Video: Mansfield Timberview vs. Eastern Hills highlights The Wolves were the 2019 5A champion.
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 Texas teams.
DeSoto owns a 2016 state title and have been ranked in the state Top 25 seven times over the past 10 years. According to MaxPreps computer rankings, DeSoto has also been ranked in the Top 25 nationally five times with a win percentage of 83 percent during that time period.
Lancaster finished in a distant second with three appearances nationally in the computer rankings and a pair of state championships. The Tigers were heavy favorites to capture their third state title of the decade before postseason play was canceled.
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.
Most dominant boys high school basketball programs of the last 10 years in Texas 1. DeSoto (357)State championships: 2016 (6A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (4), 2012 (5), 2013 (2), 2014 (4), 2015 (6), 2016 (1), 2019 (7)
Nationally ranked: 2011 (19), 2012 (17), 2013 (9), 2014 (22), 2016 (4)
State championships: 2015 (5A), 2016 (5A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2014 (5), 2015 (2), 2016 (3), 2018 (22), 2019 (13), 2020 (3)
Nationally ranked: 2015 (8), 2016 (9), 2020 (17)
3. Kimball (Dallas) (249)State championships: 2011 (4A), 2012 (4A), 2014 (4A)
State runner-up: 2013 (4A)
State Top 25: 2011 (3), 2012 (6), 2013 (15), 2014 (3)
Nationally ranked: 2011 (13), 2012 (24), 2014 (14)
State championships: 2011 (5A), 2012 (5A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (1), 2012 (1), 2014 (13)
Nationally ranked: 2011 (1), 2012 (1)
5. Fort Bend Travis (Richmond) (183)State championships: 2013 (5A)
State runner-up: 2012 (5A)
State Top 25: 2011 (8), 2012 (3), 2013 (1)
Nationally ranked: 2012 (8), 2013 (7)
6. Mansfield Timberview (Arlington) (179)State championships: 2017 (5A), 2019 (5A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2013 (23), 2017 (2), 2018 (9), 2019 (1), 2020 (21)
Nationally ranked: 2017 (24), 2019 (13)
7. Allen (172)State championships: 2018 (6A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2014 (11), 2015 (16), 2017 (6), 2018 (2), 2019 (4), 2020 (8)
Nationally ranked: N/A
8. South Grand Prairie (Grand Prairie) (166)State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2013 (5A)
State Top 25: 2012 (4), 2013 (4), 2014 (19), 2016 (6), 2020 (17)
Nationally ranked: 2012 (13), 2013 (13)
9. Duncanville (164)State championships: 2019 (6A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (11), 2015 (15), 2019 (3), 2020 (1)
Nationally ranked: 2019 (25), 2020 (7)
10. Guyer (Denton) (159)State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2017 (13), 2018 (1), 2019 (2), 2020 (9)
Nationally ranked: 2018 (4), 2019 (18)
Next five
North Shore (Houston) — 124
Atascocita (Humble) — 121
Plano West (Plano) — 114
Cedar Hill (Cedar Hill) — 104
