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Sport School Rating
ViPR D1 Volleyball Wisconsin 1,711.3731

SoCon - Conference Overview

Conference Division: Division 1
Rnk. Team Résumé Recent ViPR Adj SP% Adj SO% Adj. Hit Mar.
1st UNC Greensboro 1,416.1886 1,420.4608 1,418.3231 49.07 50.15 -0.023
2nd Mercer 1,403.3827 1,402.2229 1,402.8027 48.71 47.56 -0.016
3rd The Citadel 1,395.3398 1,394.5245 1,394.9321 48.69 49.25 -0.040
4th Samford 1,391.8955 1,394.7926 1,393.3433 47.83 48.08 -0.040
5th Wofford 1,373.5443 1,377.9700 1,375.7554 46.72 48.46 -0.057
6th ETSU 1,351.3643 1,362.5296 1,356.9355 44.98 50.11 -0.061
7th Western Caro. 1,352.8825 1,359.6632 1,356.2686 48.39 47.13 -0.059
8th Chattanooga 1,332.8301 1,334.3433 1,333.5865 44.57 46.73 -0.085
9th Furman 1,284.5184 1,292.0486 1,288.2780 44.17 42.96 -0.143

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 Samford 0.1924 36.16 16.92 32.93 47.43 6.25 8.20
2nd Wofford 0.1910 35.49 16.39 32.38 48.49 6.67 6.33
3rd Western Caro. 0.1866 33.16 14.50 30.12 53.89 4.90 6.35
4th UNC Greensboro 0.1842 32.92 14.50 29.89 53.49 5.91 6.09
5th Mercer 0.1841 33.70 15.29 30.74 50.40 6.18 6.02
6th The Citadel 0.1776 33.59 15.84 29.94 52.49 5.65 6.24
7th ETSU 0.1718 33.32 16.14 31.45 50.88 6.49 5.22
8th Chattanooga 0.1591 30.64 14.73 28.06 56.16 5.79 5.26
9th Furman 0.1198 30.76 18.79 28.92 54.27 6.37 5.95

ViPR Division Adjusted Defenses

Rnk. Team O_Hit% O_Kill% O_HE% O_AST% DIG% BLK% O_ACE%
1st Mercer 0.1997 35.26 15.29 31.68 49.37 5.92 7.02
2nd UNC Greensboro 0.2076 35.11 14.35 32.08 52.21 5.75 6.29
3rd The Citadel 0.2177 35.73 13.96 32.67 50.80 4.95 6.17
4th Samford 0.2325 37.26 14.00 33.73 47.70 5.11 6.87
5th ETSU 0.2331 37.45 14.14 34.61 50.30 4.81 6.46
6th Chattanooga 0.2439 37.89 13.50 34.24 49.14 4.80 7.10
7th Western Caro. 0.2455 37.70 13.14 34.55 48.32 4.61 6.98
8th Wofford 0.2482 39.52 14.69 36.12 46.03 6.53 7.57
9th Furman 0.2623 39.03 12.80 35.26 47.98 4.97 6.33

Conference Strength

Description Average Remove First and Last Remove Top and Bottom 2 Remove Top and Bottom 3 Composite
Scores 1,368.9139 1,373.3749 1,375.4470 1,375.3447 1,373.2701
Difference 4.4610 6.5331 6.4308 5.8083

Point Totals

Offense Defense
Team Sets S SP SA SE SP% S/SA S/SE OS SPA SAA SEA SO% OS/SAA OS/SEA
UNC Greensboro 116 2,642 1,413 184 202 53.48 14.4 13.1 2,354 1,121 137 198 52.38 17.2 11.9
The Citadel 98 2,116 1,115 155 213 52.69 13.7 9.9 2,010 983 135 186 51.10 14.9 10.8
Mercer 98 1,941 1,009 158 226 51.98 12.3 8.6 1,880 963 147 172 48.78 12.8 10.9
Wofford 116 2,457 1,238 173 192 50.39 14.2 12.8 2,432 1,221 184 211 49.79 13.2 11.5
Western Caro. 105 2,014 1,021 147 144 50.70 13.7 14.0 2,069 1,070 165 183 48.28 12.5 11.3
ETSU 99 1,982 937 127 195 47.28 15.6 10.2 2,041 1,004 139 195 50.81 14.7 10.5
Samford 102 2,095 1,031 186 245 49.21 11.3 8.6 2,141 1,105 154 193 48.39 13.9 11.1
Chattanooga 116 2,310 1,103 135 169 47.75 17.1 13.7 2,467 1,276 183 202 48.28 13.5 12.2
Furman 108 2,172 1,033 144 143 47.56 15.1 15.2 2,466 1,378 158 197 44.12 15.6 12.5
Conference Average 106 2,192 1,100 157 192 50.12 14.1 11.8 2,207 1,125 156 193 49.10 14.3 11.4
  • 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 SoCon

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

70.90

2021-10-27
Wofford
The Citadel
3
1
23
25
26
24
25
21
25
23
GAME

69.19

2021-10-01
Furman
Chattanooga
2
3
27
25
25
17
16
25
18
25
11
15
GAME

67.54

2021-09-25
ETSU
UNC Greensboro
1
3
21
25
22
25
25
21
19
25
GAME

66.92

2021-10-15
UNC Greensboro
The Citadel
2
3
25
20
25
20
17
25
22
25
14
16
GAME

66.67

2021-11-20
Samford
The Citadel
1
3
21
25
25
22
26
28
21
25
GAME

66.67

2021-11-06
UNC Greensboro
Wofford
3
2
16
25
25
21
25
16
23
25
15
8
GAME

66.66

2021-11-13
The Citadel
UNC Greensboro
1
3
25
21
14
25
23
25
22
25
GAME

66.63

2021-10-09
Wofford
Western Caro.
3
1
25
16
25
23
24
26
25
18
GAME

66.43

2021-10-08
Chattanooga
Samford
3
2
18
25
19
25
25
23
25
16
15
12
GAME

66.34

2021-11-05
Western Caro.
Wofford
2
3
25
20
25
17
23
25
21
25
6
15

HuskerGeek SoCon All-Conference

1st Team

Name Team Role
A
A
A
A
A
D
D
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 26.0603
2 25.5505
3 22.7852
4 22.5039
5 21.3993
6 20.7077
7 19.1225
8 18.9428
9 18.6836
10 18.3087

Offensive WPA

Rk. Name Team OWPA
1 16.1481
2 15.2109
3 12.8370
4 12.6802
5 11.8442
6 11.8106
7 11.7780
8 11.7572
9 10.6907
10 10.2218

Defensive WPA

Rk. Name Team DWPA
1 17.7545
2 15.6653
3 15.6124
4 15.4542
5 13.7063
6 13.5553
7 13.0974
8 12.3269
9 10.6933
10 9.9437

WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team WPA/S
1 0.2369
2 0.2326
3 0.2247
4 0.2203
5 0.2128
6 0.2016
7 0.1990
8 0.1883
9 0.1881
10 0.1862

Offensive WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team OWPA/S
1 0.1400
2 0.1395
3 0.1392
4 0.1346
5 0.1243
6 0.1175
7 0.1162
8 0.1153
9 0.1111
10 0.1098

Defensive WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team DWPA/S
1 0.1697
2 0.1600
3 0.1472
4 0.1431
5 0.1427
6 0.1417
7 0.1350
8 0.1182
9 0.1154
10 0.1126


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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