ECAC Playoff Possibilities as of 2000 March 4

© 2000, Joe Schlobotnik (archives)

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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:

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:

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:
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:

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

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