Iowa City West is Hawkeye State's best from 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 Iowa over the past decade.
Iowa City West captured four state championships, appeared in the state title game on two other occasions and was ranked in the state Top 25 each of the past 10 seasons.
With three state titles and seven Top 25 appearances, Western Christian was West's closest competition but finished a distance second.
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 championships: 2012 (4A), 2013 (4A), 2014 (4A), 2017 (4A)
State runner-up: 2016 (4A), 2018 (4A)
State Top 25: 2011 (5), 2012 (1), 2013 (1), 2014 (1), 2015 (1), 2016 (3), 2017 (1), 2018 (4), 2019 (6), 2020 (6)
Nationally ranked: 2013 (20)
State championships: 2014 (2A), 2016 (2A), 2017 (2A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (8), 2013 (15), 2014 (5), 2016 (2), 2017 (2), 2018 (5), 2020 (24)
Nationally ranked: N/A
3. Cedar Falls, 181State championships: 2018 (4A), 2019 (4A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (15), 2012 (5), 2013 (7), 2015 (22), 2016 (11), 2018 (1), 2019 (5), 2020 (1)
Nationally ranked: N/A
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2014 (4A), 2016 (4A), 2017 (4A)
State Top 25: 2011 (18), 2012 (11), 2013 (4), 2014 (6), 2015 (14), 2016 (1), 2017 (9), 2019 (15), 2020 (22)
Nationally ranked: N/A
5. Waukee, 157State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2020 (4A)
State Top 25: 2011 (6), 2012 (13), 2014 (11) 2015 (3), 2016 (18), 2017 (19), 2018 (10), 2019 (2), 2020 (5)
Nationally ranked: N/A
6. Boyden-Hull (Hull), 146State championships: 2012 (1A), 2013 (1A), 2020 (2A)
State runner-up: 2019 (2A)
State Top 25: 2012 (6), 2013 (13), 2016 (14), 2019 (17), 2020 (4)
Nationally ranked: N/A
7. Dubuque Senior (Dubuque), 142State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2019 (4A)
State Top 25: 2012 (12), 2013 (2), 2014 (3), 2016 (25), 2017 (8), 2018 (7), 2019 (11), 2020 (8)
Nationally ranked: N/A
8. Linn-Mar (Marion), 138State championships: 2011 (4A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (1), 2012 (9), 2013 (19), 2014 (15), 2015 (6), 2016 (5), 2019 (9)
Nationally ranked: N/A
9. (tie) North Scott (Eldridge), 136State championships: 2015 (4A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (23), 2013 (9), 2014 (8), 2015 (2), 2018 (14), 2019 (3), 2020 (7)
Nationally ranked: N/A
9. (tie) Sioux City East (Sioux City), 136State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2012 (4A)
State Top 25: 2011 (11), 2012 (3), 2013 (10), 2014 (16), 2015 (25), 2017 (3), 2018 (19), 2019 (1), 2020 (20)
Nationally ranked: N/A
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Xavier (Cedar Rapids) — 104
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Hoover (Des Moines) — 90
