ECAC
Playoff Possibilities as of 2000 March 4
© 2000,
Joe Schlobotnik
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See also
Note
Some teams have 21-game and others 20-game schedules. Teams
with different numbers of games scheduled can only finish tied
if they end up at .500. If they end up an equal (positive)
number of games aboce .500, the team with 20 scheduled games
will finish with a higher winning percentage. If they end up an
equal number of games below .500, the team with 21 games on
their schedule will finish higher.
St. Lawrence (20-game schedule)
- Record:
- 12 games above .500
- Tonight:
- Dartmouth
- Possible Finish:
- First
Colgate (20-game schedule)
- Record:
- 9 games above .500
- Tonight:
- Yale
- Possible Finish:
- Second
Clarkson (20-game schedule)
- Record:
- 1 game above .500
- Tonight:
- Wayne State (non-conference)
- Possible Finish:
- Third, fourth or fifth
- On Their Own:
- Already clinched fifth
- Tiebreakers:
- Lose to Cornell
- Possibilities:
- If neither RPI nor Cornell win, finish third
- If either RPI or Cornell wins, but not both, finish fourth
- If both RPI and Cornell win, finish fifth
RPI (21-game schedule)
- Record:
- 1 game above .500
- Tonight:
- at Harvard
- Possible Finish:
- Third thru Eighth
- On Their Own:
- Clinch third with a win, fifth with a tie
- Tiebreakers:
-
Lose to Princeton and Cornell; can win (if Princeton and Brown
win) or lose against Dartmouth
- Possibilities:
- With a win, finish third
-
With a tie, finish fourth if Princeton and Cornell tie,
otherwise fifth
-
With a loss, finish sixth if Dartmouth, Princeton and
Brown all win, otherwise:
-
If Dartmouth does not win and Princeton and Cornell do not
tie, finish sixth
-
If Dartmouth wins or Princeton and Cornell tie, but not both,
tie, finish seventh
-
If Dartmouth wins and Princeton and Cornell tie,
tie, finish eighth
Princeton (21-game schedule)
- Record:
- at .500
- Tonight:
- at Cornell
- Possible Finish:
- Fourth thru Eighth
- On Their Own:
- Clinch fifth with a win or tie
- Tiebreakers:
- Win against Dartmouth, RPI, Cornell, and Harvard
- Possibilities:
-
With a win, finish fourth if RPI loses or ties,
fifth if RPI wins
-
With a tie, finish fifth
-
With a loss:
-
Finish sixth if Dartmouth loses or ties, and
Harvard loses
-
Finish seventh if Dartmouth loses or ties, or
Harvard loses, but not both
-
Finish eighth if Dartmouth wins and Harvard wins or
ties
Cornell (20-game schedule)
- Record:
- at .500
- Tonight:
- Princeton
- Possible Finish:
- Third, Fourth, Sixth thru Eighth
- On Their Own:
- Clinch fourth with a win, sixth with a tie
- Tiebreakers:
-
Win against Clarkson and RPI; lose to Princeton and Dartmouth;
can win or lose (if also tied with Dartmouth) against Harvard
- Possibilities:
-
With a win, finish third if RPI loses or ties,
fourth if RPI wins
-
With a tie:
- If Dartmouth loses or ties, finish sixth
-
If Dartmouth wins and RPI and Harvard do not tie, finish
seventh
-
If Dartmouth wins and RPI and Harvard tie, finish
eighth
-
With a loss, finish seventh if Dartmouth loses,
otherwise eighth
Harvard (21-game schedule)
- Record:
- at .500
- Tonight:
- RPI
- Possible Finish:
- Fourth thru Eighth
- On Their Own:
- Clinch fifth with a win, seventh with a tie
- Tiebreakers:
-
Win against Dartmouth; lose against Princeton; can win (if
also tied with Dartmouth) or lose against Cornell
- Possibilities:
-
With a win, finish fourth if Princeton and Cornell tie,
otherwise fifth
-
With a tie, finish sixth if Princeton and Cornell do
not tie, or if Dartmouth wins, otherwise seventh
-
With a loss:
-
If Dartmouth loses or ties, and Cornell loses, finish sixth
-
If Dartmouth loses or ties, or Cornell loses, but not
both, finish seventh
-
If Dartmouth wins, and Cornell wins or ties, finish eighth
Dartmouth (21-game schedule)
- Record:
- 1 game below .500
- Tonight:
- at St. Lawrence
- Possible Finish:
- Sixth thru Eighth
- On Their Own:
- Clinch seventh with a win
- Tiebreakers:
-
Win against Cornell; lose to Princeton and Harvard; can win or
lose (if Princeton and Brown win) against RPI
- Possibilities:
-
With a win, finish sixth unless RPI and Harvard tie or
Harvard, Princeton and Brown win, otherwise seventh
-
With a tie, finish seventh if Cornell loses, otherwise
eighth
-
With a loss, finish eighth
Yale (21-game schedule)
- Record:
- 4 games below .500
- Tonight:
- at Colgate
- Possible Finish:
- Ninth
Union (21-game schedule)
- Record:
- 9 games below .500
- Tonight:
- at Brown
- Possible Finish:
- Tenth or Eleventh
- Possibilities:
- With a win or a tie, finish Tenth
- With a loss, finish Eleventh
Brown (21-game schedule)
- Record:
- 10 games below .500
- Tonight:
- Union
- Possible Finish:
- Tenth or Eleventh
- Possibilities:
- With a win, finish Tenth
- With a tie or loss, finish Eleventh
