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    Okay. It has come to my attention that vicb will not be running the ECAC Pick the Standings contest this year, and I just couldn't let it die. You may know me from the weekly RPI Pick-to-Click game and the annual ECAC Projected Standings post. As long as it's okay with vicb, I'll handle running this contest this year. I know this is coming with very short notice, but hopefully we'll still be able to get a good turnout before the ECAC schedule starts this Friday.


    So here we go again! One final cheer for jstadts for winning last year's contest, and one final jeer to Rjm7272 for keeping me from taking the bottom spot. As always, the contest is easy. Pick the ECAC Standings at the end of the 2017-18 season in order from 1-12 (no ties). Playoff seedings determine the position of the teams in case of a regular season tie. I'm changing things ever so slightly with how scores will appear, though the mechanics are the same in the end. Rather than a simple square of the distance between your prediction and the actual standings, I'm going to report the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient between each participant's predictions and the real standings. This change is just because I am difficult (and if people really complain, I can report both metrics). In the end, all scores will range between 1 and -1 (rather than between 0 and 572), and the CLOSEST TO 1 WINS. You have until the puck drops on the first ECAC contests (RPI at Union/Brown at Yale; Friday, 27 October at 7 PM EDT) to get your picks in.

    Tie breakers are:

    Pick correctly the ECACHL Regular Season Champ.
    Have the most teams in the correct order of finish.
    Have the most top 6 teams in the correct order of finish.
    I will flip a coin.

    You can change your picks at any time up till the drop of the puck of the first league game, however DO NOT EDIT THE ORIGINAL PICKS . Just put up a new post with your change.

    Here are the past winners and biggest losers since 2002:

    Year Winner Pts Last Place Pts
    2002-2003 Ken Schott 50 jen 288
    2003-2004 inobmaz 70 Earl Leatherland 300
    2004-2005 snwbrdr 82 RPIBMW 330
    2005-2006 Red Cloud 26 Papa Smurf 226
    2006-2007 Slumulva 98 The Random Number 434
    2007-2008 TchrBill 128 The Random Number 420
    2008-2009 Union93 48 cudmud 286
    2009-2010 Saints17 70 Chefvad and petal 354
    2010-2011 Go Puckman 44 sgt12 268
    2011-2012 Kepler 76 The Random Number 314
    2012-2013 Go Puckman 150 cudmud 372
    2013-2014 KnucklePuck CU 100 Old Time Hockey 274
    2014-2015 DrDemento 92 lugnut92 302
    2015-2016 jmhusker 24 ColSkate65 274
    2016-2017 jstadts 64 Rjm7272 372


    I'll post updates each week so everyone can keep track of their standing as the year progresses. Good luck everyone!
    RPI Pep Band
    GO GO GO YOU RED RED RED!!! and I guess Yale?
    🎶🎺🎺🎺 LET'S GO BLUES!

    2017-2018 RPI Pick to Click – Champion
    2013-2016 RPI Pick to Click – Back-to-Back-to-Back Runner-Up
    2014-15, 2018-19 ECAC Pick the Standings – Last Place

  • #2
    Re: ECAC Pick the Standings 2017-18

    TBRW:

    Code:
    1.	 	Harvard	
    2.	 	Cornell	
    3.	 	Quinnipiac	
    4.	 	Union	
    5.	 	Clarkson	
    6.	 	SLU	
    7.	 	Princeton	
    8.	 	Yale	
    9.	 	Colgate	
    10.	 	RPI	
    11.	 	Dartmouth	
    12.	 	Brown
    Cornell University
    National Champion 1967, 1970
    ECAC Champion 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010
    Ivy League Champion 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020

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    • #3
      Re: ECAC Pick the Standings 2017-18

      To kick us off(man, Kepler is fast...), here are the non-user submitted predictions that will also participate this year:

      The Random Number
      1. Clarkson
      2. RPI
      3. Quinnipiac
      4. Cornell
      5. Princeton
      6. St. Lawrence
      7. Dartmouth
      8. Yale
      9. Harvard
      10. Colgate
      11. Union
      12. Brown

      Mr. Last Year
      1. Harvard
      2. Union
      3. Cornell
      4. St. Lawrence
      5. Quinnipiac
      6. Clarkson
      7. Princeton
      8. Yale
      9. Dartmouth
      10. Colgate
      11. RPI
      12. Brown

      The Media
      1. Harvard
      2. Quinnipiac
      3. Cornell
      4. Princeton
      5. Clarkson
      6. Union
      7. Yale
      8. St. Lawrence
      9. Dartmouth
      10. RPI
      11. Brown
      12. Colgate

      The Coaches
      1. Harvard
      2. Quinnipiac
      3. Cornell
      4. Clarkson
      5. Princeton
      6. Union
      7. St. Lawrence
      8. Yale
      9. Dartmouth
      10. RPI
      11. Colgate
      12. Brown
      Last edited by lugnut92; 10-23-2017, 01:57 PM.
      RPI Pep Band
      GO GO GO YOU RED RED RED!!! and I guess Yale?
      🎶🎺🎺🎺 LET'S GO BLUES!

      2017-2018 RPI Pick to Click – Champion
      2013-2016 RPI Pick to Click – Back-to-Back-to-Back Runner-Up
      2014-15, 2018-19 ECAC Pick the Standings – Last Place

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      • #4
        Re: ECAC Pick the Standings 2017-18

        If the preseason is any indication, Random Number actually has a good shot at winning this.

        Also, I was told there'd be no math...

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        • #5
          Re: ECAC Pick the Standings 2017-18

          Kepler:

          Code:
          1.	 	Harvard	
          2.	 	Cornell	
          3.	 	Quinnipiac	
          4.	 	Clarkson
          5.	 	Princeton
          6.	 	Union
          7.	 	SLU
          8.	 	Colgate
          9.	 	Yale
          10.	 	RPI
          11.	 	Dartmouth	
          12.	 	Brown
          Cornell University
          National Champion 1967, 1970
          ECAC Champion 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010
          Ivy League Champion 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020

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          • #6
            Re: ECAC Pick the Standings 2017-18

            Originally posted by lugnut92 View Post
            To kick us off(man, Kepler is fast...)
            Several times I blew it and had to beg mercy for TBRW because it had been published earlier. This time I was taking no chances.
            Cornell University
            National Champion 1967, 1970
            ECAC Champion 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010
            Ivy League Champion 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020

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            • #7
              Re: ECAC Pick the Standings 2017-18

              Originally posted by FlagDUDE08 View Post
              If the preseason is any indication, Random Number actually has a good shot at winning this.
              Harvard (and RPI, sorry Ralph) screw them, otherwise, yeah, not too shabby for ol' RN.
              Cornell University
              National Champion 1967, 1970
              ECAC Champion 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010
              Ivy League Champion 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020

              Comment


              • #8
                Re: ECAC Pick the Standings 2017-18

                miker

                Code:
                1.	 	Harvard	
                2.	 	Cornell	
                3.	 	Clarkson	
                4.	        Quinnipiac
                5.	 	Princeton	
                6.	 	Yale	
                7.	 	RPI	
                8.	 	Dartmouth		
                9.	 	Union
                10.	 	SLU 	
                11.	 	Colgate
                12.	 	Brown
                Golden Knights Roundtable

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                • #9
                  Re: ECAC Pick the Standings 2017-18

                  IsThereADog:

                  1. Quinnipiac
                  2. Harvard
                  3. Cornell
                  4. Clarkson
                  5. Princeton
                  6. Yale
                  7. Dartmouth
                  8. St. Lawrence
                  9. Union
                  10. Brown
                  11. Colgate
                  12. RPI

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                  • #10
                    Re: ECAC Pick the Standings 2017-18

                    1. Harvard
                    2. Clarkson
                    3. Quinnipiac
                    4. Princeton
                    5. Cornell
                    6. RPI
                    7. Yale
                    8. Union
                    9. St. Lawrence
                    10. Brown
                    11. Colgate
                    12. Dartmouth

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                    • #11
                      Re: ECAC Pick the Standings 2017-18

                      My own (slightly less biased than usual) personal prediction:
                      1. RPI
                      2. Harvard
                      3. Quinnipiac
                      4. Cornell
                      5. Yale
                      6. Clarkson
                      7. Princeton
                      8. Union
                      9. Colgate
                      10. SLU
                      11. Dartmouth
                      12. Brown
                      RPI Pep Band
                      GO GO GO YOU RED RED RED!!! and I guess Yale?
                      🎶🎺🎺🎺 LET'S GO BLUES!

                      2017-2018 RPI Pick to Click – Champion
                      2013-2016 RPI Pick to Click – Back-to-Back-to-Back Runner-Up
                      2014-15, 2018-19 ECAC Pick the Standings – Last Place

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                      • #12
                        Re: ECAC Pick the Standings 2017-18

                        Dear God lugman what are you smoking...Colgate as high as 9th?! LOL j/k...good luck to the Engineers this season, your delusional #1 pick is what makes upsets so special.
                        C O L G A T E
                        2023 ECAC CHAMPION
                        1990 NCAA FINALS
                        https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tiU0vQxIQE8


                        ECAC Pick the Standings Champion, 2008
                        ECAC Pick 'Em Champion, 2010 & 2015
                        ECAC Pick the Playoffs Champion, 2016

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                        • #13
                          Re: ECAC Pick the Standings 2017-18

                          Originally posted by TchrBill View Post
                          Dear God lugman what are you smoking...Colgate as high as 9th?! LOL j/k...good luck to the Engineers this season, your delusional #1 pick is what makes upsets so special.
                          I never do particularly well, but I'd rather lose with RPI picked at #1 than win based on their failure.
                          RPI Pep Band
                          GO GO GO YOU RED RED RED!!! and I guess Yale?
                          🎶🎺🎺🎺 LET'S GO BLUES!

                          2017-2018 RPI Pick to Click – Champion
                          2013-2016 RPI Pick to Click – Back-to-Back-to-Back Runner-Up
                          2014-15, 2018-19 ECAC Pick the Standings – Last Place

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                          • #14
                            Re: ECAC Pick the Standings 2017-18

                            1. Clarkson
                            2. Harvard
                            3. Quinnipiac
                            4. Princeton
                            5. Cornell
                            6. RPI
                            7. Union
                            8.Yale
                            9. SLU
                            10. Dartmouth
                            11. Brown
                            12. Colgate

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                            • #15
                              Re: ECAC Pick the Standings 2017-18

                              1 CCT
                              2 Harvard
                              3 RPI
                              4 QU
                              5 Cornell
                              6 Yale
                              7 Dartmouth
                              8 Union
                              9 Princeton
                              10 SLU
                              11 Colgate
                              12 Brown
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