1991 ECAC West playoff pairings: #8 Cortland State (10-12-1 league, 12-12-1 overall) at #1 Mercyhurst (15-3, 16-10-1) #7 Oswego State (14-12-1, 14-12-1) at #2 Elmira (23-3, 23-3) #6 Fredonia State (14-9-1, 15-9-1) at #3 Geneseo State (21-3-3, 22-3-3) #5 Union (16-4-3, 17-5-3) at #4 R.I.T. (14-5-2, 15-9-2) All first round games will be played Tuesday, 2/26. All games start at 7:30 PM with the exception of Cortland-Mercyhurst, which will begin at 2:30 PM. The semifinals will be held Friday and the Championship game on Saturday, with the sites and times to be announced on Wednesday. Although Union finished with a better league record than RIT, they will be forced to travel to Rochester on Tuesday to face the Tigers. Even more surprising is that the ECAC seeded Mercyhurst #1, even though they finished 3rd in the league standings, behind Elmira and Geneseo, who were 1-2 in the last NCAA poll. The ECAC has a seven-step formula to determine the seedings in the tournament. If anyone knows what these seven steps are, I'd be interested in hearing.