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

Top prep hoops programs in the Tar Heel State since 2010.

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Apr 15, 2020, 11:10am
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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 North Carolina over the past decade.

Greensboro Day owns state titles in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and has been ranked in the state Top 25 each year of the past decade. The Bengals also finished as state finalists in 2012, 2013 and 2014 and possess a win percentage of over 86 percent during that time frame.

Wesleyan Christian has put together a strong decade also, winning a pair of state titles and finishing runner-up three times over the past 10 years.

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. Greensboro Day School (Greensboro), 317
State championships: 2015 (3A), 2017 (3A), 2018 (3A), 2019 (4A)
State runner-up: 2012 (3A), 2013 (3A), 2014 (3A)
State Top 25: 2011 (12), 2012 (4), 2013 (7), 2014 (3), 2015 (1), 2016 (6), 2017 (1), 2018 (3), 2019 (8), 2020 (8)
Nationally ranked: N/A

2. Wesleyan Christian Academy (High Point), 208
State championships: 2013 (3A), 2014 (3A)
State runner-up: 2015 (3A), 2017 (3A), 2018 (3A)
State Top 25: 2012 (18), 2013 (1), 2014 (2), 2015 (3), 2016 (12), 2017 (4), 2018 (4)
Nationally ranked: N/A

3. Northside Christian Academy (Charlotte), 162
State championships: 2012 (2A), 2013 (2A), 2014 (2A)
State runner-up: 2011 (2A), 2015 (2A), 2016 (2A)
State Top 25: 2011 (24), 2012 (10), 2013 (3), 2014 (1), 2015 (20)
Nationally ranked: N/A

4. Trinity Christian (Fayetteville), 153
State championships: 2011 (1A), 2014 (1A), 2016 (1A), 2018 (1A)
State runner-up: 2013 (1A), 2017 (1A)
State Top 25: 2011 (22), 2014 (12), 2018 (11), 2019 (22), 2020 (10)
Nationally ranked: N/A

5. Kinston, 151
State championships: 2012 (2A), 2013 (2A), 2014 (2A), 2015 (2A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2012 (13), 2013 (6), 2014 (10), 2015 (9), 2020 (21)
Nationally ranked: N/A

6. Winston-Salem Preparatory Academy (Winston-Salem), 150
State championships: 2012 (1A), 2013 (1A), 2014 (1A), 2018 (1A)
State runner-up: 2015 (1A), 2016 (1A)
State Top 25: 2012 (24), 2013 (17), 2014 (17), 2017 (18), 2018 (6), 2019 (24)
Nationally ranked: N/A

State championships: 2017 (3A), 2018 (3A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2017 (8), 2018 (2), 2019 (3), 2020 (16)
Nationally ranked: 2018 (21)

8. West Charlotte (Charlotte), 142
State championships: 2011 (4A)
State runner-up: 2012 (4A), 2019 (4A)
State Top 25: 2011 (6), 2012 (5), 2013 (10), 2014 (15), 2015 (7), 2019 (11)
Nationally ranked: N/A

9. (tie) Millbrook (Raleigh), 133
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2011 (4A)
State Top 25: 2011 (18), 2012 (25), 2014 (6), 2015 (2), 2016 (4), 2017 (12), 2019 (9), 2020 (9)
Nationally ranked: N/A

9. (tie) Southwest Guilford (High Point), 133
State championships: 2017 (4A), 2019 (3A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2016 (14), 2017 (2), 2019 (1)
Nationally ranked: 2019 (19)

Next five
Carmel Christian (Matthews) — 110
North Mecklenburg (Huntersville) — 109
Olympic (Charlotte) — 107
Christ School (Arden) — 104

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