Jayson Moy says:
 
>In order for Cornell to win the ECAC, they first must beat Clarkson as
>Greg has said.
 
>Secondly, if Cornell wins on Sat and Clarkson loses, Cornell wins the
>ECAC.
 
        Or if Cornell wins and Clarkson ties, or if Cornell ties and
Clarkson loses...  I think a Cornell sweep and a Colgate-Clarkson tie
is the Red's best chance.
 
>If Clarkson wins and Cornell wins, Cornell wins the ECAC ONLY if
>Vermont and Princeton are in the Top4, and Harvard is in the Top 8.
 
        Yep.  Cornell wins a tie-breaker with Clarkson if and only if
either
        a) Vermont and Princeton are the other two teams in the top 4,
and Harvard hangs onto 8th place.
        or b) Colgate is in the top 4.
 
Since Colgate has to sweep (among other things) to make the top 4,
option b) is only relevant if Cornell beats Clarkson, Clarkson loses
to Colgate and Cornell loses to St. Lawrence.
 
        I've probably crunched (by hand) all the ECAC tiebreaker
numbers I'm going to for the time being, so I'll post what I have.
The fact that five different teams could claim the third and fourth
spots (I'm not sure if all ten combinations are possible) does not
simplify things.
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