Playoff Picture: Division I Girls Basketball (Feb. 23)

(Updated Feb. 23) Just one week remains in the NHIAA basketball regular season, and we'll take an in-depth look, each day for the rest of the week, at the standings in the four divisions that are still playing.

This year, 14 teams will make the playoffs in Division I girls basketball, with the top two seeds getting byes into the quarterfinals. Here are current (unofficial) standings, along with tiebreakers, matchups and scenarios going into the action of the day.

Division I

Team (record, rating, previous)

1. Bedford (18-0, 4.0000, 1st)
2. Pinkerton (17-1, 3.7778, 2nd)
3. Londonderry (15-2, 3.5294, 3rd)
4. Portsmouth (14-3, 3.2941, 4th)
5. Salem (13-5, 2.8889, 5th)
6. Goffstown (12-5, 2.8235, 6th)
7. Dover (11-6, 2.5882, 7th)
8. Windham (11-6, 2.5882, 8th)
9. Keene (9-8, 2.1176, 9th)
10. Alvirne (9-8, 2.1176, 10th)
11. Exeter (8-9, 1.8824, 11th)
12. Nashua South (8-9, 1.8824, 12th)
13. Bishop Guertin (7-9, 1.7500, NR)
14. Nashua North (7-10, 1.6471, 13th)

Outside: Concord (7-10, 1.6471, 14th).

Eliminated: Manchester Memorial (5-12, 1.1765); Manchester Central-West (3-14, 0.7059); Trinity (3-15, 0.6667); Spaulding (2-15, 0.4706); Winnacunnet (1-16, 0.2353); Merrimack (0-18, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

• Dover wins the tiebreaker with Windham thanks to a head-to-head victory.
• Keene wins the tiebreaker with Alvirne thanks to a head-to-head victory.
• Nashua North wins the tiebreaker with Concord thanks to a head-to-head victory.

First-round byes (changes in bold)

• No. 1 Bedford
• No. 2 Pinkerton

First-round matchups

• No. 9 Keene at No. 8 Windham
• No. 12 Nashua South at No. 5 Salem
• No. 13 Bishop Guertin at No. 4 Portsmouth
• No. 10 Alvirne at No. 7 Dover
• No. 14 Nashua North at No. 3 Londonderry
• No. 11 Exeter at No. 6 Goffstown

Remaining Schedule

• Friday, Feb. 23: Dover at Concord, 5:30 p.m.; Alvirne at Goffstown, 6:30 p.m.; Windham at Bishop Guertin, 6:30 p.m.; Spaulding at Manchester Central-West, 6:30 p.m; Winnacunnet at Nashua North, 6:30 p.m.; Portsmouth at Nashua South, 6:30 p.m.; Exeter at Keene, 7 p.m.; Londonderry at Manchester Memorial, 7 p.m.

Scenarios

• Bedford has clinched the No. 1 seed and a first-round bye.
• Pinkerton has clinched the No. 2 seed and a first-round bye.
• Londonderry has clinched the No. 3 seed.
• Portsmouth has clinched the No. 4  seed.
• Salem has clinched the No. 5 seed.
• Goffstown would clinch the No. 6 seed with a win over Alvirne or a loss and a Windham loss.
• Windham would clinch the No. 6 seed with a win over Bishop Guertin and a Goffstown loss.
• Dover would clinch the No. 7 seed with a win over Concord and a Goffstown win.
• Goffstown, Dover and Windham will be seeded Nos. 6-8 and have clinched a home playoff game.
• Alvirne would clinch the No. 9 seed with a win over Goffstown.
• Keene would clinch the No. 9 seed with a win over Exeter and an Alvirne loss.
• Exeter would clinch the No. 9 seed with a win over Keene and an Alvrine loss.
• Nashua South has clinched a playoff spot and will be seeded anywhere from Nos. 11-14.
• Bishop Guertin would clinch a playoff spot with a win over Windham or a loss by Concord or Nashua North or both.
• Nashua North would clinch a playoff spot with a win over Winnacunnet or a loss and a Concord loss.
• Concord would clinch a playoff spot with a win over Dover and a North loss, or a win and a Bishop Guertin loss.