Division II

Playoff Picture: Division II Girls Basketball (Feb. 22)

With the Division II girls basketball regular season schedule done, here is what we expect the postseason pairings to look like when the NHIAA releases the brackets. This year, 15 teams will make the playoffs in Division II girls basketball, with the top seed getting a bye into the quarterfinals. H

With the Division II girls basketball regular season schedule done, here is what we expect the postseason pairings to look like when the NHIAA releases the brackets.

This year, 15 teams will make the playoffs in Division II girls basketball, with the top seed getting a bye into the quarterfinals. Here are current standings, along with tiebreakers and matchups. These are not official.

Division II

Team (record, rating, previous)

Concord Christian (17-1, 3.8889, 1st)
Laconia (15-3, 3.3333, 2nd)
Pembroke (15-3, 3.3333, 3rd)
John Stark (14-4, 3.1111, 5th)
Pelham (14-4, 3.1111, 4th)
Bow (13-5, 2.8889, 6th)
Hanover (13-5, 2.8889, 7th)
Oyster River (13-5, 2.8889, 8th)
Derryfield (12-6, 2.6667, 9th)
Coe-Brown (10-8, 2.2222, 10th)
Merrimack Valley (9-9, 2.0000, 11th)
Milford (8-10, 1.7778, 12th)
Kennett (8-10, 1.7778, 13th)
Timberlane (8-10, 1.7778, 14th)
Hollis Brookline (7-11, 1.5556, 15th)

Eliminated: Bishop Brady (6-12, 1.3333); Sanborn (5-13, 1.1111); Plymouth (4-14, 0.8889); Lebanon (4-14, 0.8889); Souhegan (3-15, 0.6667); Kingswood (1-17, 0.2222); ConVal (0-18, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

Laconia (0.4630) wins the tiebreaker with Pembroke (0.3534) thanks to a better quality of wins against tournament teams.
John Stark wins the tiebreaker with Pelham thanks to a head-to-head victory.
In a three-way tiebreaker, Bow (4.0000), Hanover (2.0000) and Oyster River (0.0000) finish in that order thanks to ratings in head-to-head games.
In a three-way tiebreaker, Kennett (0.8000), Milford (0.7273) and Timberlane (0.3636) finish in that order thanks to ratings against tournament teams.

First-round bye (changes in bold)