After a 19 month hiatus, we're back with another year of specious predictions in this season's ECAC KRACH predictions thread. As always, this early in the season, KRACH needs some help to be real and finite for every team. Instead of the hypothetical tie, I'm trying out a different little mathematical trick using last year's results (for those teams that played last year). It shouldn't make too much of a difference, and these are just for fun anyway.
For this year, I am also changing how I handle games decided in OT to match how they're handled in pairwise. That is, OT wins will only count as 0.55 wins, and conversely OT losses will count as 0.45 wins. I don't really love those specific numbers, but with the move to 3x3 OT, I cannot really rate wins in extra time as equivalent to wins in regulation. All games that end in shootouts will still be considered ties, as before.
It's also worth noting that instead of each game having three possible outcomes this year, each game has 6 possible outcomes, which massively inflates the number of possibilities. The points table will also be 50% larger this year with the move to three point games. Oh boy.
Anyway, obviously at this point the Ivies are all the same, because even looking at last year doesn't provide any information for them. What can you do.
For this year, I am also changing how I handle games decided in OT to match how they're handled in pairwise. That is, OT wins will only count as 0.55 wins, and conversely OT losses will count as 0.45 wins. I don't really love those specific numbers, but with the move to 3x3 OT, I cannot really rate wins in extra time as equivalent to wins in regulation. All games that end in shootouts will still be considered ties, as before.
It's also worth noting that instead of each game having three possible outcomes this year, each game has 6 possible outcomes, which massively inflates the number of possibilities. The points table will also be 50% larger this year with the move to three point games. Oh boy.
Anyway, obviously at this point the Ivies are all the same, because even looking at last year doesn't provide any information for them. What can you do.