ECAC
Playoff Possibilities
Possibilities courtesy Bill Fenwick;
formatting © 2001,
Joe Schlobotnik
(archives),
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http://www.slack.net/~whelan/tbrw/tbrw.cgi?2001/ecacposs.010302.shtml
See also
St. Lawrence (29 Points)
- This Weekend:
- At Dartmouth, at Vermont.
- Possible Finish:
- First or Second.
- On Their Own:
- Clinch first with a sweep.
- Tiebreakers:
- Could win or lose against Clarkson.
- Worst Case
- Finish second if Clarkson gets at least two more points
than they do
Clarkson (28 Points)
- This Weekend:
- At Vermont, at Dartmouth.
- Possible Finish:
- First or Second.
- On Their Own:
- Already clinched second.
- Tiebreakers:
- Could win or lose against St. Lawrence.
- Best Case
-
Finish first with a sweep if St. Lawrence gets no more than
two points.
Cornell (23 Points)
- This Weekend:
- RPI, Union.
- Possible Finish:
- Third through Eighth.
- On Their Own:
- Clinch third with a sweep.
- Tiebreakers:
- Lose to Dartmouth and Yale; could win or lose against
Harvard, RPI, and Princeton.
- Worst Case
-
Would finish eighth with two losses if Princeton sweeps, RPI
also beats Colgate, Dartmouth gets at least one point, Harvard
and Yale tie, and Yale beats Brown. This would set up at
least a three-way tie among Yale, Princeton, and Cornell
(four-way if Dartmouth gets only one point), and the
tiebreakers would put Cornell eighth.
Harvard (23 Points)
- This Weekend:
- Yale, Princeton.
- Possible Finish:
- Third through Eighth.
- On Their Own:
- Clinch fourth with a sweep
- Tiebreakers:
- Beats RPI; loses to Yale; could win or lose
against
Cornell, Dartmouth, and Princeton
- Best Case
- Finish third with two wins if Cornell does not win
twice.
- Worst Case
- Drop to eighth if they get swept, Yale and Princeton
also
beat Brown, RPI wins twice, Cornell beats Union, and Dartmouth
picks
up at least three points.
Dartmouth (22 Points)
- This Weekend:
- St. Lawrence, Clarkson.
- Possible Finish:
- Third through Ninth.
- On Their Own:
- Finish fifth with three points
- Tiebreakers:
- Beat Cornell; lose to Yale, Princeton, and Union;
could win
or lose against Harvard and RPI.
- Best Case
- Clinch third if they sweep and Cornell and Harvard do
not.
- Worst Case
- Would finish ninth if they lose twice, Union sweeps, Yale
and
RPI pick up at least two points each, and Princeton gets at
least
three points.
Yale (20 Points)
- This Weekend:
- At Harvard, at Brown.
- Possible Finish:
- Third through Tenth.
- On Their Own:
- Clinch Sixth with a sweep.
- Tiebreakers:
- Beat Cornell, Harvard, and Dartmouth; could win or lose
against RPI, Princeton, Union, and Vermont.
- Best Case
- Would finish third with two wins if Dartmouth gets no more
than
two points and Cornell and Harvard get no more than one point each.
- Worst Case
- Fall to tenth with two losses if Vermont sweeps, Union
and
Princeton get at least two points each, and RPI gets at least
three
points more than Dartmouth (so that Dartmouth does not finish in the
top
five).
RPI (20 Points)
- This Weekend:
- At Cornell, at Colgate.
- Possible Finish:
- Third through Ninth.
- On Their Own:
- Clinch Seventh with three points
- Tiebreakers:
- Beat Princeton and Vermont; lose to Harvard; could win
or
lose against Cornell, Dartmouth, Yale, and Union.
- Best Case
- Clinch third with a sweep if Yale beats Harvard but not
Brown, Cornell also loses to Union, Harvard also loses to Princeton,
and
Dartmouth gets no more than two points.
- Worst Case
- Finish ninth if they lose twice, Yale gets at least one
point, and Union and Princeton get at least two points each.
Princeton (19 Points)
- This Weekend:
- At Brown, at Harvard.
- Possible Finish:
- Third through Eleventh.
- On Their Own:
- Clinches eighth place with three points.
- Tiebreakers:
- Beats Dartmouth and Union; loses to RPI; could
win or
lose against Cornell, Harvard, Yale, Vermont, and Colgate.
- Best Case
- Finish third with a sweep if Cornell loses twice, Rens-
selaer loses to Colgate, Yale beats Harvard but loses to Brown, and
Dartmouth gets exactly one point. This sets up a four-way tie among
Princeton, Dartmouth, Cornell, and Harvard, with the tiebreakers
giving
third place to the Tigers.
- Worst Case
- Fall to eleventh if they lose twice, Colgate sweeps,
Union
beats Cornell, Yale gets at least two more points than Dartmouth, and
Vermont gets exactly three points. This sets up a three-way tie among
Colgate, Vermont, and Princeton, with the tiebreakers putting the
Tigers
eleventh.
Union (18 Points)
- This Weekend:
- At Colgate, at Cornell.
- Possible Finish:
- Fifth through Eleventh.
- On Their Own:
- Clinch Ninth with three points.
- Tiebreakers:
- Beat Dartmouth; lose to Princeton; could win or lose
against Yale, RPI, Vermont, and Colgate.
- Best Case
- Clinch fifth with a sweep if Dartmouth loses twice, Yale
gets no more than one point, and RPI and Princeton get no more
that two points each.
- Worst Case
- Finish eleventh if they get swept, Colgate also beats
RPI, and Vermont picks up at least three points.
Vermont (16 Points)
- This Weekend:
- Clarkson, St. Lawrence.
- Possible Finish:
- Seventh through Eleventh.
- On Their Own:
- Clinch Tenth with a sweep.
- Tiebreakers:
- Lose to RPI and Colgate; could win or lose
against
Yale, Princeton, and Union.
- Best Case
- Finish seventh with a sweep if Yale loses twice,
RPI
picks up at least three more points than Dartmouth (so that Dartmouth
is
not in the top five), and either Princeton and Union get no more than
one
point each or Princeton loses twice and Union loses to Cornell.
- Worst Case
- Would place eleventh if they get no more than one point
and
Colgate picks up at least one more point than they do.
Colgate (15 Points)
- This Weekend:
- Union, RPI.
- Possible Finish:
- Eighth through Eleventh.
- On Their Own:
- Already clinched eleventh place.
- Tiebreakers:
- Beat Vermont; could win or lose against Princeton and
Union.
- Best Case
- Finish eighth with a sweep if Princeton loses twice,
Union
also loses to Cornell, and Vermont gets exactly three points. This
sets
up a three-way tie among Colgate, Princeton, and Vermont, with the
tie-breakers giving Colgate eighth place.
Brown (7 Points)
- This Weekend:
- Princeton, Yale.
- Possible Finish:
- Twelfth.
- Tiebreakers:
- Irrelevant.
- Possibilities:
- Will finish twelfth.