I didn't run the numbers myself, but others who have said that if the games
that UVM didn't play counted as forfeits (another of the options that some
fans discussed), then Cornell, Clarkson, and RPI would have all ended up
tied for 3rd.  The final order would have then been Cornell, then RPI, then
Clarkson based on H-2-H amongst those three.
 
So there was one option that could have affected the standings, though it
sounds as if it were an option that the ECAC AD's never really considered.
 
Robb
 
 
-----Original Message-----
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Subject:        Re: ECAC Tiebreakers
 
Thanks Bill.
 
Here's the reason I was asking.  I was trying to calcuate the effect of the
method the ECAC picked to deal with the Vermont situation.  I compared the
actual outcome with not counting ANY of the Vermont games.  With the method
picked, Harvard finished tied for sixth, but lost the tie breaker, so they
got seeded seventh.  If the none of the Vermont games had counted, Harvard
would have tied Dartmouth for seventh place, but would have won the
head-to-head, so they would have gotten seeded seventh.  So for all that
some made of the ECAC's decision, it actually came to nothing.
 
Clay
 
(Bill, sorry for the redundant message.)
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Fenwick [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 12:18 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: ECAC Tiebreakers
>
> On Mar 6, 12:04, Satow, Clay wrote:
> >Simple question, I think.
> >
> >Can someone tell me how the ECAC resolved the ties between
> Harvard/Princeton
> >and Cornell/Clarkson to determine the playoff seedings?
>
> Eh, somewhat simple...  Cornell won the first tiebreaker, head-to-head
> record,
> by going 2-0 against Clarkson.  Princeton and Harvard split their two
> games, so
> we go to the second tiebreaker, record against the top five teams (St.
> Lawrence, Colgate, Rensselaer, Cornell, and Clarkson).  There, Princeton
> wins
> the tiebreaker, with a 3-5-2 record compared to Harvard's 1-8-1.
>
 
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