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.