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# Bishop Guertin wins tiebreaker with Winnacunnet, gets top seed in D1 girls basketball
- URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/bishop-guertin-wins-tiebreaker-with-winnacunnet-gets-top-seed-in-d1-girls-basketball/
- Published: 2012-02-27T22:05:34.000Z
- Updated: 2012-02-27T22:05:34.000Z
- Description: The Bishop Guertin and Winnacunnet high school girls basketball teams couldn't have been any more identical when it came to beating opponents in Division I this season.
- Author: Joe Marchilena
- Tags: Division I, Division II, Winter Sports, Alvirne, Bishop Guertin, girls basketball, Nashua North, Nashua South, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-18 04:44

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The Bishop Guertin and Winnacunnet high school girls basketball teams couldn't have been any more identical when it came to beating opponents in Division I this season.

Both finished the season 17-1, with a win against every one else in the division, including each other. While that seems like a tiebreaking nightmare for the NHIAA, it wasn't. According to the tiebreaking procedures, rating is what breaks a tie, not record. While the Cardinals and the Warriors split the head-to-head meetings this year, Bishop Guertin had a better rating against tournament teams, thanks to having one more road win than Winnacunnet.

That means the Cardinals will have a rematch against No. 16 Concord (2-16) in the first round of the tournament. Bishop Guertin defeated Concord 71-32 on Feb. 24, and will host the Crimson Tide again on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

The winner will face either No. 9 Nashua South (8-10) or No. 8 Keene (9-9) in the quarterfinals. Keene will host South, also on Wednesday, and defeated the Panthers by one-point at home on Dec. 13\. South earned a win at home over the Blackbirds on Feb. 17, part of a stretch in which the Panthers won six of their final seven games.

No. 4 Manchester Memorial (14-4) will host No. 13 Timberlane (7-11) in the preliminary round Wednesday, with the winner facing either No. 12 Trinity (7-11) or No. 5 Pinkerton (13-5) in the quarterfinals.

On the other side of the bracket, No. 2 Winnacunnet hosts No. 15 Exeter (5-13) to open the tournament, while No. 7 Dover (11-7) hosts No. 10 Manchester Central (8-10). The winner of those two games will meet in the quarterfinals.

No. 11 Alvirne (7-11) plays at No. 6 Nashua North (12-6) on Wednesday, the third time those two teams will meet. North took the first meeting on Dec. 9 and Alvirne took the rematch on Jan. 3\. The winner of that game faces either No. 3 Londonderry (16-2) or No. 14 Salem (7-11) in the quarterfinals.

All quarterfinal games are scheduled for March 3 at 7 p.m. at the higher seed, while the semifinals will be held March 7 at Southern New Hampshire University, starting at 5:30 p.m. The final will be held March 10 at 7:30 p.m., also at SNHU.