Playoff Picture: Girls Basketball (Feb. 24)

Don’t look now, but the girls basketball playoffs are only a week away.

A lot will be determined between now and then, but you can keep up with where each team in the state stands with daily updates of the playoff picture.

Note: With the NHIAA’s 70-percent rule in place for the postseason, all divisions will have 14 playoff teams, except for Division II, which will have 16. Standings based off results reported to NHIAA.org and other media outlets. This week, the D1 and D2 standings will be updated daily. To see the pairings for D3 and D4, click here. 

Division I

Playoff field (record, rating, last week)

1. Bishop Guertin (15-1, 3.6875, 1st)
2. Merrimack (15-2, 3.5294, 3rd)
3. Manchester Memorial (14-2, 3.5000, 2nd)
4. Bedford (13-3, 3.2500, 4th)
5. Goffstown (12-5, 2.8235, 6th)
6. Salem (11-5, 2.7500, 8th)
7. Manchester Central (10-6, 2.5000, 5th)
8. Pinkerton (10-6, 2.5000, 7th)
9. Concord (10-6, 2.5000, 9th)
10. Portsmouth (8-8, 2.0000, 10th)
11. Londonderry (8-8, 2.0000, 12th)
12. Nashua South (8-9, 1.8824, 11th)
13. Exeter (7-9, 1.7500, 13th)
14. Nashua North (6-11, 1.4118, 14th)

Outside: Windham (5-11, 1.2500); Keene (4-12, 1.0000); Winnacunnet (3-14, 0.7059); Dover (3-14, 0.7059); Alvirne (2-14, 0.5000); Trinity (1-15, 0.2500).

Tiebreakers

• In a three-way tiebreaker, Manchester Central finishes ahead of Pinkerton and Concord thanks to a better rating in head-to-head games. Pinkerton finishes ahead of Concord thanks to a better rating in head-to-head games.
• Portsmouth wins the tiebreaker with Londonderry thanks to a head-to-head victory.

Remaining schedule

• Monday, Feb. 24: Portsmouth at Bishop Guertin, 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, Feb. 25: Pinkerton at Alvirne, 6:30 p.m.; Bedford at Dover, 6:30 p.m.; Concord at Windham, 6:30 p.m.; Londonderry at Exeter, 6:30 p.m.; Keene at Manchester Central, 6:30 p.m.; Manchester Memorial at Trinity, 6:30 p.m.; Merrimack at Salem, 6:30 p.m.
• Friday, Feb. 28: Manchester Central at Manchester Memorial, 5:30 p.m.; Alvirne at Portsmouth, 6:30 p.m.; Winnacunnet at Bedford, 6:30 p.m.; Exeter at Windham, 6:30 p.m.; Keene at Concord, 6:30 p.m.; Trinity at Nashua North, 6:30 p.m.; Nashua South at Pinkerton, 6:30 p.m.; Goffstown at Bishop Guertin, 7 p.m.; Salem at Londonderry, 7 p.m.

First-round byes (changes in bold) 

• No. 1 Bishop Guertin
• No. 2 Merrimack

First-round matchups

• No. 9 Concord at No. 8 Pinkerton
• No. 12 Nashua South at No. 5 Goffstown
• No. 13 Exeter at No. 4 Bedford
• No. 10 Portsmouth at No. 7 Manchester Central
• No. 14 Nashua North at No. 3 Manchester Memorial
• No. 11 Londonderry at No. 6 Salem

Division II

Playoff field (record, rating, last week)

1. Hanover (15-0, 4.0000, 1st)
2. Hollis Brookline (15-1, 3.7500, 2nd)
3. Lebanon (14-3, 3.2941, 4th)
4. Spaulding (13-3, 3.2500, 3rd)
5. Kennett (13-4, 3.0588, 5th)
6. John Stark (12-4, 3.0000, 6th)
7. Pelham (11-5, 2.7500, 7th)
8. Bishop Brady (11-6, 2.5882, 9th)
9. Bow (10-6, 2.5000, 10th)
10. Coe-Brown (9-6, 2.4000, 11th)
11. Merrimack Valley (10-7, 2.3529, 12th)
12. Laconia (10-7, 2.3529, 8th)
13. Sanborn (9-8, 2.1176, 14th)
14. Manchester West (8-9, 1.8823, 15th)
15. Kearsarge (7-8, 1.8667, 13th)
16. ConVal (7-9, 1.7500, out)

Outside: Stevens (7-10, 1.6471, 16th); Plymouth (5-11, 1.2500); Souhegan (4-11, 1.0667); Pembroke (4-13, 0.9412); Timberlane (3-13, 0.7500); Kingswood (2-14, 0.5000); Oyster River (0-17, 0.0000); Milford (0-18, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

• Merrimack Valley wins the tiebreaker with Laconia thanks to a head-to-head victory.

Remaining schedule

• Monday, Feb. 24: Pelham at Spaulding, 4 p.m.; Hanover at Hollis Brookline, 6 p.m.; Laconia at Coe-Brown, 6:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, Feb. 25: Merrimack Valley at John Stark, 6 p.m.; Plymouth at Kingswood, 6 p.m.; Bishop Brady at Souhegan, 6:30 p.m.; Bow at Coe-Brown, 6:30 p.m.; ConVal at Hanover, 6:30 p.m.; Kearsarge at Stevens, 7 p.m.
• Wednesday, Feb. 26: Timberlane at Spaulding, 5 p.m.; Souhegan at Kearsarge, 6:30 p.m.
• Thursday, Feb. 27: Coe-Brown at Sanborn, 6:30 p.m.; Manchester West at Pembroke, 7 p.m.
• Friday, Feb. 28: Plymouth at Kearsarge, 5 p.m.; John Stark at Kingswood, 6 p.m.; Lebanon at ConVal, 6:30 p.m.; Pelham at Hanover, 6:30 p.m.; Oyster River at Souhegan, 6:30 p.m.; Hollis Brookline at Timberlane, 6:30 p.m.; Kennett at Bow, 7 p.m.

First-round matchups (changes in bold)

• No. 16 ConVal at No. 1 Hanover
• No. 9 Bow at No. 8 Bishop Brady
• No. 13 Sanborn at No. 4 Spaulding
• No. 12 Laconia at No. 5 Kennett
• No. 15 Kearsarge at No. 2 Hollis Brookline
• No. 10 Coe-Brown at No. 7 Pelham
• No. 14 Manchester West at No. 3 Lebanon
• No. 11 Merrimack Valley at No. 6 John Stark