Bracketology: Division I boys basketball (Feb. 24)

It’s a little more than one week until the start of the boys basketball postseason in New Hampshire, so here is a look at where each team stands and who is in and who is out in Division I.

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Note: With the NHIAA’s new 70-percent rule in place for the postseason, Division I boys basketball will have 13 playoff teams. Standings based off results reported to NHIAA.org and other media outlets.

Division I

Playoff field

1. Portsmouth (16-0, 4.0000)
2. Bedford (13-3, 3.2500)
3. Spaulding (12-3, 3.2000)
4. Winnacunnet (12-3, 3.2000)
5. Exeter (10-5, 2.6667)
6. Merrimack (10-5, 2.6667)
7. Londonderry (9-6, 2.4000)
8. Nashua North (8-7, 2.1333)
9. Bishop Guertin (7-8, 1.8667)
10. Manchester Memorial (7-8, 1.8667)
11. Alvirne (7-8, 1.8667)
12. Nashua South (7-10, 1.6471)
13. Salem (6-9, 1.6000)

Outside: Pinkerton (6-9, 1.6000); Manchester Central (5-11, 1.2500); Concord (4-11, 1.0667); Dover (4-12, 1.0000);  Keene (3-12, 0.8000); Trinity (0-16, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

• Spaulding wins the tiebreaker with Winnacunnet thanks to a head-to-head victory.
• Exeter wins the tiebreaker with Merrimack thanks to a head-to-head victory.
• Bishop Guertin wins the three-way tiebreaker with Manchester Memorial and Alvirne thanks to a better rating in head-to-head games. Memorial wins the tiebreaker with Alvirne thanks to a head-to-head win.
• Salem wins the tiebreaker with Pinkerton thanks to a head-to-head victory.

First-round byes

• No. 1 Portsmouth
• No. 2 Bedford
• No. 3 Spaulding

First-round games

• No. 9 Bishop Guertin at No. 8 Nashua North
• No. 12 Nashua South at No. 5 Exeter
• No. 13 Salem at No. 4 Winnacunnet
• No. 10 Manchester Memorial at No. 7 Londonderry
• No. 11 Alvirne at No. 6 Merrimack