I don't doubt you - but the numbers on Mercyhurst and Wayne State are so high I wonder if they aren't jokes.  I suspect once you reach a certain level (like 100:1 or maybe 200:1) this all becomes meaningless.  Any numbers beyond a 100:1 should be just that - less than 1%.

Tom Rowe


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Carr [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 11:41 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: odds correction, plus
>
>
> I had an error in the odds I posted before, which fixed
> itself while adding
> the other two columns. Now they agree with the numbers John
> just posted
> (which they damn well ought to).
>
> To add something of value, "show" hypothesizes a consolation
> game, but does
> not include which teams would likely forfeit. :)
>
> Team                      win   place    show
> Colorado College          3:1     5:3     1:2
> Cornell                   6:1     3:1     1:2
> Minnesota                 6:1     5:2     1:4
> New Hampshire             7:1     3:1     2:5
> Boston College           12:1     5:1    even
> Boston University        14:1     6:1     3:4
> Maine                    16:1     7:1     3:1
> North Dakota             29:1    11:1     5:2
> Michigan                 30:1    13:1     4:1
> Ferris State             34:1    13:1     3:1
> MSU-Mankato              41:1    15:1     3:1
> St. Cloud State          68:1    22:1     3:1
> Harvard                  74:1    23:1     3:1
> Ohio State               89:1    27:1     4:1
> Wayne State           41590:1  3100:1   611:1
> Mercyhurst          1766618:1 48256:1  6904:1
>
> Data are from USCHO's KRACH, not recalculated on the fly.
>
> Pat Carr
>