Cornell's penchant for losing to losers

Does Cornell stand out by doing more of its losing to the league's weakest teams? Look at the top 4 (actually top 5 since it's a tie for fourth) of the 12 teams vs. the lowest 4:

Rank Team   ECAC    Versus bottom 4: Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, Clarkson 
#1  Yale    14-4-2  0 losses, 0 ties to bottom 4 (vs. sub-.500 teams, only 1 loss, to Harvard)
#2T Union   12-4-4  1 loss, 2 ties to bottom 4 
#2T Cornell 13-5-2  2 losses to bottom 4
#4T RPI     10-8-2  3 losses to bottom 4
#4T Colgate 10-8-2  0 losses, 1 tie to bottom 4

I think this could be as telling about Cornell's quirkiness as the Saturday night-fold theory. Only RPI has lost more games (3) than us against the teams in the bottom third of the ECAC.

(Entering final weekend. Assuming I read the WLT grid correctly: [ecachockey.com])

billhoward
Does Cornell stand out by doing more of its losing to the league's weakest teams? Look at the top 4 (actually top 5 since it's a tie for fourth) of the 12 teams vs. the lowest 4:

Rank Team   ECAC    Versus bottom 4: Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, Clarkson 
#1  Yale    14-4-2  0 losses, 0 ties to bottom 4 (vs. sub-.500 teams, only 1 loss, to Harvard)
#2T Union   12-4-4  1 loss, 2 ties to bottom 4 
#2T Cornell 13-5-2  2 losses to bottom 4
#4T RPI     10-8-2  3 losses to bottom 4
#4T Colgate 10-8-2  0 losses, 1 tie to bottom 4

I think this could be as telling about Cornell's quirkiness as the Saturday night-fold theory. Only RPI has lost more games (3) than us against the teams in the bottom third of the ECAC.

(Entering final weekend. Assuming I read the WLT grid correctly: [ecachockey.com])

I think you've proven that Yale is the best team in the conference. Which I think everyone believes already.

billhoward
Does Cornell stand out by doing more of its losing to the league's weakest teams?

Judging by what you posted, no.

Doesn't your analysis show that Cornell, Union and RPI have all struggled against some lesser teams? Only Yale and Colgate stand out.

Yes, the statistics don't make a strong case for my point. Three of the top five teams have given away too many points to the league's basement. I forgot about the two ties Union has and that means both Cornell and Union have given away 4 points. RPI is lucky it has those 2 wins over Yale to balance out its even worse record.

Cornell is 2-4-2 against the top 32 teams in D-1 (according to KRACH), and 14-4-1 against the bottom 26 teams in D-1. The 4 includes Quinnipiac, Princeton (x2), and Dartmouth.