Cornell's penchant for losing to losers

[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: http://ecachockey.com/men/2009-10/standings)

[ugarte]

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: http://ecachockey.com/men/2009-10/standings)

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

[Josh '99]

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

Judging by what you posted, no.

[RatushnyFan]

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

[billhoward]

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.

[ebilmes]

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.