After reviewing the ECAC tiebreaking procedures, the following question comes
to mind:
 
Scenario One:
1. Brown   30
2. Clark   29
3. Colgate 25
4. Harvard / Vermont 23
 
Since Harvard/Vermont split, you must look at the next tie break - record
against top four. Well, since they're currently both in the top four,
effectively the next tiebreak has become a record against only the top 3. The
question is, is this the valid interpretation of this tie break ?
 
This also points out,that if both teams tied are in the top 1,2 or 3 positions
- the next tie break becomes best record against top 2 (since the records
against each other are a wash).
 
Take this a step further and use a 3 team example:
1. Brown 30
2. Clark 27
3. Harvard / Princeton / Colgate with 25 points.
 
This would mean the record against the top 2 for the Top 4 tiebreak ? Again,
am I interpretting this tiebreaker properly ?
 
NOTES:
        There are some scenarios that my program has worked out leading down from
Head to head, Top 4, Top 8, Goals against head to head, down to goals against
Top 4 (Princeton and Harvard and some others I can't remember now). What a
nasty year for the ECAC tiebreaking geniuses.
 
steve czuba
RPI 86