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>>I now count 15 eligible teams from the ECAC East, 7 from the SUNYAC, 4
>>from the ECAC West, and 18 from the ECAC North/South/Central for a total
>>of 44 D-III teams in the East.  The West has a total of 14 teams (9 from
>>the MIAC and 5 from the NCHA).  The ratio is therefore 3.14 to 1.
>                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>  Submitted for your consideration .... :-)  Isn't it amazing how so many
>seemingly unrelated things/events converge on The Golden Ratio - but college
>hockey too  <grin> <grin>  I can almost hear the RPI undergrads even as I
>type this: E to the x dy/dx ...
 
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt.....
 
the Golden Ratio is 1.618 to 1, or (sqrt(5)+1)/2, or one solution to the
equation  X - 1 = 1/X
 
What kind of math DO they teach at RPI, anyway?