Division II

Bracketology: Division II Boys Basketball (Feb. 1)

There are four weeks remaining in the Division II boys basketball regular season. Here is a look at what the playoff field would like if the tournament started on Friday night.

Joe Marchilena

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Bracketology: Division II Boys Basketball (Feb. 1)

There are four weeks remaining in the Division II boys basketball regular season. Here is a look at what the playoff field would like if the tournament started on Friday night.

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

Division II

Playoff field (record, rating, last week)

  1. Pembroke (9-1, 3.6000, 1st)
  2. ConVal (9-1, 3.6000, 3rd)
  3. Oyster River (8-1, 3.5556, 2nd)
  4. Pelham (10-2, 3.3333, 4th)
  5. Souhegan (8-3, 2.9091, 7th)
  6. Merrimack Valley (8-3, 2.9091, 8th)
  7. Hanover (7-3, 2.8000, 5th)
  8. Lebanon (6-3, 2.6667, 6th)
  9. Hollis Brookline (7-4, 2.5455, 9th)
  10. Coe-Brown (5-4, 2.2222, 14th)
  11. Kennett (5-5, 2.1000, 11th)
  12. Kearsarge (5-5, 2.0000, 13th)
  13. Milford (5-5, 2.0000, 10th)
  14. Bishop Brady (5-6, 1.8182, 12th)
  15. John Stark (4-8, 1.3333, out)

Outside: Laconia (3-7, 1.2000); Plymouth (2-7, 0.8889); Bow (2-8, 0.8000); Manchester West (2-9, 0.7273), Sanborn (2-9, 0.7273); Kingswood (1-9, 0.4000); Stevens (0-11, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

  • Pembroke wins the tiebreaker with ConVal thanks to a better quality of wins against tournament teams.
  • Souhegan wins the tiebreaker with Merrimack Valley thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.
  • Kearsarge wins the tiebreaker with Milford thanks to a head-to-head victory.

First-round bye

  • No. 1 Pembroke

First-round matchups

  • No. 9 Hollis Brookline at No. 8 Lebanon
  • No. 13 Milford at No. 4 Pelham
  • No. 12 Kearsarge at No. 5 Souhegan
  • No. 15 John Stark at No. 2 ConVal
  • No. 10 Coe-Brown at No. 7 Hanover
  • No. 14 Bishop Brady at No. 3 Oyster River
  • No. 11 Kennett at No. 6 Merrimack Valley

Games to watch

  • Friday, Feb. 1: Lebanon at Coe-Brown, 6:30 p.m.; Laconia at ConVal, 6:30 p.m.; Hanover at Kearsarge, 6:30 p.m.; Merrimack Valley at Milford, 6:30 p.m.
  • Tuesday, Feb. 5: Lebanon at Hanover, 5:30 p.m.; Merrimack Valley at Bishop Brady, 6 p.m.; Oyster River at Coe-Brown, 6:30 p.m.; Souhegan at ConVal, 6:30 p.m.
  • Wednesday, Feb. 6: Pembroke at Milford, 6:30 p.m.
  • Thursday, Feb. 7: Kearsarge at Oyster River, 6:30 p.m.

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