Bracketology: Division I Boys Basketball (Jan. 11)

There are seven weeks remaining in the Division I boys basketball regular season. Here is a look at what the playoff field would like if the tournament started this weekend.

Note: With the NHIAA’s 70-percent rule in place for the postseason, Division I boys basketball will have 15 playoff teams. Standings based off results reported to NHIAA.org and other media outlets.

Division I

Playoff field

1. Salem (5-0, 4.0000)
2. Winnacunnet (4-0, 4.0000)
3. Exeter (4-0, 4.0000)
4. Spaulding (3-1, 3.0000)
5. Nashua North (3-1, 3.0000)
6. Keene (3-1, 3.0000)
7. Bedford (3-1, 3.0000)
8. Alvirne (3-2, 2.4000)
9. Manchester Central (3-2, 2.4000)
10. Londonderry (3-2, 2.4000)
11. Portsmouth (3-2, 2.4000)
12. Concord (2-2, 2.0000)
13. Trinity (2-2, 2.0000)
14. Merrimack (2-3, 1.6000)
15. Dover (2-3, 1.6000)

Outside: Goffstown (1-3, 1.0000); Bishop Guertin (1-3, 1.0000); Windham (1-4, 0.8000); Nashua South (1-4, 0.8000); Timberlane (0-3, 0.0000); Manchester Memorial (0-5, 0.0000); Pinkerton (0-5, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

• Salem wins the three-way tiebreaker with Winnacunnet and Exeter thanks to a better quality of wins against tournament teams.
• Winnacunnet wins the tiebreaker with Exeter thanks to a better quality of wins against tournament teams.
• Spaulding and Nashua North finish ahead of Keene and Bedford in a four-way tiebreaker thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.
• Spaulding wins the tiebreaker with Nashua North thanks to a better quality of wins against tournament teams.
• Keene wins the tiebreaker with Bedford thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.
• Alvirne and Manchester Central finish ahead of Londonderry and Portsmouth in a four-way tiebreaker thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.
• Alvirne wins the tiebreaker with Manchester Central thanks to a better quality of wins against tournament teams.
• Londonderry wins the tiebreaker with Portsmouth thanks to a better quality of wins against tournament teams.
• Concord wins the tiebreaker with Trinity thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.
• Merrimack wins the tiebreaker with Dover thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.

First-round bye

• No. 1 Salem

First-round matchups

• No. 9 Manchester Central at No. 8 Alvirne
• No. 13 Trinity at No. 4 Spaulding
• No. 12 Concord at No. 5 Nashua North
• No. 15 Dover at No. 2 Winnacunnet
• No. 10 Londonderry at No. 7 Bedford
• No. 14 Merrimack at No. 3 Exeter
• No. 11 Portsmouth at No. 6 Keene

Games to watch

• Friday, Jan. 11: Exeter at Spaulding, 6:30 p.m.; Winnacunnet at Manchester Central, 6:30 p.m.; Nashua North at Alvirne, 6:30 p.m.; Portsmouth at Salem, 6:30 p.m.; Keene at Bedford, 6:30 p.m.; Goffstown at Bishop Guertin, 7 p.m.; Dover at Merrimack, 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, Jan. 15: Concord at Trinity, 6:30 p.m.; Dover at Nashua North, 6:30 p.m.; Alvirne at Londonderry, 7 p.m.; Manchester Central at Portsmouth, 7 p.m.