{"id":35081,"date":"2011-02-17T05:00:20","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T11:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=35081"},"modified":"2020-08-24T21:32:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T02:32:21","slug":"union-finds-the-top-but-isnt-interested-in-enjoying-the-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2011\/02\/17\/union-finds-the-top-but-isnt-interested-in-enjoying-the-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Union finds the top but isn’t interested in enjoying the view"},"content":{"rendered":"
There are four games left for most teams in ECAC Hockey; five for Harvard and Brown. Here’s the state of the chaos in the regular season’s penultimate week.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Colgate (six points) can’t finish higher than ninth place.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Harvard (seven points) and St. Lawrence (11 points) can’t finish higher than seventh.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Brown (13 points) and Quinnipiac (16 points) could finish as high as fourth, but the Bobcats won’t finish last.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Clarkson (17 points) could finish anywhere between 11th and third.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Princeton (20 points) could still place as high as third, but could fall as far as ninth.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Both Rensselaer (21 points) and Cornell (22) are still clinging to shots at first place, but could slide to ninth as well in worst-case scenarios.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Dartmouth (24 points) will wind up somewhere between first and seventh.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Yale (28 points) and Union (29) have assured themselves top-five finishes.<\/p>\n
While it isn’t a lock, Union also has what appears to be the record-vs.-top-four edge on RPI in a potential tiebreaker situation; that means that the Dutchmen are looking good (even better than they do at first glance) for a first-round bye.<\/p>\n
Forgotten Ivy, memorable team<\/h4>\n
It’s true, Union has never been an Ivy League school, though its standards, traditions and associations overlap those of Ivy institutions quite frequently. The Dutchmen and Dutchwomen don’t get athletic scholarships, either, which puts Union on a more or less level playing field with the Ivies.<\/p>\n