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# Bracketology: Division I boys basketball (March 4)
- URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/bracketology-division-boys-basketball-march-4/
- Published: 2017-03-04T15:15:10.000Z
- Updated: 2017-03-04T15:15:10.000Z
- Description: The Division I boys basketball regular season is in the books and the postseason is scheduled to begin next week. Here is what the tournament field will likely look like when the pairings are announced by the NHIAA on Monday. To view the projected pairings, you need to be a Sports Insider Member. To
- Author: Joe Marchilena
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The Division I boys basketball regular season is in the books and the postseason is scheduled to begin next week. Here is what the tournament field will likely look like when the pairings are announced by the NHIAA on Monday.

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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. *These are not official pairings.**

### Division I

**Playoff field**

1. Portsmouth (18-0, 4.0000)
2. Spaulding (15-3, 3.3333)
3. Bedford (15-3, 3.3333)
4. Winnacunnet (14-4, 3.1111)
5. Exeter (12-6, 2.6667)
6. Merrimack (12-6, 2.6667)
7. Nashua North (11-7, 2.4444)
8. Londonderry (10-8, 2.2222)
9. Bishop Guertin (8-10, 1.7778)
10. Manchester Memorial (8-10, 1.7778)
11. Nashua South (8-10, 1.7778) ⇑
12. Salem (8-10, 1.7778) ⇓
13. Alvirne (7-11, 1.5556) ⇑

**Outside:**  Pinkerton (7-11, 1.5556) ⇓; Manchester Central (6-12, 1.3333); Concord (4-14, 0.8889); Dover (4-14, 0.8889); Keene (4-14, 0.8889); Trinity (0-18, 0.0000).

**Tiebreakers**

- Spaulding wins the tiebreaker with Bedford thanks to a head-to-head win over the Bulldogs.
- Exeter wins the tiebreaker with Merrimack thanks to a head-to-head win over the Tomahawks.
- The four-way tie between Bishop Guertin, Manchester Memorial, Nashua South and Salem can be broken by rating in head-to-head games. Bishop Guertin and Memorial went 2-1, while South and Salem were 1-2\. Bishop Guertin wins the head-to-head tiebreaker with Memorial for the ninth seed.
- Memorial then wins the three-way tie with South and Salem thanks to a better rating in head-to-head games, as the Crusaders were 2-0 against the other two.
- South wins the tiebreaker with Salem thanks to a head-to-head victory.
- Alvirne wins the tiebreaker with Pinkerton thanks to a head-to-head victory, and gets the final playoff spot.

**First-round byes**

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

**First-round matchups (changes in bold)**

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