Subject:                               Time:3:19 PM
  OFFICE MEMO          RE> ECAC Playoff Picture               Date:95.02.19
 
 
Jayson Moy <[log in to unmask]> presents the following possibilities for the ECAC
finish:
 
>
>  Standings       Pts     Poss Pts        Poss Pos  Clinch Pts    Left
>
>  1   Brown       25      33              1-10       Clinched
@U,@R,CL,SLU
>      Clarkson    25      33              1-10       Clinched     Vt,D,@B,@H
>  3   Harvard     21      29              1-11       1
@R,@U,SLU,CL
>  4   RPI         20      28              1-12       2
H,B,@COR,@COL
>  5   Colgate     19      27              1-12       3            @Y,@P,U,R
>  6   Vermont     18      26              1-12       4
@CL,@SLU,P,Y
>  7   Princeton   17      25              2-12       5
COR,COL,@V,@D
>  8   SLU         16      24              3-12       6            D,V,@H,@B
>  9   Cornell     15      23              3-12       7            @P,@Y,R,U
>      Yale        15      23              3-12       7
COL,COR,@D,@V
>  11  Union       13      21              3-12       -
B,H,@COL,@COR
>  12  Dartmouth   12      20              4-12       -
@SLU,@CL,Y,P
>
 
I'm confused about the "Poss Pos" column. For example, if Brown loses all the
rest of their games, they wind up with the 25 points they currently have.
Even if all the other teams win every game they play (which they all can't,
since they'll be playing against one another), then all the other teams will
wind up with the points shown in the "Poss Pts" column. Comparing Brown's 25
points-in-hand with everyone else's possible points, it's easy to see that
Brown can't finish any lower than a sixth place tie with Princeton. Then why
does Brown's "Poss Pos" go as low as tenth place??? Same question for
Clarkson.
 
Bob Stagat
RPI '64 & '68