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

Scotlandville is Bayou State's best from the 2010s.

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Apr 23, 2020, 11:15am
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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 Louisiana over the past decade.

Scotlandville captured seven state titles and appeared in the state championship game every year over the past decade. The Hornets were ranked in the state Top 25 each of the past 10 seasons and have won over 90 percent of their games during that time period.

Madison Prep Academy won five state titles and appeared in the state Top 10 six times since the 2010-2011 season.

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).
Graphic by Ryan Escobar
1. Scotlandville (Baton Rouge), 432
State championships: 2012 (5A), 2013 (5A), 2015 (5A), 2017 (Div. 1), 2018 (Div. 1), 2019 (Div. 1), 2020 (Div. 1)
State runner-up: 2011 (5A), 2014 (5A), 2016 (5A)
State Top 25: 2011 (8), 2012 (2), 2013 (1), 2014 (1), 2015 (3), 2016 (4), 2017 (2), 2018 (1), 2019 (1), 2020 (1)
Nationally ranked: 2020 (25)

2. Madison Prep Academy (Baton Rouge), 276
State championships: 2013 (B), 2015 (1A), 2016 (2A), 2017 (2A), 2018 (3A), 2019 (3A)
State runner-up: 2014 (1A)
State Top 25: 2015 (2), 2016 (3), 2017 (1), 2018 (2), 2019 (5), 2020 (8)
Nationally ranked: N/A

3. Peabody (Alexandria), 255
State championships: 2012 (4A), 2017 (3A), 2020 (4A)
State runner-up: 2011 (4A), 2018 (3A)
State Top 25: 2011 (5), 2012 (1), 2013 (6), 2014 (14), 2015 (25), 2016 (6), 2017 (4), 2018 (9), 2019 (10), 2020 (5)
Nationally ranked: N/A

4. Riverside Academy (Reserve), 250
State championships: 2011 (2A), 2013 (2A), 2014 (2A), 2015 (2A)
State runner-up: 2012 (2A), 2016 (2A)
State Top 25: 2011 (3), 2012 (6), 2013 (9), 2014 (3), 2015 (1), 2016 (5), 2018 (5)
Nationally ranked: N/A

5. Bossier (Bossier City), 223
State championships: 2011 (4A), 2016 (4A)
State runner-up: 2012 (3A), 2019 (3A)
State Top 25: 2011 (1), 2012 (8), 2013 (5), 2016 (11), 2017 (8), 2018 (17), 2019 (13), 2020 (2)
Nationally ranked: N/A

6. St. Augustine (New Orleans), 182
State championships: 2011 (5A)
State runner-up: 2012 (4A), 2019 (Div. 1), 2020 (Div. 1)
State Top 25: 2011 (2), 2012 (3), 2013 (19), 2014 (6), 2015 (17), 2016 (22), 2017 (12), 2019 (17), 2020 (4)
Nationally ranked: N/A

7. Natchitoches Central (Natchitoches), 181
State championships: 2014 (5A), 2016 (4A)
State runner-up: 2015 (5A)
State Top 25: 2011 (18), 2012 (16), 2014 (4), 2015 (5), 2016 (1), 2017 (14), 2018 (6), 2020 (13)
Nationally ranked: N/A

8. University Lab (Baton Rouge), 175
State championships: 2014 (3A), 2015 (3A), 2016 (3A)
State runner-up: 2018 (Div. II), 2020 (Div. II)
State Top 25: 2013 (22), 2014 (7), 2015 (4), 2016 (2), 2017 (16), 2020 (10)
Nationally ranked: N/A

9. Landry-Walker (New Orleans), 169
State championships: 2014 (4A), 2015 (4A), 2017 (5A)
State runner-up: 2018 (5A)
State Top 25: 2014 (2), 2015 (6), 2016 (7), 2017 (10), 2018 (8), 2019 (24)
Nationally ranked: N/A

10. St. Thomas More (Lafayette), 158
State championships: 2013 (4A), 2018 (Div. II), 2019 (Div. II), 2020 (Div. II)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2012 (25), 2013 (3), 2014 (20), 2016 (10), 2018 (14), 2019 (21), 2020 (11)
Nationally ranked: N/A

Next five
Rayville — 127
Lafayette Christian Academy (Lafayette) — 124
Dunham (Baton Rouge) — 110
Wossman (Monroe) — 109

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