Division II

Bracketology: Division II girls basketball (Jan. 13)

It’s a little more than seven 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 II. These will be updated each week for Sports Insider Members. To signup for a membership, click on the regis

Joe Marchilena

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Bracketology: Division II girls basketball (Jan. 13)

It’s a little more than seven 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 II.

These will be updated each week for Sports Insider Members. To signup for a membership, click on the register button below.

Note: With the NHIAA’s new 70-percent rule in place for the postseason, Division II girls basketball will have 16 playoff teams. Standings based off results reported to NHIAA.org and other media outlets.

Division II

Playoff field

  1. Lebanon (6-0, 4.0000). Games this week: at Plymouth (Jan. 13).
  2. Merrimack Valley (7-1, 3.5000). Games this week: at Portsmouth (Jan. 17).
  3. Pelham (6-1, 3.4286). Games this week: vs. Campbell (Jan. 13).
  4. Hollis Brookline (6-1, 3.4286). Games this week: vs. Manchester West (Jan. 13); vs. Souhegan (Jan. 17).
  5. Bishop Brady (5-1, 3.3333). Games this week: vs. Kingswood (Jan. 13); vs. Goffstown (Jan. 17).
  6. Portsmouth (5-1, 3.3333). Games this week: at Pembroke (Jan. 13); vs. Merrimack Valley (Jan. 17).
  7. Kingswood (5-2, 2.8571). Games this week: at Bishop Brady (Jan. 13); vs. Coe-Brown (Jan. 17).
  8. Hanover (4-2, 2.6667). Games this week: vs. Souhegan (Jan. 13).
  9. Goffstown (4-2, 2.6667). Games this week: vs. Laconia (Jan. 13); at Bishop Brady (Jan. 17).
  10. Bow (4-2, 2.6667). Games this week: at Oyster River (Jan. 14).
  11. Coe-Brown (5-3, 2.5000). Games this week: at Kingswood (Jan. 17).
  12. Souhegan (4-3, 2.2857). Games this week: at Hanover (Jan. 13); at Hollis Brookline (Jan. 17).
  13. Manchester West (3-3, 2.0000). Games this week: at Hollis Brookline (Jan. 13).
  14. Windham (2-3, 1.6000). Games this week: at Milford (Jan. 13); vs. ConVal (Jan. 17).
  15. Oyster River (2-4, 1.3333). Games this week: vs. Bow (Jan. 14); vs. Pembroke (Jan. 18).
  16. Pembroke (2-5, 1.1429). Game this week: vs. Portsmouth (Jan. 13).

Outside: John Stark (1-5, 0.6667); Kennett (1-5, 0.6667); Laconia (1-6, 0.5714); ConVal (0-6, 0.0000); Milford (0-6, 0.0000), Plymouth (0-6, 0.0000); Timberlane (0-7, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

  • Pelham holds the head-to-head tiebreaker with Hollis Brookline.
  • Bishop Brady has the tiebreaker over Portsmouth for a better rating against tournament teams.
  • Hanover wins the three-way tiebreaker with Goffstown and Bow thanks to a better rating against tournament teams. Goffstown gets the nod over Bow for the same tiebreaker.

First-round matchups

  • No. 16 Pembroke at No. 1 Lebanon
  • No. 9 Goffstown at No. 8 Hanover
  • No. 12 Souhegan  at No. 5 Bishop Brady
  • No. 13 Manchester West at No. 4 Hollis Brookline
  • No. 15 Oyster River at No. 2 Merrimack Valley
  • No. 10 Bow at No. 7 Kingswood
  • No. 14 Windham at No. 3 Pelham
  • No. 11 Coe-Brown at No. 6 Portsmouth

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