Disrespecting the Game of Volleyball (Updated)
March 30, 2024 An unusual circumstance tonight on the volleyball that we would like to receive some feedback. It was senior night for Kean University and the team decided to…
Insider Blog, 3/30
A couple of significant stories to tell today with IH’s two top rated teams in the country, Let’s start with #2 Loras. The DuHawks visited Carthage tonight and put their…
Insider Blog, 3/28
March 28, 2024 UPDATED AND CORRECTED 3-29 4PM It’s been 17 days since the Banana Slugs were on the floor and they showed no signs of rust today as they…
Insider Blog, 3/26
March 26, 2024 Baruch nailed Hunter in straight sets tonight to secure the top seed in the CUNYAC. Baruch left no doubt with a solid and impressive performance against their…
Insider Blog, 3/25
March 25, 2024 New rankings are out as of yesterday. The top 10 is still pretty stagnant with no major movement. Southern Virginia and Loras maintain the IH 1 and…
Insider Blog, 3/20/24
March 20, 2024 Updated rankings were posted on Sunday night of this week and after two full months of play in the regular season, we have three undefeated teams. Southern…
Updated Player Evaluator, 3/17
March 20, 2024 Here is the latest Men’s NCAA D3 Volleyball Player Evaluator using the InsideHitter.com proprietary rating algorithm through games played Sunday, March 17, 2024. The minimum set requirement…
Insider Blog, 3/15
March 15, 2024 Beware the Ides of March… we are still searching for the reason on how it will effect D3 Men’s volleyball… We checked all the rosters and could…
Insider Blog, 3/12
March 12, 2024 Hey! Does your school record not align with our rankings record for your team? Give us a heads up if you see any missing scores at insidehitter@gmail.com.…
How Do Individual Ratings Equate to Team Rankings?
March 11, 2024 InsideHitter.com uses a math algorithm to rank D3 Men’s Volleyball Teams. InsideHitter.com uses a math algorithm to rank D3 Men’s Volleyball Players. Do the 2 algorithm’s correlate?…
Overall Player Evaluator by Team
March 11, 2024 Here is a presentation of our overall player evaluator by each team. This algorithm measures the total contribution of each player expressed as a value across all…
Player Evaluator Overall – Update
Here is the player evaluator algorithm through games played March 9, 2024. This algorithm is the “Overall” contributions model.
New Programs – Which are Doing the Best?
March 10, 2024 Starting up a brand-new program carries many challenges. A dozen new Men’s volleyball teams were added to the D3 landscape this season, and even more will come…
Insider Blog, 3/9
March 9, 2024 This is our worst night of the year. We dread it. We lose an hour of analysis and blog time due to daylight savings Spring ahead. Ugh.…
Insider Blog, 3/8
March 8, 2024 Let’s take a look at some of the other matches before we jump into some of the featured matches from the California Tournament hosted by Cal Lutheran.…
Insider Blog, 3/7
March 7, 2024 Spring breaks are starting to roll in and are reflected in the schedules of some teams who block off the school downtime. Despite that fact, we had…
Insider Blog, 3/6
March 6, 2024 Some great matches were on tonight’s slate that could affect our top 40 or conference rankings for year-end tournaments. Let’s start with the upset of the night.…
Under/Over Analysis
March 5, 2024 We took a look at the highest rated team that each school has beaten as well as the lowest rated team that each school has lost to…