ECAC Playoff Possibilities

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Clarkson (30 Points)

Tonight:

at Dartmouth.

Possible Finish:

First or Second.

On Their Own:

Clinch First with a tie.

Tiebreakers:

Win against St. Lawrence if tied with 31 points, or if Cornell do not finish in the top five, otherwise lose.

Possibilities

With a win or tie, finish first.

With a loss:

Finish first if St. Lawrence lose.
Finish first if St. Lawrence tie, Cornell lose, and either RPI or Princeton win.
Finish second if St. Lawrence tie, Cornell lose, and neither RPI nor Princeton win.
Finish second if St. Lawrence tie and Cornell win or tie.
Finish second if St. Lawrence win.

St. Lawrence (29 Points)

This Weekend:

at Vermont.

Possible Finish:

First or Second.

On Their Own:

Already clinched Second.

Tiebreakers:

Win against Clarkson if tied at 30 points and Cornell finish in the top five, otherwise lose.

Possibilities

With a win:

Finish first if Clarkson lose.
Finish second if Clarkson win or tie.

With a tie:

Finish first if Clarkson lose and Cornell win or tie.
Finish first if Clarkson and Cornell lose, and neither RPI nor Princeton win.
Finish second if Clarkson and Cornell lose, and either RPI or Princeton win.
Finish second if Clarkson win or tie.

With a loss, finish second.

Harvard (25 Points)

Tonight:

Princeton.

Possible Finish:

Third, Fourth or Fifth.

On Their Own:

Clinch Third with a win

Tiebreakers:

Lose to Cornell; Beat Dartmouth if Cornell do not finish in the top five, otherwise lose.

Possibilities

With a win, finish third.

With a tie:

Finish third if Dartmouth lose or tie.
Finish third if Dartmouth win, Cornell lose, and RPI win.
Finish fourth if Dartmouth win, and either Cornell win or tie, or RPI lose or tie.

With a loss:

Finish third if Dartmouth lose and Cornell lose or tie.
Finish third if Dartmouth tie and Cornell lose.
Finish fourth if Dartmouth lose and Cornell win.
Finish fourth if Dartmouth and Cornell both tie.
Finish fourth if Dartmouth win and Cornell lose or tie.
Finish fifth if Dartmouth win or tie and Cornell win.

Dartmouth (24 Points)

Tonight:

Clarkson.

Possible Finish:

Third, Fourth or Fifth.

On Their Own:

Clinch Fourth with a win or tie.

Tiebreakers:

Beat Cornell and RPI; beat Harvard if Cornell in the top five, otherwise lose.

Possibilities

With a win:

Finish third if Harvard lose.
Finish third if Harvard tie, and either Cornell win or tie, or RPI lose or tie.
Finish fourth if Harvard tie, Cornell lose, and RPI win.
Finish fourth if Harvard win.

With a tie:

Finish third if Harvard lose and Cornell win or tie.
Finish fourth if Harvard and Cornell both lose.
Finish fourth if Harvard win or tie.

With a loss:

Finish fourth if Cornell lose or tie.
Finish fifth if Cornell win.

Cornell (23 Points)

Tonight:

Union.

Possible Finish:

Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth or Seventh.

On Their Own:

Clinch Fifth with a win.

Tiebreakers:

Lose to Dartmouth and Princeton; beat Harvard; beat RPI unless also tied with Princeton, otherwise lose.

Possibilities

With a win:

Finish third if Harvard and Dartmouth both lose.
Finish fourth if Harvard or Dartmouth, but not both, lose.
Finish fifth if neither Harvard nor Dartmouth lose.

With a tie, finish fifth.

With a loss:

Finish fifth if neither RPI nor Princeton win.
Finish sixth if Princeton wins and RPI loses or ties.
Finish sixth if RPI wins and Princeton loses.
Finish seventh if RPI wins and Princeton wins or ties.

RPI (22 Points)

Tonight:

at Colgate.

Possible Finish:

Fifth, Sixth, Seventh or Eighth.

On Their Own:

Clinch Sixth with a win or tie.

Tiebreakers:

Beat Princeton; lose to Dartmouth; beat Cornell or Yale if also tied with Princeton, otherwise lose.

Possibilities

With a win:

Finish fifth if Cornell lose.
Finish sixth if Cornell win or tie.

With a tie:

Finish fifth if Cornell lose and Princeton win.
Finish sixth otherwise.

With a loss:

Finish sixth if neither Princeton nor Yale win.
Finish sixth if Princeton tie and Yale win.
Finish seventh if Princeton win and Yale lose or tie.
Finish seventh if Princeton lose and Yale win.
Finish eighth if Princeton and Yale both win.

Princeton (21 Points)

Tonight:

at Harvard.

Possible Finish:

Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth.

On Their Own:

Clinch Seventh with a win.

Tiebreakers:

Beat Cornell; lose to RPI; beat Yale if tied at 22 points and Cornell finish in the top five, otherwise lose.

Possibilities

With a win:

Finish fifth if Cornell and RPI both lose.
Finish sixth if Cornell or RPI, but not both, lose.
Finish seventh if neither Cornell nor RPI lose.

With a tie:

Finish eighth in Yale win, Cornell lose, and RPI win.
Finish seventh otherwise.

With a loss:

Finish seventh if Yale lose.
Finish eighth otherwise.

Yale (20 Points)

Tonight:

at Brown.

Possible Finish:

Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, or Ninth.

On Their Own:

Clinch Eighth with a tie.

Tiebreakers:

Beat RPI unless also tied with Princeton, otherwise lose; beat Princeton if tied at 21 points, or Cornell do not finish in the top five, otherwise lose; beat Union unless Cornell finish in the top five, otherwise lose.

Possibilities

With a win:

Finish sixth if Princeton and RPI both lose.
Finish seventh if Princeton lose and RPI win or tie.
Finish seventh if Princeton tie, RPI win, and Cornell lose.
Finish seventh if Princeton win and RPI lose.
Finish eighth if Princeton win and RPI win or tie.
Finish eighth if Princeton tie, unless RPI win and Cornell lose.

With a tie:

Finish seventh if Princeton lose.
Finish eighth otherwise.

With a loss:

Finish ninth if Union win and neither Princeton nor RPI win.
Finish eighth otherwise.

Union (18 Points)

Tonight:

at Cornell.

Possible Finish:

Eighth, Ninth, or Tenth.

On Their Own:

Clinch Ninth with a tie.

Tiebreakers:

Beat Vermont; Beat Yale if Cornell finish in the top five, otherwise lose; Beat Colgate unless also tied with Vermont, otherwise lose.

Possibilities

With a win:

Finish eighth if Yale lose and neither Princeton nor RPI win.
Finish ninth otherwise.

With a tie, finish ninth.

With a loss:

Finish ninth if Colgate lose.
Finish ninth if Colgate tie and Vermont lose or tie.
tenth otherwise.

Colgate (17 Points)

Tonight:

RPI.

Possible Finish:

Ninth, Tenth or Eleventh.

On Their Own:

Clinch Tenth with a win or tie.

Tiebreakers:

Beat Vermont; beat Union if also tied with Vermont, otherwise lose.

Possibilities

With a win:

Finish ninth if Union lose.
Finish tenth if Union win or tie.

With a tie:

Finish ninth if Union lose and Vermont win.
Finish tenth otherwise.

With a loss:

Finish tenth if Vermont lose or tie.
Finish eleventh if Vermont win.

Vermont (16 Points)

Tonight:: St. Lawrence.
Possible Finish:: Tenth or Eleventh.
On Their Own:: Already clinched Eleventh.
Tiebreakers:: Lose to Union and Colgate.
Possibilities: With a win, finish tenth if Colgate lose.; Finish eleventh otherwise.