Division II

Bracketology: Division II girls basketball (Jan. 20)

It’s a little more than six 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 registe

Joe Marchilena

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Bracketology: Division II girls basketball (Jan. 20)

It’s a little more than six 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 (7-0, 4.0000)
  2. Pelham (7-1, 3.5000)
  3. Hollis Brookline (7-1, 3.5000)
  4. Bishop Brady (7-1, 3.5000)
  5. Portsmouth (7-1, 3.5000)
  6. Merrimack Valley (7-2, 3.1111)
  7. Hanover (5-2, 2.8571)
  8. Bow (5-2, 2.8571)
  9. Kingswood (6-3, 2.6667)
  10. Goffstown (5-3, 2.5000)
  11. Coe-Brown (5-4, 2.2222)
  12. Windham (3-3, 2.0000)
  13. Souhegan (4-4, 2.0000)
  14. Manchester West (3-4, 1.7143)
  15. Oyster River (2-5, 1.1429)
  16. John Stark (2-5, 1.1429)

Outside: Pembroke (2-6, 1.0000); Laconia (2-7, 0.8889); ConVal (1-6, 0.5714); Kennett (1-7, 0.5000); Milford (1-7, 0.0000); Plymouth (0-7, 0.0000); Timberlane (0-8, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

  • Pelham and Hollis Brookline both have a better rating against tournament teams to put them ahead of Portsmouth and Bishop Brady in the four-way tie. Pelham has a head-to-head win over HB, so the Pythons would be second and the Cavaliers third. Bishop Brady would then be the fourth seed with a better quality of wins against tournament teams.
  • Hanover holds the head-to-head tiebreaker over Bow.
  • Windham wins the tiebreaker with Souhegan for a better rating against divisional opponents on the road.
  • Oyster River wins the tiebreaker with John Stark for a better rating against divisional opponents on the road.

First-round matchups

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

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