> >>I now count 15 eligible teams from the ECAC East, 7 from the SUNYAC, 4
> >>from the ECAC West, and 18 from the ECAC North/South/Central for a total
> >>of 44 D-III teams in the East.  The West has a total of 14 teams (9 from
> >>the MIAC and 5 from the NCHA).  The ratio is therefore 3.14 to 1.
> >                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >  Submitted for your consideration .... :-)  Isn't it amazing how so many
> >seemingly unrelated things/events converge on The Golden Ratio - but college
> >hockey too  <grin> <grin>  I can almost hear the RPI undergrads even as I
> >type this: E to the x dy/dx ...
>
> Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt.....
>
> the Golden Ratio is 1.618 to 1, or (sqrt(5)+1)/2, or one solution to the
> equation  X - 1 = 1/X
>
> What kind of math DO they teach at RPI, anyway?
 
To everyone on HOCKEY-L much better at math than I:
 
   I *knew* I'd get into trouble trying to make jokes about math with so
many mathematicians (and their ilk) on the List :-(  Mea maxima culpa for
misappropriating the "Golden Ratio" sobriquet for pi/1 instead of its
*true* meaning - I probably knew that at one time, but it's clear that
that particular memory register has long since been re-written with
something I'll probably forget just as quickly :-)  I promise - no more
math jokes !!
                                Your obedient servant - Jim
 
P.S. Wayne - I'm sorry for having dragged HOCKEY-L into this :-(
 
P.P.S.  The reference to RPI was meant to be another "joke" regarding one
        of several RPI (for want of a better term) fight songs that have
        as a concluding verse "3.14159 ...."  No dig was intended re: the
        quality of math education at RPI ....