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JDP
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Reg: 11-23-04

02-18-23 07:27 AM - Post#351868
In response to JDP

Game 11:

Three are in Columbia – Penn & Princeton … Harvard is one win or one Yale lose to earn the fourth ticket

Seeding still to come

The Lions & Tigers are tied for 1st – slight advantage for Columbia to end up with a better record than Princeton.

• Columbia (8-2) has the easiest schedule remaining: at Dartmouth – at Brown – Cornell

• Princeton (8-2) has a mini Ivy tournament: at Yale – Harvard – at Penn

Many would expect the Lions & Tigers to win out and finished tied – so tiebreakers vs. lower finishers & then NET Ratings

Penn has a 1 game lead on Harvard for 3rd place … assuming both teams lose to Princeton:

• If Penn maintains the 1 game lead: #1 Princeton vs. #4 Harvard & #2 Columbia vs. #3 Penn

• If Penn & Harvard tie for third: #1 Columbia vs. #4 Penn & #2 Princeton vs. #3 Harvard - Lions & Tigers are both 3-1 vs. 3rd place – so we go to NET Rankings where Columbia is 14 spots higher 36 vs. 50 …not sure Princeton’s harder schedule can catch them up. The Quakers & Crimson also go to NET Rankings – Crimson advantage 84 vs. 106

• If Harvard has the better record than Penn: #1 Columbia vs. #4 Penn & #2 Princeton vs. #3 Harvard

If Columbia & Princeton do not sweep – then we become very path dependent

Edited by JDP on 02-18-23 07:28 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

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