Top 10 most dominant high school boys basketball programs of the last 10 years in Arizona

By Staff Report Mar 24, 2020, 2:30pm

Top hardwood programs in the Grand Canyon State since 2010.

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While we wait for the games to resume, MaxPreps is taking a look at the most dominant basketball teams of the past decade.

Using our database, we've compiled the list of the most successful teams from 2010-2020 and today present the most dominant Arizona teams.

Corona del Sol was, in a word, unstoppable in the early part of the decade. The Aztecs are No. 1 and were 128-7 from 2012-2015 with four straight state titles under coach Sam Duane.

In the latter part of the decade, the Mike Bibby-led Shadow Mountain teams made noise with four straight titles — 2016-2019 — and five titles in six years including the crown in 2014. The Matadors come in second ahead of the Pinnacle teams that won titles in 2018 and 2019 led by Nico Mannion.



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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).



Note: 2020 titles not included in calculations as games canceled due to coronavirus outbreak.
Graphic by Ryan Escobar
1. Corona del Sol (Tempe) (334)
State championships: 2012 (D1), 2013 (D1), 2014 (D1), 2015 (D1)
State runner-up: 2017 (6A)
State Top 25: 2012 (1), 2013 (1), 2014 (1), 2015 (1), 2016 (3), 2017 (3)
Nationally ranked: 2014 (5), 2015 (13)

State championships: 2014 (D2), 2016 (D2), 2017 (4A), 2018 (4A), 2019 (4A)
State runner-up: NA
State Top 25: 2013 (17), 2014 (7), 2015 (3), 2016 (1), 2017 (2), 2018 (2), 2019 (2)
Nationally ranked: N/A

State championships: 2018 (6A), 2019 (6A)
State runner-up: 2013 (D1), 2014 (D1)
State Top 25: 2011 (5), 2012 (2), 2013 (2), 2014 (3), 2015 (10), 2017 (7), 2018 (4), 2019 (1)
Nationally ranked: N/A

State championships: 2017 (5A), 2018 (5A)
State runner-up:
2016 (D1)
State Top 25: 2012 (22), 2013 (7), 2014 (6), 2016 (5), 2017 (5), 2018 (6), 2020 (11)
Nationally ranked: N/A

5. Gilbert (167)
State championships: 2019 (5A)
State runner-up: NA
State Top 25: 2012 (5), 2013 (5), 2014 (8), 2015 (6), 2016 (6), 2017 (21), 2018 (17), 2019 (4), 2020 (15)
Nationally ranked: N/A

State championships: 2020 (6A)
State runner-up: 2015 (D1)
State Top 25: 2011 (19), 2012 (6), 2013 (23), 2014 (13), 2015 (2), 2017 (8), 2020 (1)
Nationally ranked: N/A



State championships: 2011 (5A)
State runner-up: NA
State Top 25: 2011 (1), 2012 (14), 2013 (11), 2014 (5), 2015 (5), 2016 (13), 2017 (15)
Nationally ranked: N/A

8. Mesa (134)
State championships: 2016 (D1)
State runner-up: NA
State Top 25: 2011 (16), 2013 (4), 2014 (20), 2015 (7), 2017 (16), 2018 (9)
Nationally ranked: N/A

State championships: 2012 (D3), 2013 (D3), 2015 (D2), 2017 (2A)
State runner-up: NA
State Top 25: 2012 (19), 2013 (20), 2015 (11), 2016 (8)
Nationally ranked: N/A

State championships: NA
State runner-up: 2011 (5A)
State Top 25: 2011 (4), 2012 (16), 2013 (15), 2015 (20), 2017 (9), 2018 (1), 2019 (22), 2020 (12)
Nationally ranked: N/A

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