[log in to unmask] (Jayson Moy) wrote:
 
>[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
 
This also means that Brown is eliminated from the playoffs.
 
Jayson
 
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