Division I

Bracketology: Division I Girls Basketball (Feb. 24)

The Division I girls basketball regular season is in the books and here is our educated guess, with tiebreakers explained, as to what the playoff field will look like when the postseason begins on Feb. 28.  To signup to be a Sports Insider Member, and get coverage of the D1 girls basketball playoffs

Joe Marchilena

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Bracketology: Division I Girls Basketball (Feb. 24)

(Updated Feb. 24) The Division I girls basketball regular season is in the books and here is our educated guess, with tiebreakers explained, as to what the playoff field will look like when the postseason begins on Feb. 28.

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Note: With the NHIAA’s 70-percent rule in place for the postseason, Division I will have 12 teams. These are not official pairings.

Division I

Playoff field (record, rating)

  1. Bedford (18-0, 4.0000)
  2. Pinkerton (15-3, 3.3333)
  3. Manchester Memorial (15-3, 3.3333)
  4. Merrimack (15-3, 3.3333)
  5. Bishop Guertin (13-5, 2.8889)
  6. Manchester Central (11-7, 2.4444)
  7. Londonderry (9-9. 2.0000) ⇑
  8. Salem (9-9, 2.0000) ⇑
  9. Winnacunnet (9-9, 2.0000) ⇓
  10. Exeter (8-10, 1.7778)
  11. Nashua North (8-10, 1.7778)
  12. Nashua South (7-11, 1.5556)

Eliminated: Spaulding (5-12, 1.1765); Concord (5-13, 1.1111); Keene (5-13, 1.1111); Dover (3-15, 0.6667); Alvirne (3-15, 0.6667); Trinity (1-17, 0.2222).

Tiebreakers

  • Pinkerton wins the three-way tiebreaker with Manchester Memorial and Merrimack. The first tiebreaker is head-to-head rating and the three teams went 1-1 (2.0000) against each other. The second tiebreaker is rating against tournament teams, and Pinkerton was 10-3 (3.0769) while Memorial was 8-3 (2.9091) and Merrimack was also 8-3 (2.9091)
  • Manchester Memorial then wins the tiebreaker with Merrimack thanks to a head-to-head victory.
  • Londonderry wins the three-way tiebreaker with Salem and Winnacunnet thanks to a better rating (2-0, 4.0000) in head-to-head games.
  • Salem wins the tiebreaker with Winnacunnet thanks to a head-to-head victory.
  • Exeter wins the tiebreaker with Nashua North thanks to a head-to-head victory.

First-round byes

  • No. 1 Bedford
  • No. 2 Pinkerton
  • No. 3 Manchester Memorial
  • No. 4 Merrimack

First-round matchups (changes in bold)

  • No. 9 Winnacunnet at No. 8 Salem
  • No. 12 Nashua South at No. 5 Bishop Guertin
  • No. 10 Exeter at No. 7 Londonderry
  • No. 11 Nashua North at No. 6 Manchester Central

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