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02-24-17 03:36 PM - Post#223257
In response to mrjames
reposting some great tweets by Mr James on tiebreakers:
Mike Jamesâ€@ivybball
Penn is the favorite right now. A win over COL would make it an overwhelming favorite but anything other than a COL sweep is fine or better.
Mike Jamesâ€@ivybball
In the vast, vast majority of scenarios, the 2/3 game is Harvard-Yale & Princeton is the 1, opening with, well, that's where things get fun.
Mike Jamesâ€@ivybball
Of course, there are also some crazier scenarios where a 3-7 team wins out, but let's treat those with the reasonableness they deserve.
Mike Jamesâ€@ivybball
So, for Yale, 8-6 is obviously in. 7-7 would be good so long as the Penn-Columbia loser loses one more game.
Mike Jamesâ€@ivybball
Given that Yale already is 0-2 vs PRIN & would likely be 0-2 vs HAR for this to be an issue, record vs other qualified teams would be rough.
Mike Jamesâ€@ivybball
If Yale needs a tiebreaker to qualify, it will have won at <= 1 game down the stretch. If that game isn't vs COL, it will split H2H breaker.
Mike Jamesâ€@ivybball
Harvard is pretty locked into the 2/3 game unless it loses out (& loses breakers) or makes up 2 gms (prob 3 given tiebreakers) on Princeton.
Mike Jamesâ€@ivybball
Princeton will be the 1-seed at 12-2 or better unless Harvard wins out & the other team the Tigers lose to isn't Columbia & gets the 4-seed.
Mike Jamesâ€@ivybball
With less than 7 hrs to tip, let's reset the Ivy race & provide the cheat sheet for understanding the impacts of various games this weekend.
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