Jeffrey Beyer wrote: >--- Mike Greenberg wrote: >OK, the way I see it, if Cornell beats Union, and Brown beats SLU, cornell >will be tied with SLU for total points.... > >We split the season series with SLU, but we beat them in goal differential >(9-6) I believe that goals is the second tiebreaker, and if so, does this >mean that we can secure 8th place tomorrow and host a game on tuesday? >--- end of quoted material --- >No, not exactly. >Cornell surpass SLU only in certain cases. Here's why. True, if you're tied >in points, you split the season series. >But the next tiebreaker is record vs. Top 4. > >Clarkson, Brown and Harvard are IN the top 4. The fourth team could be RPI, >Colgate or UVM. >If Colgate finishes in the Top 4, SLU takes the tiebreaker. If UVM is in the >Top 4, Cornell takes the tiebreaker. If RPI is in the Top 4, it goes to the >next tiebreaker (record vs top 8) and im too lazy to do those calculations too. > >In short, hope for an RPI/Colgate tie and a UVM win, and then Cornell will jump >over SLU into 8th If RPI is in the top four, SLU would take the tiebreaker. The other teams in the Top 8 would be Clarkson, Brown, Harvard, Colgate, RPI, UVM and Princeton. SLU's record against these teams would be 6-8-0, for 12 points. Cornell's record is 3-9-2, for 8 points. So Cornell's only hope is the scenario Jeffrey presented. (Vermont would take a 3-way tie for 4th between UVM, RPI and Colgate) See you later, John -- John C.K. Edwards Stats Geek, Ottawa Jr Senators (25-24-3 56pts) (CJHL) Carleton U., Law IV I don't give a damn about being liked, [log in to unmask] but I sure as hell intend to be respected. Canadian [Tier II] Jr. A standings: http://www.eng.carleton.ca/chat/~jedwards