Bracketology: Division I Girls Basketball (Jan. 18)

There are five weeks remaining in the Division I girls 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 girls basketball will have 14 playoff teams. Standings based off results reported to NHIAA.org and other media outlets.

Division I

Playoff field

1. Pinkerton (8-0, 4.0000)
2. Bishop Guertin (7-0, 4.0000)
3. Goffstown (7-0, 4.0000)
4. Portsmouth (7-2, 3.1111)
5. Salem (6-2, 3.0000)
6. Manchester Memorial (6-2, 3.0000)
7. Bedford (5-2, 2.8571)
8. Manchester Central (5-2, 2.8571)
9. Merrimack (6-3, 2.6667)
10. Windham (5-3, 2.5000)
11. Londonderry (4-3, 2.2857)
12. Exeter (3-4, 1.7143)
13. Concord (3-6, 1.3333)
14. Nashua North (2-6, 1.0000)

Outside: Nashua South (2-6, 1.0000); Concord (1-7, 0.5000); Dover (1-7, 0.5000); Keene (1-8, 0.4444); Trinity (1-8, 0.4444); Winnacunnet (0-7, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

• Pinkerton wins the three-way tiebreaker with Bishop Guertin and Goffstown thanks to a better quality of wins against tournament teams.
• Bishop Guertin wins the tiebreaker with Goffstown thanks to a better quality of wins against tournament teams.
• Salem wins the tiebreaker with Manchester Memorial thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.
• Bedford wins the tiebreaker with Manchester Central thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.
• Nashua North wins the tiebreaker with Nashua South thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.

First-round byes

• No. 1 Pinkerton
• No. 2 Bishop Guertin

First-round matchups

• No. 9 Merrimack at No. 8 Manchester Central
• No. 13 Concord at No. 4 Portsmouth
• No. 12 Exeter at No. 5 Salem
• No. 10 Windham at No. 7 Bedford
• No. 14 Nashua North at No. 3 Goffstown
• No. 11 Londonderry at No. 6 Manchester Memorial

Games to watch

• Friday, Jan. 18: Bishop Guertin at Pinkerton, 6:30 p.m.; Manchester Central at Exeter, 6:30 p.m.; Bedford at Londonderry, 7 p.m.; Concord at Merrimack, 7 p.m.; Nashua North at Manchester Memorial, 7 p.m.
• Monday, Jan. 21: Braintree (Mass.) at Bishop Guertin, 6 p.m.
• Tuesday, Jan. 22: Exeter at Salem, 6:30 p.m.; Goffstown at Windham, 6:30 p.m.
• Thursday, Jan 24: Bishop Guertin at Nashua North, 6:30 p.m.