Re: Ties and Various Point Systems There has been some discussion, among fans, about making wins worth more points in order to "encourage" teams to play for wins in order to make the game more exciting. I've added up the ECAC conference games using 3 different point systems: 1) 2 pts win, 1 pt tie, 0 pts loss; 2) 3 pts win, 1 pt tie, 0 pts loss; 3) 5 pts win, 2 pt tie, 0 pts loss. I've also included normalized points per game (PPG) in order to be fair to teams with fewer games played. (As of Dec 5, 1994) 2,1,0 3,1,0 5,2,0 Team W L T Pts PPG/2 Pts PPG/3 Pts PPG/5 RPI 5 0 0 10 1.000 15 1.000 25 1.000 Brown 6 2 0 12 0.750 18 0.750 30 0.750 Clarkson 3 1 1 7 0.700 10 0.667 17 0.680 Dartmouth 2 1 1 5 0.625 7 0.583 12 0.600 Harvard 4 3 1 9 0.563 13 0.542 22 0.550 Vermont 2 2 0 4 0.500 6 0.500 10 0.500 Princeton 3 4 0 6 0.429 9 0.429 15 0.429 Yale 2 4 1 5 0.357 7 0.333 12 0.343 Cornell 1 3 2 4 0.333 5 0.278 9 0.300 Union 1 3 1 3 0.300 4 0.267 7 0.280 Colgate 1 4 1 3 0.250 4 0.222 7 0.233 St Lawrence 1 4 0 2 0.200 3 0.200 5 0.200 NOTES: The team rankings based on PPG do not change between the systems. The team rankings based on total points do not change between the systems except to break the 'tie' between Vermont and Cornell. I'll let you draw your own conclusions on the issue of ties, etc. David Sullivan RPI '92