Current speculation seems to be that the NC$$ committee will follow its
'rules' and choose at least two teams from each conference.  For the ECAC
Clarkson is in by the regular season 'courtesy bid'.  Of course if one of
the other 3 teams remaining win the tourney, then they are in.
If Clarkson takes the tourney, there would seem to be a tight race among
several teams which are all close to each other in (the current!) RPICH.
However, it seems that people are forgetting that Vermont still has a fairly
high rating and so to me it would appear that it will be decided by the
tie-breakers among Vermont, Princeton, Brown, and Colgate (if Colgate can
close the gap to within .01 of Vermont,  This might be possible by beating
RPI and then just playing a game against a highly ranked Clarkson.)
From Erik:
Rating Percentage Index for College Hockey, compiled by Erik Biever
This report includes the 746 games through 03/12/95 between teams eligible
for the Division 1 tournament.
                                                 Opp     OppOpp
                         G    W  L  T    Win%    Win%    Win%   RPICH  Delta
14  Vermont             35   19-14- 2   .5714   .5054   .4952   .5194  -----
16  Princeton           31   16-12- 3   .5645   .5017   .4949   .5157  .0037
17  Brown               30   15-12- 3   .5500   .5041   .4936   .5130  .0064
18  Colgate             34   19-14- 1   .5735   .4813   .4949   .5077  .0117
21  RPI                 33   16-13- 4   .5455   .4794   .4885   .4982  .0212
 
(Delta is the difference in RPICH from Vermont)
 
> From: Dan Kearney <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Steven Czuba <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >I was just thinking .. , and I should be working.
> >
> >Clarkson's fate is already determined. Clarkson is in no matter what.
> >
> >And if another team wins the ECAC tourney the point is moot also, since
> >Clarkson and that other team are in.
> >
> >The questions come up if Clarkson wins the tourney and RPI/Colgate/Princeton
> >(and Brown??) are left scrambling for the second spot. Given that, IMO :
> >
> >RPI beats Colgate , Princeton is in based on RPICH and H2H.
> >Colgate beats RPI , Colgate sneaks in despite losing to Princeton twice this
> >year.
>
> Actually, I think Princeton beat Colgate three times this year (once in the
> Dexter Classic at U Maine). Would this change anything? Of the teams left
> in the ECACs other than Clarkson, Princeton dominates head-to-head: 3-0-0
> v. Colgate, 1-0-1 v RPI (including a 9-1 pummeling). I understand a lot of
> weight is put on RPICH, but it seems to me that if you're going to take two
> ECAC teams and Princeton plays respectably v. Clarkson, then the second
> team ought to be Princeton (assuming Clarkson goes on to win tourney). I
> don't know-- it's obvious that I badly want these guys to go the NCAAs. Any
> way they can get there would make me happy (an ECAC tourney championship
> would be nice, though).
>
> Also, anyone know of TV coverage in the Philly/Central Jersey Area for the
> ECAC final four?
>
> Dan Kearney '96
> Princeton University
>
So it looks like Princeton is sitting well against some of the competition,
How do they do against Vermont?
 
Dave Naghski
 
(The speculative permutations will decrease somewhat tonight :-) (maybe))