Greg Berge writes:
 
>1.  As has been pointed out, RPI would beat out Cornell for the #1 due to
>their 4-2 win in Ithaca on December 6.  The rematch is February 22 in Troy.
 
        I'm guessing that since RPI hasn't "clinched" that series, and
it's thus not listed as decided on Martin's h2hp, he went to the next
tiebreaker, where Cornell is 6/8 against the top four and RPI is 4/6.
 
>5.  It seems to me that these rules can produce an infinite loop with no
>resolution when there are ties at the 4/5 and 8/9 splits.
 
        Yep.  I've been wondering about this for a couple of years.
 
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