38.17 15.26 34.87 47.61 6.34 7.21
7th Toledo 0.2240 38.50 16.10 35.21 45.23 5.76 6.93
8th Central Mich. 0.2196 35.92 13.96 31.70 48.37 5.32 6.12
9th Kent St. 0.1976 35.36 15.60 33.40 49.45 6.27 6.11
10th Eastern Mich. 0.1723 34.67 17.43 31.86 49.94 6.14 7.24
11th Miami (OH) 0.1585 33.77 17.92 31.52 50.16 7.49 6.35
12th Akron 0.1527 33.12 17.85 30.63 48.68 7.33 6.16

ViPR Division Adjusted Defenses

Rnk. Team O_Hit% O_Kill% O_HE% O_AST% DIG% BLK% O_ACE%
1st Bowling Green 0.1555 32.25 16.71 30.51 52.84 6.66 5.08
2nd NIU 0.1752 26.63 9.11 24.87 58.24 6.34 5.08
3rd Central Mich. 0.1799 33.56 15.58 31.20 51.69 6.74 6.24
4th Ball St. 0.1881 33.49 14.68 31.30 53.68 4.79 5.98
5th Toledo 0.1888 33.85 14.98 31.30 52.05 6.08 5.56
6th Ohio 0.1895 33.36 14.41 30.83 53.70 4.30 5.94
7th Buffalo 0.2062 35.20 14.58 33.30 50.28 6.30 5.54
8th Western Mich. 0.2196 35.38 13.42 33.47 51.02 4.02 5.48
9th Kent St. 0.2223 35.54 13.31 33.16 50.10 5.28 8.09
10th Eastern Mich. 0.2241 38.22 15.81 35.33 46.55 6.14 7.43
11th Akron 0.2712 40.20 13.08 36.65 44.69 4.61 5.33
12th Miami (OH) 0.2732 40.69 13.37 36.32 46.40 4.63 8.65

Conference Strength

Description Average Remove First and Last Remove Top and Bottom 2 Remove Top and Bottom 3 Composite
Scores 1,444.8647 1,448.7945 1,452.9284 1,456.6946 1,450.8206
Difference 3.9297 8.0637 11.8299 7.9411

Point Totals

Offense Defense
Team Sets S SP SA SE SP% S/SA S/SE OS SPA SAA SEA SO% OS/SAA OS/SEA
Ball St. 126 2,892 1,503 182 183 51.97 15.9 15.8 2,619 1,191 160 249 54.53 16.4 10.5
Bowling Green 118 2,703 1,374 190 233 50.83 14.2 11.6 2,519 1,159 129 204 53.99 19.5 12.3
Western Mich. 115 2,582 1,274 166 186 49.34 15.6 13.9 2,388 1,068 128 208 55.28 18.7 11.5
Buffalo 120 2,691 1,369 194 299 50.87 13.9 9.0 2,587 1,245 139 187 51.88 18.6 13.8
Central Mich. 117 2,624 1,308 151 209 49.85 17.4 12.6 2,504 1,215 154 209 51.48 16.3 12.0
Ohio 118 2,672 1,332 115 201 49.85 23.2 13.3 2,540 1,234 147 245 51.42 17.3 10.4
Toledo 112 2,509 1,243 170 251 49.54 14.8 10.0 2,426 1,173 135 213 51.65 18.0 11.4
Kent St. 109 2,315 1,140 141 195 49.24 16.4 11.9 2,406 1,234 191 189 48.71 12.6 12.7
Eastern Mich. 115 2,356 1,145 165 217 48.60 14.3 10.9 2,629 1,418 191 203 46.06 13.8 13.0
Akron 108 2,145 972 135 174 45.32 15.9 12.3 2,471 1,288 124 183 47.88 19.9 13.5
Miami (OH) 105 1,945 854 130 219 43.91 15.0 8.9 2,273 1,186 191 195 47.82 11.9 11.7
Conference Average 115 2,494 1,229 158 215 49.03 16.0 11.8 2,487 1,219 154 208 50.97 16.6 12.1
  • 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 MAC

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

76.18

2022-10-21
Ball St.
Western Mich.
3
1
25
27
25
22
25
22
25
17
GAME

74.20

2022-11-22
Ball St.
Bowling Green
2
3
25
23
23
25
23
25
25
23
9
15
GAME

73.81

2022-09-24
Central Mich.
Ball St.
3
2
23
25
12
25
25
20
25
22
19
17
GAME

73.52

2022-10-15
Ohio
Buffalo
3
2
22
25
26
24
20
25
25
19
21
19
GAME

72.78

2022-11-21
Ball St.
Central Mich.
3
1
23
25
25
18
25
23
25
22
GAME

71.86

2022-11-12
Central Mich.
Western Mich.
3
2
25
18
22
25
25
17
16
25
15
12
GAME

71.79

2022-10-08
Western Mich.
Bowling Green
2
3
25
19
21
25
22
25
25
18
12
15
GAME

71.24

2022-10-28
Ohio
Western Mich.
3
1
25
23
20
25
26
24
25
22
GAME

71.16

2022-11-11
Buffalo
Bowling Green
2
3
26
24
25
19
18
25
20
25
12
15
GAME

70.70

2022-10-08
Ball St.
Buffalo
3
1
26
24
19
25
25
11
25
21

HuskerGeek MAC 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
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 31.8298
2 25.9127
3 25.5432
4 25.3454
5 24.9151
6 23.8632
7 22.4871
8 21.4824
9 21.3108
10 20.6502

Offensive WPA

Rk. Name Team OWPA
1 18.6210
2 17.5331
3 16.0703
4 15.6072
5 13.6464
6 13.2346
7 13.2173
8 12.8439
9 12.2818
10 11.6441

Defensive WPA

Rk. Name Team DWPA
1 20.7451
2 19.5568
3 18.6345
4 17.7008
5 16.7124
6 16.3909
7 13.3279
8 13.2088
9 12.6962
10 12.4002

WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team WPA/S
1 0.2526
2 0.2399
3 0.2223
4 0.2221
5 0.2167
6 0.2057
7 0.1922
8 0.1880
9 0.1821
10 0.1806

Offensive WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team OWPA/S
1 0.1623
2 0.1478
3 0.1397
4 0.1357
5 0.1178
6 0.1176
7 0.1161
8 0.1159
9 0.1130
10 0.1127

Defensive WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team DWPA/S
1 0.1773
2 0.1657
3 0.1580
4 0.1479
5 0.1453
6 0.1389
7 0.1323
8 0.1196
9 0.1133
10 0.1111


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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