Adam Wodon writes
 
> I don't think the team "quickly disproved its ranking."  In fact, Cornell
> had a very strong season, and was (seemingly) comfortably in first place
> going into the last 4 games of the season.
>
> Needing 3 pts in 4 games to clinch 1st place, the Red went 1-3 or 0-3-1
> down the stretch to lose the conference regular season. They then crushed
> Colgate in two games at home in the quarters and appeared to "right the
> ship" but lost in OT to SLU at the Garden. They managed to make the NCAA
> Tournament anyway based on the strength of the rest of their season, so
> they must have done pretty well for most of the year.
 
I meant only that they weren't close to number 1 nationally, except
for the preseason ranking.  Of course they were in contention for the
ECAC top spot in '91.  But my memory of the polls is not sharp, and
I'm not even sure the ranking I'm thinking of was for '91.
 
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