ECAC Playoff Possibilities as of 1998 March 7

Adapted from two-game possibilities generated by Bill Fenwick

Yale:

Tonight:

at Rensselaer.

Possible Finish:

First or Second.

On Their Own:

Clinch first with a win.

Tiebreakers:

Loses to Clarkson.

Possibilities:

With a win, finish first

With a tie, finish first if Clarkson loses or ties, otherwise second.

With a loss, finish first if Clarkson loses, otherwise second

Clarkson:

Tonight:

Cornell.

Possible Finish:

First or Second.

On Their Own:

Already clinched second.

Tiebreakers:

Win against Yale.

Possibilities:

With a win, finish first if Yale loses or ties, otherwise second.

With a tie, finish first if Clarkson loses, otherwise second.

With a loss, finish second.

Rensselaer:

Tonight:

Yale.

Possible Finish:

Third.

Tiebreakers:

Irrelevant.

Possibilities:

Will finish third.

Brown:

Tonight:

at Vermont.

Possible Finish:

Fourth.

Tiebreakers:

Win against Colgate.

Possibilities:

Will finish fourth.

Colgate:

Tonight:

at St. Lawrence.

Possible Finish:

Fifth, sixth, seventh or eighth.

On Their Own:

Clinch fifth place with a win or tie.

Tiebreakers:

Lose to Brown, Cornell and Harvard; win against Princeton, unless also tied with Harvard.

Possibilities:

With a win or tie, finish fifth.

With a loss:

• Finish fifth if neither Cornell nor Harvard wins.
• Finish sixth if Cornell wins and Harvard doesn't, or if Harvard wins and Cornell and Princeton don't.
• Finish seventh if Cornell and Harvard win and Princeton doesn't, or if Princeton and Harvard win and Cornell doesn't.
• Finish eighth if Cornell, Harvard and Princeton all win.

Cornell:

Tonight:

at Clarkson.

Possible Finish:

Fifth, sixth, seventh or eighth.

On Their Own:

Clinch sixth with a win.

Tiebreakers:

Win against Colgate, Princeton, Harvard, Dartmouth and Vermont.

Possibilities:

With a win, finish fifth if Colgate loses, otherwise sixth.

With a tie:

• Finish sixth if neither Princeton nor Harvard wins.
• Finish seventh if Princeton nor Harvard wins, but not both.
• Finish eighth if Princeton and Harvard both win.

With a loss:

• Finish sixth if Princeton and Harvard both lose.
• Finish seventh if Princeton nor Harvard loses, but not both.
• Finish eighth if neither Princeton nor Harvard loses.

Princeton:

Tonight:

at Union.

On Their Own:

Clinch seventh with a win, eighth with a tie.

Possible Finish:

Fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth or ninth.

Tiebreakers:

Win against Harvard and Dartmouth; lose to Cornell and Colgate; lose to Vermont unless also tied with Harvard and Dartmouth.

Possibilities:

With a win:

• Finish fifth if Colgate loses, Harvard wins, and Cornell doesn't win.
• Finish sixth if Colgate loses and Harvard and Cornell win, or if Colgate doesn't lose and Cornell doesn't win.
• Finish seventh if Cornell wins and Colgate doesn't lose.

With a tie:

• Finish sixth if Cornell loses and Harvard doesn't win.
• Finish seventh if Harvard wins and Cornell loses or if Cornell doesn't win and Harvard doesn't lose.
• Finish eighth if Harvard wins and Cornell doesn't lose.

With a loss:

• Finish seventh if Harvard loses to Dartmouth.
• Finish eighth if Harvard doesn't lose to Dartmouth and Vermont doesn't win.
• Finish ninth if Vermont wins and Harvard doesn't lose to Dartmouth.

Harvard:

Tonight:

at Dartmouth.

Possible Finish:

Fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth or tenth.

On Their Own:

Clinch eighth with a win or tie.

Tiebreakers:

Win against Colgate, lose to Cornell, Princeton and Vermont; win against Dartmouth unless also tied with Vermont.

Possibilities:

With a win:

• Finish fifth if Colgate loses and Cornell and Princeton don't win.

• Finish sixth if Colgate doesn't lose and Cornell and Princeton don't win, or if Colgate loses and Cornell or Princeton--but not both--wins.

• Finish seventh if Colgate doesn't lose and Cornell or Princeton--but not both--wins, or if Colgate loses and and Cornell and Princeton don't win.

• Finish eighth if Colgate doesn't lose and Cornell and Princeton both win.

With a tie:

• Finish sixth if Cornell and Princeton both lose.
• Finish seventh if Cornell or Princeton--but not both--loses.
• Finish eighth if Cornell and Princeton don't lose.

With a loss:

• Finish eighth if Vermont doesn't win.
• Finish tenth if Vermont wins.

Dartmouth:

Tonight:

Harvard.

Possible Finish:

Eighth, ninth, tenth or eleventh.

On Their Own:

Clinch ninth with a win, tenth with a tie.

Tiebreakers:

Lose to Cornell and Princeton; win against Vermont and St. Lawrence; lose to Harvard unless also tied with Vermont.

Possibilities:

With a win:

• Finish eighth if Vermont wins.
• Finish ninth if Vermont doesn't win.

With a tie:

• Finish ninth if Vermont doesn't win.
• Finish tenth if Vermont wins.

With a loss:

• Finish ninth if Vermont loses and St. Lawrence doesn't win.

• Finish tenth if Vermont loses and St. Lawrence wins, or if and Vermont doesn't lose and St. Lawrence doesn't win.

• Finish eleventh if St. Lawrence wins and Vermont doesn't lose.

Vermont:

Tonight:

Brown.

Possible Finish:

Eighth, ninth, tenth or eleventh.

On Their Own:

Clinch ninth with a win, tenth with a tie.

Tiebreakers:

Lose to Cornell and Dartmouth; beat Harvard and St. Lawrence; beat Princeton unless also tied with Dartmouth and Harvard.

Possibilities:

With a win:

• Finish eighth if Princeton loses and Dartmouth doesn't beat Harvard.
• Finish ninth otherwise.

With a tie:

• Finish ninth if Darmouth loses.
• Finish tenth if Dartmouth doesn't lose.

With a loss:

• Finish tenth if St. Lawrence doesn't win.
• Finish eleventh if St. Lawrence wins.

St. Lawrence:

Tonight:

Colgate.

Possible Finish:

Ninth, tenth or eleventh.

On Their Own:

Already clinched eleventh.

Tiebreakers:

Loses to Dartmouth and Vermont.

Possibilities:

With a win:

• Finish ninth if Dartmouth and Vermont both lose.
• Finish tenth if Dartmouth or Vermont loses, but not hboth
• Finish eleventh if neither Dartmouth nor Vermont loses.

With a tie or loss, finish eleventh.

Union:

Tonight:

Princeton.

Possible Finish:

Twelfth.

Tiebreakers:

Irrelevant.

Possibilities:

Will finish twelfth.