2012-13 Schedule

[Robb]

If it were up to me I'd like each team to see each other once in the Fall semester and once in the Spring.  Home-and-homes would be right smack in the middle.

Damn straight. aBcDeXAbCdE.

But we have to make sure our home and home against Colgate is the absolute worst weather weekend of the year.  It's not the same otherwise.

Things have changed.  The absolute worst weather weekend used to be the RPI-UVM trip.  Yeah, yeah, I know... a lot of things have changed.  But looking up through a blinding snowstorm at the bank weather display in downtown Burlington and seeing "-18" (I assume C, but hey, maybe F) is among the memorable experiences of life.

I'm assuming that was when Army was in the ECAC?  Why not have Army and RPI be travel partners?  I realize this all ended 15+ years ago but a Hudson pairing makes more sense than involving Vermont.

Because that would leave Vermont and Princeton as the remaining two without partners, and that didn't make any sense at all.

Wasn't it RPI-Army, Vermont-Dartmouth, Yale-Princeton, Harvard-Brown, Cornell-Colgate, Clarkson-SLU?

That's how I would have done it.

[Rita]

If it were up to me I'd like each team to see each other once in the Fall semester and once in the Spring.  Home-and-homes would be right smack in the middle.

Damn straight. aBcDeXAbCdE.

But we have to make sure our home and home against Colgate is the absolute worst weather weekend of the year.  It's not the same otherwise.

Things have changed.  The absolute worst weather weekend used to be the RPI-UVM trip.  Yeah, yeah, I know... a lot of things have changed.  But looking up through a blinding snowstorm at the bank weather display in downtown Burlington and seeing "-18" (I assume C, but hey, maybe F) is among the memorable experiences of life.

Kind of like why we have the Yale-Brown and Princetion-Quinnipaic pairings rather than Yale-Q and Brown Princeton.

I'm assuming that was when Army was in the ECAC?  Why not have Army and RPI be travel partners?  I realize this all ended 15+ years ago but a Hudson pairing makes more sense than involving Vermont.

Because that would leave Vermont and Princeton as the remaining two without partners, and that didn't make any sense at all.

[Beeeej]

If it were up to me I'd like each team to see each other once in the Fall semester and once in the Spring.  Home-and-homes would be right smack in the middle.

Damn straight. aBcDeXAbCdE.

But we have to make sure our home and home against Colgate is the absolute worst weather weekend of the year.  It's not the same otherwise.

Things have changed.  The absolute worst weather weekend used to be the RPI-UVM trip.  Yeah, yeah, I know... a lot of things have changed.  But looking up through a blinding snowstorm at the bank weather display in downtown Burlington and seeing "-18" (I assume C, but hey, maybe F) is among the memorable experiences of life.

I'm assuming that was when Army was in the ECAC?  Why not have Army and RPI be travel partners?  I realize this all ended 15+ years ago but a Hudson pairing makes more sense than involving Vermont.

Because that would leave Vermont and Princeton as the remaining two without partners, and that didn't make any sense at all.

Wasn't it RPI-Army, Vermont-Dartmouth, Yale-Princeton, Harvard-Brown, Cornell-Colgate, Clarkson-SLU?

That's how I would have done it.

I believe at the time, it was RPI-Vermont, Princeton-Army, Harvard-Dartmouth, Cornell-Colgate, Clarkson-SLU, Yale-Brown.

[jtwcornell91]

If it were up to me I'd like each team to see each other once in the Fall semester and once in the Spring.  Home-and-homes would be right smack in the middle.

Damn straight. aBcDeXAbCdE.

But we have to make sure our home and home against Colgate is the absolute worst weather weekend of the year.  It's not the same otherwise.

Things have changed.  The absolute worst weather weekend used to be the RPI-UVM trip.  Yeah, yeah, I know... a lot of things have changed.  But looking up through a blinding snowstorm at the bank weather display in downtown Burlington and seeing "-18" (I assume C, but hey, maybe F) is among the memorable experiences of life.

I'm assuming that was when Army was in the ECAC?  Why not have Army and RPI be travel partners?  I realize this all ended 15+ years ago but a Hudson pairing makes more sense than involving Vermont.

Because that would leave Vermont and Princeton as the remaining two without partners, and that didn't make any sense at all.

Wasn't it RPI-Army, Vermont-Dartmouth, Yale-Princeton, Harvard-Brown, Cornell-Colgate, Clarkson-SLU?

That's how I would have done it.

I believe at the time, it was RPI-Vermont, Princeton-Army, Harvard-Dartmouth, Cornell-Colgate, Clarkson-SLU, Yale-Brown.

Yep.  In the absence of Penn (or Columbia) hockey, what to do with Princeton sort of drives the travel partnerships.  Princeton to West Point is a fairly reasonable drive, since you can take 287 and avoid NYC altogether.

Anything's got to be better than the Cornell-Columbia Ivy basketball travel partnership...

[Trotsky]

I believe at the time, it was RPI-Vermont, Princeton-Army, Harvard-Dartmouth, Cornell-Colgate, Clarkson-SLU, Yale-Brown.

See 85-91 chart.

[Chris 02]

If it were up to me I'd like each team to see each other once in the Fall semester and once in the Spring.  Home-and-homes would be right smack in the middle.

Damn straight. aBcDeXAbCdE.

But we have to make sure our home and home against Colgate is the absolute worst weather weekend of the year.  It's not the same otherwise.

Things have changed.  The absolute worst weather weekend used to be the RPI-UVM trip.  Yeah, yeah, I know... a lot of things have changed.  But looking up through a blinding snowstorm at the bank weather display in downtown Burlington and seeing "-18" (I assume C, but hey, maybe F) is among the memorable experiences of life.

I'm assuming that was when Army was in the ECAC?  Why not have Army and RPI be travel partners?  I realize this all ended 15+ years ago but a Hudson pairing makes more sense than involving Vermont.

Because that would leave Vermont and Princeton as the remaining two without partners, and that didn't make any sense at all.

Wasn't it RPI-Army, Vermont-Dartmouth, Yale-Princeton, Harvard-Brown, Cornell-Colgate, Clarkson-SLU?

That's how I would have done it.

I believe at the time, it was RPI-Vermont, Princeton-Army, Harvard-Dartmouth, Cornell-Colgate, Clarkson-SLU, Yale-Brown.

Yep.  In the absence of Penn (or Columbia) hockey, what to do with Princeton sort of drives the travel partnerships.  Princeton to West Point is a fairly reasonable drive, since you can take 287 and avoid NYC altogether.

Anything's got to be better than the Cornell-Columbia Ivy basketball travel partnership...

Did I-287 even exist back in the early 90s for that trip?

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

If it were up to me I'd like each team to see each other once in the Fall semester and once in the Spring.  Home-and-homes would be right smack in the middle.

Damn straight. aBcDeXAbCdE.

But we have to make sure our home and home against Colgate is the absolute worst weather weekend of the year.  It's not the same otherwise.

Things have changed.  The absolute worst weather weekend used to be the RPI-UVM trip.  Yeah, yeah, I know... a lot of things have changed.  But looking up through a blinding snowstorm at the bank weather display in downtown Burlington and seeing "-18" (I assume C, but hey, maybe F) is among the memorable experiences of life.

I'm assuming that was when Army was in the ECAC?  Why not have Army and RPI be travel partners?  I realize this all ended 15+ years ago but a Hudson pairing makes more sense than involving Vermont.

Because that would leave Vermont and Princeton as the remaining two without partners, and that didn't make any sense at all.

Wasn't it RPI-Army, Vermont-Dartmouth, Yale-Princeton, Harvard-Brown, Cornell-Colgate, Clarkson-SLU?

That's how I would have done it.

I believe at the time, it was RPI-Vermont, Princeton-Army, Harvard-Dartmouth, Cornell-Colgate, Clarkson-SLU, Yale-Brown.

Yep.  In the absence of Penn (or Columbia) hockey, what to do with Princeton sort of drives the travel partnerships.  Princeton to West Point is a fairly reasonable drive, since you can take 287 and avoid NYC altogether.

Anything's got to be better than the Cornell-Columbia Ivy basketball travel partnership...

Did I-287 even exist back in the early 90s for that trip?

It opened in '93.  But even then, you could take the Parkway to the Turnpike.

[David Harding]

Did I-287 even exist back in the early 90s for that trip?

Wikipedia knows all

[jtn27]

Did I-287 even exist back in the early 90s for that trip?

Wikipedia knows all

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFBDn5PiL00

[jtwcornell91]

Princeton to West Point is a fairly reasonable drive, since you can take 287 and avoid NYC altogether.

Anything's got to be better than the Cornell-Columbia Ivy basketball travel partnership...

Did I-287 even exist back in the early 90s for that trip?

It opened in '93.  But even then, you could take the Parkway to the Turnpike.

Ah, I remember taking it to Kingston from football games at Penn around Thanksgiving, but come to think of it the first time I did that (without going somewhere else) was in '95.

[Josh '99]

If it were up to me I'd like each team to see each other once in the Fall semester and once in the Spring.  Home-and-homes would be right smack in the middle.

Damn straight. aBcDeXAbCdE.

But we have to make sure our home and home against Colgate is the absolute worst weather weekend of the year.  It's not the same otherwise.

Things have changed.  The absolute worst weather weekend used to be the RPI-UVM trip.  Yeah, yeah, I know... a lot of things have changed.  But looking up through a blinding snowstorm at the bank weather display in downtown Burlington and seeing "-18" (I assume C, but hey, maybe F) is among the memorable experiences of life.

I'm assuming that was when Army was in the ECAC?  Why not have Army and RPI be travel partners?  I realize this all ended 15+ years ago but a Hudson pairing makes more sense than involving Vermont.

Because that would leave Vermont and Princeton as the remaining two without partners, and that didn't make any sense at all.

Wasn't it RPI-Army, Vermont-Dartmouth, Yale-Princeton, Harvard-Brown, Cornell-Colgate, Clarkson-SLU?

That's how I would have done it.

I believe at the time, it was RPI-Vermont, Princeton-Army, Harvard-Dartmouth, Cornell-Colgate, Clarkson-SLU, Yale-Brown.

Yep.  In the absence of Penn (or Columbia) hockey, what to do with Princeton sort of drives the travel partnerships.  Princeton to West Point is a fairly reasonable drive, since you can take 287 and avoid NYC altogether.

Anything's got to be better than the Cornell-Columbia Ivy basketball travel partnership...

Since I was curious:

Troy - West Point: 109 mi.
Burlington - Hanover: 96 mi.
New Haven - Princeton: 129 mi. (via the GWB, or 148 mi. via the Tappan Zee)
Cambridge - Providence: 55 mi.
Total: 389 mi. (or 408 mi.)

Troy - Burlington: 146 mi.
Princeton - West Point: 98 mi.
Cambridge - Hanover: 126 mi.
New Haven - Providence: 103 mi.
Total: 473 mi.

The way Robb suggested seemed more intuitive to me as well, and the distances would seem to bear that out, even if you detour completely around NYC on the Princeton-Yale trip.  (And even though West Point is further south than I realized.)

[RatushnyFan]

I never realized that thinking about historical travel pairings could be so much fun!

[jtn27]

Fri-Sun 3/08-3/10 ECAC Prelims
Fri-Sun 3/15-3/17 ECAC Quarters
Fri-Sat 3/22-3/23 ECAC Semi & Finals
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A friend just pointed out to me that Spring break next year is Saturday March 16 through Sunday March 24. That means that the ECAC quarterfinals will be during break. If we host the quarterfinals, the student section could be only partially filled. That's not good. It would however mean that there is an increased likelihood of students traveling to the semifinals and finals because they won't have class the day of the semis.

[snert1288]

In 2009 I remember our series against RPI was the first weekend of break and alot of people stuck around.  Though it would certainly be fewer students, I don't think it would look empty at all.

[CowbellGuy]

Whenever we host the quarterfinals, the student section is only partially filled.

FYP.