Bracketology: Division I girls basketball (Jan. 20)

It’s a little more than six weeks until the start of the girls 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 girls basketball will have 12 playoff teams. Standings based off results reported to NHIAA.org and other media outlets.

Division I

Playoff field

1. Alvirne (8-0, 4.0000)
2. Bedford (9-1, 3.6000)
3. Bishop Guertin (7-1, 3.5000)
4. Pinkerton (6-1, 3.4286)
5. Londonderry (5-3, 2.5000)
6. Trinity (4-3, 2.2857)
7. Nashua North (5-4, 2.2222)
8. Winnacunnet (5-5, 2.0000)
9. Merrimack (4-4, 2.0000)
10. Dover (4-4, 2.0000)
11. Salem (4-5, 1.7778)
12. Manchester Central (3-4, 1.7143)

Outside: Exeter (3-5, 1.5000); Manchester Memorial (2-5, 1.1429); Concord (2-5, 1.1429); Keene (1-5, 0.6667); Nashua South (1-8, 0.4444); Spaulding (0-9, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

• Winnacunnet wins a three-way tiebreaker with Merrimack and Dover thanks to a better rating against tournament teams. Merrimack then wins the tiebreaker with Dover, also for a better rating against tournament teams.

First-round byes

• No. 1 Alvirne
• No. 2 Bedford
• No. 3 Bishop Guertin
• No. 4 Pinkerton

First-round games

• No. 9 Merrimack at No. 8 Winnacunnet
• No. 12 Manchester Central at No. 5 Londonderry
• No. 10 Dover at No. 7 Nashua North
• No. 11 Salem at No. 6 Trinity