ECAC
Playoff Possibilities
Possibilities and commentary courtesy Bill Fenwick;
formatting © 2008, Joe Schlobotnik (archives),
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Clarkson (29 Points)
- This Weekend
- Princeton, Quinnipiac
- On Their Own
-
Clinches first by beating
Princeton, or tying Princeton and beating Quinnipiac
- Best Case
- First
- Worst Case
-
Finish second if they lose to
Princeton and the Tigers don't lose to St. Lawrence.
- Tiebreakers
- Could win or lose against Princeton
Princeton (28 Points)
- This Weekend
- At Clarkson, at St. Lawrence
- On Their Own
-
Finish first with a win over
Clarkson and at least a tie against St. Lawrence
- Best Case
- First
- Worst Case
-
Would finish second if they lose
to Clarkson.
- Tiebreakers
- Beats Harvard; could win or lose against Clarkson
Harvard (24 Points)
- This Weekend
- At Colgate, at Cornell
- On Their Own
-
Wrap up third place with three
points on the weekend
- Best Case
- Third
- Worst Case
-
Fall to eighth with two
losses if Colgate also beats Dartmouth, Yale sweeps, Union
beats Brown, and Quinnipiac gets at least three points. This
would set up a three-way tie for sixth place among Yale,
Colgate, and Harvard, with the tiebreakers putting the Crimson
eighth.
- Tiebreakers
-
Beat Union and Quinnipiac; lose to Princeton; could win or
lose against Cornell, Colgate, and Yale
Union (23 Points)
- This Weekend
- At Yale, at Brown
- On Their Own
-
A sweep guarantees the Dutchmen fourth place
- Best Case
-
Finish third with a sweep if
Harvard gets no more than two points on the weekend.
- Worst Case
-
Would drop to eighth if they
get swept, Cornell gets at least one point, Quinnipiac gets at
least two points, Yale does not lose to RPI, and
Colgate sweeps.
- Tiebreakers
-
Lose to Harvard; could win or lose against Cornell,
Quinnipiac, Yale, and Colgate
Cornell (23 Points)
- This Weekend
- Dartmouth, Harvard
- On Their Own
- Finish fourth with two wins
- Best Case
-
Get third with a sweep if Union
does not win twice.
- Worst Case
-
Fall to eighth if they lose
twice, Quinnipiac gets at least two points, and Colgate and
Yale sweep
- Tiebreakers
-
Beat Quinnipiac and Colgate; could win or lose against
Harvard, Union, and Yale
Quinnipiac (22 Points)
- This Weekend
- At St. Lawrence, at Clarkson.
- On Their Own
-
Three points would give Quinnipiac sixth place.
- Best Case
-
Climb to third with a sweep if
Harvard gets no more than one point and Cornell and Union get
no more than two points each (so either Cornell and Harvard
would have to tie, or Cornell would have to beat Harvard and
lose to Dartmouth).
- Worst Case
-
Finish eighth with two losses
if Yale gets at least three points and Colgate gets at least
two points.
- Tiebreakers
-
Lose to Harvard and Cornell; could win or lose against Union,
Yale, and Colgate.
Yale (20 Points)
- This Weekend
- Union, RPI
- On Their Own
-
Have already clinched eighth
place and can do no better without help
- Best Case
-
Clinches fourth with a sweep if
Cornell loses twice, Union does not beat Brown, and Quinnipiac
gets no more than one point
- Worst Case
-
Eighth
- Tiebreakers
-
Could win or lose against Harvard, Union, Cornell, Quinnipiac,
and Colgate.
Colgate (20 Points)
- This Weekend
- Harvard, Dartmouth
- On Their Own
-
Can do no better than eighth
place without help
- Best Case
-
Wrap up fourth with a sweep if
Cornell loses twice, Union ties Yale and loses to Brown, and
Quinnipiac gets no more than two points.
- Worst Case
-
Eighth
- Tiebreakers
-
Lose to Cornell; could win or lose against Harvard, Union,
Quinnipiac, and Yale
Brown (13 Points)
- This Weekend
- RPI, Union
- On Their Own
-
A sweep guarantees the Bears ninth place
- Best Case
-
Ninth
- Worst Case
-
Fall to twelfth if they lose
twice, Dartmouth gets at least one point, and St. Lawrence
gets at least two points.
- Tiebreakers
-
Beat Dartmouth and St. Lawrence; could win or lose
against RPI
RPI (13 Points)
- This Weekend
- At Brown, at Yale
- On Their Own
-
Clinch ninth place with a
sweep.
- Best Case
-
Ninth
- Worst Case
-
Finishes twelfth if they lose
twice, Dartmouth gets at least one point, and St. Lawrence
gets at least two points
- Tiebreakers
-
Beats Dartmouth and St. Lawrence; could win or lose against
Brown
Dartmouth (13 Points)
- This Weekend
- At Cornell, at Colgate
- On Their Own
-
Wraps up tenth place with two
wins
- Best Case
-
Would finish ninth with a
sweep if Brown and RPI tie or if the winner of that
game does not win their other game.
- Worst Case
-
Would drop to twelfth if they
lose twice and St. Lawrence gets at least one point.
- Tiebreakers
-
Lose to Brown, RPI, and St. Lawrence.
St. Lawrence (12 Points)
- This Weekend
- Quinnipiac, Princeton
- On Their Own
-
Can do no better than twelfth
place without help
- Best Case
-
Rise to ninth with a sweep if
Dartmouth does not win twice and the Brown-RPI winner
loses its other game (if they tie, then neither can win their
other game)
- Worst Case
-
Twelfth
- Tiebreakers
- Beat Dartmouth; lose to Brown and RPI