In the "You've Got To Be Kidding Me" Department..... The ECAC Playoff Picture is wide open, with only 2 teams clinching a playoff spot, and no one yet to clinch homeice for the quarterfinal rounds in 3 weeks. let's take a look All the below according to the standings as of 2/19/95 Tiebreakers not taken into account. Standings Pts Poss Pts Poss Pos Clinch Pts Left 1 Brown 25 33 1-10 Clinched @U,@R,CL,SLU Clarkson 25 33 1-10 Clinched Vt,D,@B,@H 3 Harvard 21 29 1-11 1 @R,@U,SLU,CL 4 RPI 20 28 1-12 2 H,B,@COR,@COL 5 Colgate 19 27 1-12 3 @Y,@P,U,R 6 Vermont 18 26 1-12 4 @CL,@SLU,P,Y 7 Princeton 17 25 2-12 5 COR,COL,@V,@D 8 SLU 16 24 3-12 6 D,V,@H,@B 9 Cornell 15 23 3-12 7 @P,@Y,R,U Yale 15 23 3-12 7 COL,COR,@D,@V 11 Union 13 21 3-12 - B,H,@COL,@COR 12 Dartmouth 12 20 4-12 - @SLU,@CL,Y,P Sets up an interesting scenario for the remaining 2 weeks. In addition: To avoid the play-down round on Tuesday March 7 Brown and Clarkson need 1 point Harvard needs 5 points RPI needs 7 points Colgate needs 7 points Vermont needs 8 points Tiebreakers are not coming into effect for any of the above, except for RPI, with their point disadvantage to princeton for the play-down position. Some games of note for the next 2 weeks: Feb 24 Harvard @ RPI for third at that time Cornell @ Princeton for position to get out of play-down Vermont @ Clarkson Feb 25 Cornell @ Yale Colgate @ Princeton Brown @ RPI Mar 3 Clarkson @ Brown perhaps for number 1 Princeton @ Vermont Yale @ Dartmouth Mar 4 RPI @ Colgate perhaps for the last home-ice Clarkson @ Harvard SLU @ Brown Of course all the games are noteworthy, but these stand out. For the first time in a long time, I can not remember where every single game in the ECAC going into the last 2 weeks could decide fates of all teams involved. Good to see, and nervewracking at the same time. Here's to a great 2 weeks of action! ***************************************************************************** * Jayson Moy RPI '89 '93 * One of the Voices of Rensselaer Engineer * * [log in to unmask] * Hockey, Baseball, Football, and Basketball * * The "Asian Invasion" * on Crystal Clear 91.5FM WRPI, Troy *EASM* * *****************************************************************************