ECAC first round playoffs - likely winners

[billhoward]

OK, pick the winners in this weekend's March 3-4-5 best-of-three series:

 9 Princeton       at 8 Clarkson      7:00 pm (Friday)   
10 Quinnipiac      at 7 Rensselaer    7:00 pm    
11 Yale            at 6 Union         7:00 pm    
12 Brown           at 5 St. Lawrence  7:30 pm  

Cornell gets to play the third-lowest seeded survivor. If this goes by form, it's RPI. If 5, 6, or 7 loses, it could be Clarkson. [edit correction:] If all goes according form, Cornell as #3 plays #6 Union, else RPI, else Clarkson depending on who else falters. Top seeds 1-2-3-4 are Dartmouth, Colgate, Cornell, Harvard.

>>> http://www.ecachockeyleague.com/news/men/ecachl_wk-20_m-weekly-05 The Big Green won the tiebreaker vs. the Raiders and will be the No. 1 seed heading into the playoffs. Colgate is No. 2, while Cornell is No. 3 and Harvard is No. 4.

[The Rancor]

Princeton, Q, Yale, St. Larry

[redhair34]

Bill I think you mean we'd play Union if all went according to the seeding.


My picks,

SLU, Union, RPI, Clarkson

[Dpperk29]

i'll go out on a limb here... Clarkson over Prineton, SLU beats brown, Yale bullies Union around and advances, and by some sick twist of fate, RPI stumbles and QU wins it in three.

[Trotsky]

[quote billhoward]OK, pick the winners in this weekend's March 3-4-5 best-of-three series:

 9 Princeton       at 8 Clarkson      7:00 pm (Friday)   
10 Quinnipiac      at 7 Rensselaer    7:00 pm    
11 Yale            at 6 Union         7:00 pm    
12 Brown           at 5 St. Lawrence  7:30 pm  

Cornell gets to play the third-lowest seeded survivor. If this goes by form, it's RPI. If 5, 6, or 7 loses, it could be Clarkson.[/quote]

Our possible opponents:

Qpc (Yal and Brn win)
Prn (Exactly 2 among Qpc, Yal and Brn win)
Clk (Exactly 2 among Qpc, Yal and Brn win)
RPI (Yal or Brn win)
UC (SLU wins)

[Trotsky]

I think all 4 hosts win.  In decreasing order of confidence, SLU > Clk > UC > RPI

[billhoward]

My math failed me on the initial post. Among the four survivors, top-seeded Colgate plays the lowest ranked, Dartmouth plays second-lowest ranked, Cornell plays third-lowest ranked. It would be impossible for us to play Brown or Yale and improbable that we play Quinnipiac.

[billhoward]

Each host team is likely to win. I don't think all four will win. Yale could take out Union. Princeton over Clarkson is not beyond the realm of possible. Brown over St. Lawrence ain't going to happen even if Yann Denis discovered a magical fifth year of eligibility for Bruno.

[calgARI '07]

In my column, I picked:

SLU in 2
Yale in 3
Quinnipiac in 3
Clarkson in 2

[KeithK]

[q] Each host team is likely to win. I don't think all four will win. [/q]It's the ECAC so it's very likely that there will be at least one upset.  But I don't think I can pick any specific upset in the first round  except maybe Union because of their less than stellar playoff history.

[andyw2100]

[quote billhoward]My math failed me on the initial post. Among the four survivors, top-seeded Colgate plays the lowest ranked, Dartmouth plays second-lowest ranked, Cornell plays third-lowest ranked. It would be impossible for us to play Brown or Yale and improbable that we play Quinnipiac.[/quote]

Sorry, Bill, but it wasn't just the math that failed you. Colgate is the number two seed, behind Dartmouth.

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                      Andy W.

[jy3]

http://board.uscho.com/showthread.php?p=2434314#post2434314

[Rita]

I'll take SLU (2), Clarkson (2), QU (2) and Union (3)

[dford\'94]

Let's not discount the fact that Union has NEVER won a playoff series in their ECAC history and they have been hosts on at least two occasions.  That can weigh heavily on a team.

I like SLU (2), RPI (3), Yale (3), and Clarkson (2)

[Trotsky]

[quote dford'94]Let's not discount the fact that Union has NEVER won a playoff series in their ECAC history and they have been hosts on at least two occasions.  That can weigh heavily on a team.[/quote]

Or they could use it as more motivation.

Union history of playoff ineptitude:

94 #6 QF #3 RPI
95 #10 1R #7 Princeton
97 #5 QF #4 RPI
00 #10 1R #1 St. Lawrence
01 #9 1R #2 St. Lawrence
03 #6 1R #11 RPI (hosted)
04 #8 1R #9 Clarkson (hosted)
05 #8 1R #9 Clarkson (hosted)