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

Bozeman is Big Sky Country's best from the 2010s.

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May 22, 2020, 9:30am
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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 Montana over the past decade.

Bozeman captured a pair of state championships and appeared in the state Top 25 each of the past 10 seasons.

Beaverhead County finished a close second, capturing three state titles while appearing in the state Top 25 seven 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.
1. Bozeman, 235
State championships: 2011 (AA), 2019 (AA)
State runner-up: 2016 (AA), 2017 (AA), 2018 (AA)
State Top 25: 2011 (1), 2012 (17), 2013 (9), 2014 (7), 2015 (6), 2016 (2), 2017 (5), 2018 (23), 2019 (2), 2020 (23)
Nationally ranked: N/A

2. Beaverhead County (Dillon), 226
State championships: 2012 (A), 2016 (A), 2017 (A)
State runner-up: 2011 (A), 2014 (A), 2015 (A)
State Top 25: 2011 (5), 2012 (2), 2013 (21), 2014 (4), 2015 (10), 2016 (3), 2017 (1)
Nationally ranked: N/A

3. Billings West (Billings), 224
State championships: 2012 (AA)
State runner-up: 2011 (AA), 2015 (AA)
State Top 25: 2011 (3), 2012 (1), 2013 (3), 2014 (5), 2015 (3), 2016 (10), 2017 (17), 2019 (6), 2020 (2)
Nationally ranked: N/A

4. Hellgate, 223
State championships: 2013 (AA)
State runner-up: 2014 (AA), 2019 (AA)
State Top 25: 2011 (8), 2012 (16), 2013 (1), 2014 (2), 2015 (1), 2016 (4), 2017 (18), 2018 (19) 2019 (7), 2020 (1)
Nationally ranked: N/A

5. Skyview (Billings), 206
State championships: 2015 (AA), 2016 (AA)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (9), 2012 (5), 2013 (5), 2014 (14), 2015 (2), 2016 (1), 2017 (3), 2020 (3)
Nationally ranked: N/A

6. Bigfork, 173
State championships: 2014 (B), 2018 (B), 2019 (B)
State runner-up: 2016 (B)
State Top 25: 2012 (22), 2013 (22), 2014 (3), 2015 (14), 2016 (6), 2018 (2), 2019 (10)
Nationally ranked: N/A

7. Billings Central Catholic (Billings), 159
State championships: 2019 (A)
State runner-up: 2013 (A), 2016 (A), 2017 (A), 2018 (A)
State Top 25: 2012 (14), 2013 (15), 2015 (15), 2016 (19), 2017 (19), 2018 (7), 2019 (3), 2020 (17)
Nationally ranked: N/A

8. Arlee, 142
State championships: 2017 (C), 2018 (C)
State runner-up: 2011 (C), 2016 (C), 2019 (C)
State Top 25: 2016 (9), 2017 (4), 2018 (3), 2019 (16)
Nationally ranked: N/A

9. Columbia Falls, 141
State championships: 2011 (A), 2014 (A)
State runner-up: 2012 (A)
State Top 25: 2011 (2), 2012 (4), 2013 (16), 2014 (6), 2015 (11)
Nationally ranked: N/A

10. (tie) Capital (Helena), 138
State championships: 2014 (AA)
State runner-up: 2013 (AA)
State Top 25: 2012 (7), 2013 (4), 2014 (1), 2015 (7), 2016 (20), 2020 (9)
Nationally ranked: N/A

10. (tie) Great Falls, 138
State Champions: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (14), 2013 (10), 2014 (11), 2015 (8), 2016 (18), 2017 (6), 2018 (8), 2019 (9), 2020 (12)
Nationally ranked: N/A

Next five
Glacier (Kalispell) — 124
Malta — 117
Laurel — 107
Manhattan Christian (Manhattan) — 106
Russell (Great Falls) — 102

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