[log in to unmask] (John T. Whelan) wrote:
 
>        Does anyone know how exactly the ECAC handles the head-to-head
>tiebreaker among three teams?  Do they
 
>        a) Compare the records of the three teams in games among them?
>        b) Only use it if there is a clear winner (team A beat teams B
>and C head-to-head or teams A and B beat team C head-to-head); this is
>the NFL method?
 
The three teams are compared to the tiebreakers until one is
eliminated.  So if you go head to head with Yale, Brown, and
Dartmouth:
 
Brown would be 2-2 (it has to beat Dartmouth to get into the tie)
Yale would be 3-1
Dartmouth would be 1-3
 
Therefore, Yale is 10, Brown 11, and Dartmouth 12
 
Jayson
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