---- Mike Abegg <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 
> Probably the bottom line is that there's no way for 4 ECAC teams to play
> their way into the big dance.  SOMEONE will have to go 0-2 (or two teams
> will go 0-1-1) against TUCs and that will be costly enough to RPI and TUC
> record.

I got this from the ELynah forum (elf.elynah.com) and tried it out with the You Are the Committee script at http://www.collegehockeynews.com/ratings/yatc.php .  There is a way to get four ECAC teams to the NCAA's, although it will probably no longer be possible by the time you read this.  Every higher-seed has to win every remaining league tournament game, including the consolations, except for Cornell losing to Princeton in the ECAC semis and to St. Lawrence in the ECAC consolation.

In this scenario, among other things, auto-qualifier Air Force flips seven pairwise comparisons and climbs to #13 in the PWR, and Cornell barely edges out Minnesota for the #14 spot and fourth ECAC spot.  Minnesota still makes it at #15, as only Bemidji State remains as an auto-qualifier to take the #16 spot.

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Bill Fenwick
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