On Nov 29, 2:50, Kepler wrote:
> For purposes of the PWR and RPICH metrics, is
> Cornell's loss to Niagara in the 18th minute of the
> first overtime a "loss" or a "tie"? I recall the debate
> of a few seasons ago concerning tourny games that
> exceed five minutes of overtime, but don't know
> whether the rulings have changed.
To my (certainly not all-encompassing) knowledge, nothing has changed. Under
PWR/RPI, a win is a win, a loss is a loss, and a tie is a tie, no matter how
much overtime is played.
The only situation I can think of in which what you see may not be what you get
would be (gads, how many W's can I get in this sentence??) if the tournament
game in question were also being counted as a conference game. Say if Cornell
and Colgate were to meet in the first round of the SIT, and the ECAC were to
designate this as a conference meeting, rather than a non-league game. If the
game were to go into OT for more than five minutes, it would likely be
considered a tie by the ECAC -- but again, not by the NCAA for PWR/RPI purposes
(or any other purposes).
Tournament games as conference games does happen, though very rarely at the
Div. I level; the last one I can recall was in Union's first year of Div. I
competition (1991-92), when their meeting with RPI in the RPI Invitational was
considered a conference game.
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