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

Madison is the Mount Rushmore State's best from the 2010s.

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May 29, 2020, 11:00am
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Using our database of historical results, we are looking back at the most successful high school basketball programs in the state of South Dakota over the past decade.

Madison captured three state championships and appeared in the state Top 25 each of the past 10 seasons.

O'Gorman finished a close second, winning three state titles while appearing in the state Top 25 nine times since 2010-2011.

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. Madison, 243
State championships: 2013 (A), 2014 (A), 2018 (A)
State runner-up: 2017 (A)
State Top 25: 2011 (9), 2012 (13), 2013 (5), 2014 (2), 2015 (20), 2016 (10), 2017 (2), 2018 (1), 2019 (14), 2020 (11)
Nationally ranked: N/A

State championships: 2011 (AA), 2012 (AA), 2017 (AA)
State runner-up: 2019 (AA)
State Top 25: 2011 (1), 2012 (1), 2014 (18), 2015 (3), 2016 (5), 2017 (1), 2018 (21), 2019 (11), 2020 (9)
Nationally ranked: N/A

3. Lincoln (Sioux Falls), 204
State championships: 2015 (AA), 2016 (AA)
State runner-up: 2014 (AA)
State Top 25: 2011 (3), 2012 (3), 2013 (8), 2014 (6), 2015 (1), 2017 (15), 2018 (17), 2019 (7), 2020 (20)
Nationally ranked: N/A

State championships: 2016 (A)
State runner-up: 2019 (A)
State Top 25: 2011 (21), 2012 (21), 2013 (3), 2014 (23), 2015 (11), 2016 (1), 2017 (4), 2018 (2), 2019 (4), 2020 (1)
Nationally ranked: N/A

5. More (Rapid City), 180
State championships: 2011 (A), 2012 (A)
State runner-up: 2016 (A)
State Top 25: 2011 (2), 2012 (4), 2013 (14), 2014 (21), 2015 (25), 2016 (8), 2017 (18), 2019 (6), 2020 (6)
Nationally ranked: N/A

6. Dell Rapids, 170
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2015 (A)
State Top 25: 2011 (4), 2012 (6), 2013 (16), 2014 (12), 2015 (7), 2016 (2), 2017 (9), 2018 (11), 2020 (7)
Nationally ranked: N/A

7. Tea, 168
State championships: 2017 (A), 2019 (A)
State runner-up: 2013 (A), 2018 (A)
State Top 25: 2013 (9), 2014 (16), 2016 (13), 2017 (3), 2018 (7), 2019 (1), 2020 (25)
Nationally ranked: N/A

8. Washington (Sioux Falls), 151
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2015 (AA), 2016 (AA)
State Top 25: 2011 (8), 2012 (7), 2014 (4), 2015 (2), 2016 (9), 2017 (21), 2018 (12), 2020 (14)
Nationally ranked: N/A

9. Roosevelt (Sioux Falls), 148
State championships: 2014 (AA)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2012 (10), 2013 (1), 2014 (1), 2015 (5), 2019 (8), 2020 (3)
Nationally ranked: N/A

10. Dakota Valley (North Sioux City), 127
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2012 (A)
State Top 25: 2011 (14), 2012 (12), 2013 (13), 2014 (20), 2016 (4), 2017 (13), 2018 (19), 2019 (17), 2020 (5)
Nationally ranked: N/A

Next five
Clark/Willow Lake (Clark) — 116
White River — 115
Yankton — 113
Riggs (Pierre) — 111

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