Long Island Lutheran is tops from Empire State over the past decade.
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Using
our database of historical results, we are looking back at the most
successful high school basketball program in the state of New York over the past decade.
Long Island Lutheran won three New York Federation state championships and have been ranked in the state Top 25 each of the past 10 seasons. The Crusaders were also ranked in the national Top 25 according to MaxPreps computer rankings twice.
Albany Academy finished in a distant second with a pair of Federation state titles and seven appearances in the state Top 25 over the past decade.
More on the methodologyPoints 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. Long Island Lutheran (Brookville), 380State championships: 2011 (A), 2012 (A), 2019 (AA)
State runner-up: 2013 (AA), 2014 (AA), 2017 (AA)
State Top 25: 2011 (1), 2012 (8), 2013 (2), 2014 (3), 2015 (8), 2016 (8), 2017 (2), 2018 (3), 2019 (1), 2020 (1)
Nationally ranked: 2019 (24), 2020 (11)
2. Albany Academy (Albany), 206State championships: 2013 (A), 2016 (A), 2017 (A), 2019 (A)
State runner-up: 2015 (A), 2018 (A)
State Top 25: 2013 (12), 2014 (19), 2015 (23), 2016 (5), 2017 (1), 2019 (6), 2020 (10)
Nationally ranked: N/A
3. Christ the King (Middle Village), 186State championships: 2013 (AA), 2014 (AA)
State runner-up: 2015 (AA)
State Top 25: 2011 (6), 2012 (4), 2013 (1), 2014 (1), 2015 (3), 2016 (21), 2017 (15), 2018 (25), 2019 (22)
Nationally ranked: N/A
4. Lincoln (Brooklyn), 170State championships: 2017 (AA)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (9), 2012 (10), 2013 (5), 2014 (4), 2015 (5), 2016 (6), 2017 (3), 2018 (16)
Nationally ranked: N/A
State championships: 2012 (AA), 2017 (AA)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (2), 2012 (3), 2013 (3), 2014 (7), 2015 (21), 2017 (12), 2018 (7), 2019 (25)
Nationally ranked: N/A
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2012 (2), 2013 (6), 2014 (5), 2015 (7), 2017 (9), 2018 (10), 2019 (7), 2020 (19)
Nationally ranked: N/A
7. Wings Academy (Bronx), 121
State championships: 2015 (AA)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (12), 2012 (16), 2013 (14), 2014 (20), 2015 (1), 2016 (11), 2017 (7)
Nationally ranked: N/A
8. The Park School of Buffalo (Buffalo), 115State championships: 2015 (B), 2018 (A)
State runner-up: 2019 (A)
State Top 25: 2016 (10), 2018 (4), 2019 (9), 2020 (16)
Nationally ranked: N/A
9. Canisius (Buffalo), 109State championships: 2015 (A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (24), 2013 (19), 2014 (15), 2015 (17), 2016 (4), 2018 (6), 2020 (8)
Nationally ranked: N/A
10. St. Raymond (Bronx), 91State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (19), 2012 (11), 2013 (4), 2014 (21), 2015 (4), 2017 (19), 2019 (12), 2020 (20)
Nationally ranked: N/A
Next five
South Shore (Brooklyn) — 66
Scotia-Glenville (Scotia) — 64
Olean — 64
