JDP
Masters Student
Posts: 581
Reg: 11-23-04
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02-12-23 12:10 PM - Post#351449
In response to JDP
Weekend went as expected …
Columbia – Princeton – Harvard – Penn all control their destiny.
If Columbia (who is at Harvard next Friday) and Princeton (who is at Yale next Saturday, home to Harvard in two Saturday’s and at Penn to end the season) win out (the Lions have the far easier schedule for a sweep) – it will come down to the how the Crimson & Quakers and perhaps Eli finish … with the Penn at Yale game next Friday being critical …If Penn is alone in 3rd – likely advantage Princeton – if Harvard is alone in 3rd or the Crimson and Quakers are tied for 3rd – likely advantage Columbia
In the race for 3rd: Harvard has Columbia at home and Princeton on the road. Penn is at Yale and home to Princeton. Both are at Cornell. Penn is at Dartmouth where Harvard is home to Dartmouth. Realtime RPI has Harvard 3-1 (beating Columbia- Losing to Princeton who wins the league) and Penn 2-2 (losing at Yale and home to Princeton). But I would lean towards the “underdog” Lions and Quakers next Friday.
Yale is two games behind – but still alive –their biggest obstacle is being 100 point behind on Net Ranking and that Penn & Princeton have wins over the Lions and they were swept – so if they are tied with a team, very hard to get the tiebreaker – the Elis really need Princeton to finish a game ahead of Columbia.
• If Yale wins out getting to 9 wins and everyone beats Brown, Cornell & Dartmouth – I do not believe Yale wins any of the potential 9-5 tiebreaker scenarios … so either Columbia or Princeton need to get swept or Harvard and/or Penn have to go 1-3
• If Harvard and/or Penn are swept than Yale can go 3-1 and get in with 8 wins
• If Harvard and/or Penn are swept and Yale goes 2-2, those two wins need to be Penn & Princeton - to beat out Penn - Princeton needs to finish ahead of Columbia ... to beat out Harvard, Harvard needs to be swept by Columbia
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