Portsmouth is the Granite State's best of the 2010s.
Video: Plays of the Decade
Relive the most memorable moments of the past 10 years.
Using
our database of historical results, we are looking back at the most
successful high school basketball programs in the state of New Hampshire over the past decade.
Portsmouth captured four state championships and appeared in the state Top 10 each of the past 10 seasons.
Conant finished in a distant second, capturing four state championships while
appearing in the state Top 25 eight seasons over the past decade.
Points awarded for:
• Top 25 finishes in the MaxPreps state computer rankings (25 points awarded to the No. 1 team, 24 for No. 2 and so on).
• Top 25 finishes in the MaxPreps national computer rankings (50 points for No. 1, 49 for No. 2 and so on).
• State championships (20 points).
• State championship game appearances (10 points).
Note: 2020 titles not included in calculations as games canceled due to coronavirus outbreak.
1. Portsmouth (Portsmouth), 314 State championships: 2012 (D-II), 2016 (D-II), 2017 (D-I), 2018 (D-I)
State runner-up: 2011 (D-II), 2014 (D-II), 2015 (D-II)
State Top 25: 2011 (6), 2012 (4), 2013 (10), 2014 (10), 2015 (7), 2016 (1), 2017 (1), 2018 (2), 2019 (9), 2020 (6)
Nationally ranked: N/A
State championships: 2013 (D-III), 2014 (D-III), 2019 (D-III)
State runner-up: 2015 (D-III)
State Top 25: 2011 (23), 2012 (14), 2013 (6), 2014 (11), 2015 (20), 2016 (5), 2018 (24), 2019 (3)
Nationally ranked: N/A
3. Pembroke, 170State championships: 2013 (D-II), 2014 (D-II), 2019 (D-II)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (21), 2012 (15), 2013 (5), 2014 (5), 2015 (19), 2018 (5), 2019 (2)
Nationally ranked: N/A
State championships: 2014 (D-I), 2016 (D-I)
State runner-up: 2012 (D-I)
State Top 25: 2011 (9), 2012 (9), 2013 (19), 2014 (3), 2015 (10), 2016 (7), 2018 (14), 2019 (24)
Nationally ranked: N/A
5. Lebanon, 153State championships: 2017 (D-II)
State runner-up: 2016 (D-II)
State Top 25: 2013 (13), 2014 (12), 2015 (14), 2016 (3), 2017 (7), 2018 (12), 2019 (21), 2020 (3)
Nationally ranked: N/A
6. Pelham, 133State championships: 2015 (D-III), 2016 (D-III)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (10), 2014 (13), 2015 (4), 2016 (2), 2020 (8)
Nationally ranked: N/A
7. Littleton, 126State championships: 2016 (D-IV)
State runner-up: 2012 (D-IV)
State Top 25: 2016 (4), 2017 (2), 2019 (17), 2020 (5)
Nationally ranked: N/A
8. Somersworth, 117State championships: 2011 (D-III), 2018 (D-III)
State runner-up: 2019 (D-III)
State Top 25: 2011 (8), 2017 (18), 2018 (3), 2019 (14), 2020 (20)
Nationally ranked: N/A
9. Exeter, 116State championships: 2019 (D-I)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2013 (24), 2014 (21), 2016 (20), 2017 (13), 2018 (6), 2019 (1), 2020 (1)
Nationally ranked: N/A
10. Merrimack, 114State championships: 2012 (D-I)
State runner-up: 2014 (D-I), 2016 (D-I)
State Top 25: 2012 (7), 2013 (20), 2014 (7), 2015 (25), 2016 (18), 2017 (10), 2020 (21)
Nationally ranked: N/A
Next five
Trinity (Manchester) — 100
Kearsarge (North Sutton) — 99
Epping — 90
Winnacunnet (Hampton) — 87
