Bracketology: Division II Boys Basketball (Feb. 8)

There are three 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. Oyster River (11-1, 3.6667, 3rd)
2. ConVal (11-1, 3.6667, 2nd)
3. Pembroke (11-1, 3.6667, 1st)
4. Pelham (11-2, 3.3846, 4th)
5. Merrimack Valley (9-4, 2.7692, 6th)
6. Souhegan (8-4, 2.6667, 5th)
7. Lebanon (7-4, 2.5455, 8th)
8. Hollis Brookline (7-4, 2.5455, 9th)
9. Hanover (7-5, 2.3333, 7th)
10. Kennett (7-6, 2.2308, 11th)
11. Milford (6-5, 2.1818, 13th)
12. Coe-Brown (6-5, 2.1818, 10th)
13. Kearsarge (6-6, 2.0000, 12th)
14. Bishop Brady (6-7, 1.8462, 14th)
15. John Stark (4-8, 1.3333, 15th)

Outside: Plymouth (4-8, 1.3333); Laconia (3-9, 1.0000); Manchester West (3-10, 0.9231), Sanborn (3-11, 0.8571); Bow (2-10, 0.6667); Kingswood (2-11, 0.6254); Stevens (0-12, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

• In a three-way tiebreaker, ConVal and Oyster River finish ahead of Pembroke thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.
• Oyster River wins the tiebreaker with ConVal thanks to a better quality of wins against tournament teams.
• Lebanon wins the tiebreaker with Hollis Brookline thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.
• Milford wins the tiebreaker with Coe-Brown thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.
• John Stark wins the tiebreaker with Plymouth thanks to a head-to-head victory.

First-round bye

• No. 1 Oyster River

First-round matchups

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

Games to watch

• Friday, Feb. 8: Pembroke at Lebanon, 6:30 p.m.; Coe-Brown at Merrimack Valley, 6 p.m.; Hollis Brookline at Hanover, 7 p.m.
• Sunday, Feb. 10: Pembroke at Bishop Brady, 1:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, Feb. 12: Bishop Brady at Hollis Brookline, 6:30 p.m.; ConVal at Kearsarge, 6:30 p.m.; John Stark at Milford, 6:30 p.m.; Lebanon at Pelham, 6:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, Feb. 13: Hollis Brookline at Oyster River, 6:30 p.m.; Pembroke at Milford, 6:30 p.m.