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Wait, though. Before we go on a Crusade to include Woo-town in the company of New Haven as a be-sure-to-lock-your-car-doors ECAC town, let’s pose this important question: Does the ECAC really need a 12th team...
Here’s why. The ECAC could easily abandon its travel partner scheduling. Weekend series would consist of two games at one site, a departure from the current arrangement which includes a Friday game at one school followed by a Saturday game at the other. The two-game, one-site system would alleviate the scheduling problems that Brown and Yale have because their travel partners—Harvard and Princeton, respectively—break for exams in January while they want to keep playing...
Also, staying at 11 teams would cut the number of ECAC games to 20, freeing up two regular-season dates for Harvard and other Ivy League schools under the 29-game...
...gets two more, the Crimson would be able to take on two additional opponents, most likely Western powers—how about Michigan and Minnesota every year—instead of burning two games against Holy Cross (or another entrant) that will struggle upon entering the ECAC...
It’s simple, really. Wins against Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin do wonders for a team’s Ratings Percentage Index. Wins against Holy Cross, or Mercyhurst and Quinnipiac (also mentioned as ECAC candidates) wouldn’t help a team’s RPI nearly as much. And the RPI gets a team into the NCAA tournament...