Hope Christian is Land of Enchantment's best from 2010s.
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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 Mexico over the past decade.
Hope Christian captured seven state championships, while finishing ranked in the state Top 25 each season over the last 10 years.
Las Cruces was a distant second, capturing state titles in 2013 and 2020, finishing state runner-up in 2012 and appearing in the state Top 25 rankings nine of the past 10 years.
More on the methodology
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).
1. Hope Christian (Albuquerque), 345State championships: 2011 (3A), 2013 (3A), 2014 (3A), 2015 (4A), 2016 (4A), 2017 (4A), 2018 (4A)
State runner-up: 2012 (3A)
State Top 25: 2011 (1), 2012 (3), 2013 (11), 2014 (3), 2015 (6), 2016 (2), 2017 (4), 2018 (9), 2019 (12), 2020 (14)
Nationally ranked: N/A
State championships: 2013 (5A), 2020 (5A)
State runner-up: 2017 (6A)
State Top 25: 2011 (6), 2012 (4), 2013 (1), 2014 (9), 2015 (21), 2017 (2), 2018 (3), 2019 (4), 2020 (1)
Nationally ranked: N/A
3. Valley (Albuquerque), 214State championships: 2014 (5A), 2019 (4A), 2020 (4A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (17), 2012 (10), 2013 (9), 2014 (1), 2015 (8), 2016 (12), 2017 (23), 2018 (8), 2019 (13), 2020 (5)
Nationally ranked: N/A
State championships: 2014 (4A), 2017 (5A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (13), 2012 (13), 2013 (7), 2014 (2), 2015 (10), 2016 (4), 2017 (1), 2018 (24), 2019 (17), 2020 (16)
Nationally ranked: N/A
5. Cleveland (Rio Rancho), 190State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2015 (6A), 2018 (6A)
State Top 25: 2011 (7), 2014 (8), 2015 (2), 2016 (6), 2017 (3), 2018 (7), 2019 (3), 2020 (2)
Nationally ranked: N/A
6. Eldorado (Albuquerque), 181State championships: 2012 (5A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (5), 2012 (1), 2013 (3), 2014 (10), 2017 (10), 2018 (2), 2019 (7), 2020 (9)
Nationally ranked: N/A
7. Atrisco Heritage Academy (Albuquerque), 167State championships: 2018 (6A), 2019 (5A)
State runner-up: 2014 (5A)
State Top 25: 2013 (12), 2014 (4), 2015 (22), 2017 (13), 2018 (1), 2019 (1), 2020 (12)
Nationally ranked: N/A
8. Hobbs, 163State championships: 2015 (6A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (20), 2012 (12), 2013 (4), 2014 (5), 2015 (1), 2016 (24), 2017 (15), 2018 (11), 2019 (10), 2020 (15)
Nationally ranked: N/A
9. Volcano Vista (Albuquerque), 154State championships: 2017 (6A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2012 (15), 2013 (22), 2014 (7), 2015 (13), 2017 (7), 2018 (5), 2019 (2), 2020 (3)
Nationally ranked: N/A
10. Onate (Las Cruces), 137State championships: 2011 (5A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (2), 2012 (19), 2015 (19), 2016 (1), 2017 (5), 2018 (23), 2019 (15), 2020 (7)
Nationally ranked: N/A
Next five
Capital (Santa Fe) — 118
Espanola Valley (Espanola) — 118
Rio Rancho — 118
Melrose — 115
