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

Century is the Roughrider State's best from the 2010s.

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May 28, 2020, 1:00pm
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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 North Dakota over the past decade.

Century captured a pair of state championships and appeared in the state Top 25 eight times over the past decade.

Four Winds/Minnewaukan won a state title while appearing in the state top 25 eight 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. Century (Bismarck), 221
State championships: 2011 (A), 2018 (A)
State runner-up: 2015 (A), 2017 (A)
State Top 25: 2011 (2), 2012 (17), 2013 (13), 2014 (1), 2015 (3), 2016 (3), 2017 (6), 2018 (2)
Nationally ranked: N/A

State championships: 2016 (B)
State runner-up: 2013 (B), 2015 (B), 2017 (B)
State Top 25: 2011 (18), 2013 (12), 2014 (12), 2015 (4), 2016 (1), 2017 (3), 2019 (5), 2020 (1)
Nationally ranked: N/A

3. Minot, 192
State championships: 2015 (A), 2016 (A), 2017 (A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (9), 2012 (18), 2013 (15), 2014 (13), 2015 (1), 2016 (2), 2017 (1), 2018 (17)
Nationally ranked: N/A

State championships: 2014 (A)
State runner-up: 2019 (A)
State Top 25: 2012 (11), 2013 (3), 2014 (2), 2015 (10), 2016 (9), 2017 (7), 2018 (23), 2019 (7), 2020 (14)
Nationally ranked: N/A

5. Beulah, 154
State championships: 2012 (B)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2012 (2), 2013 (4), 2014 (18), 2016 (15), 2017 (13), 2018 (4), 2019 (14), 2020 (4)
Nationally ranked: N/A

6. Hillsboro/Central Valley (Buxton), 153
State championships: 2017 (B), 2018 (B)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2016 (8), 2017 (2), 2018 (1), 2019 (4), 2020 (2)
Nationally ranked: N/A

7. Oak Grove Lutheran (Fargo), 138
State championships: 2014 (B)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (6), 2013 (8), 2014 (4), 2015 (5), 2017 (12), 2018 (10), 2019 (19)
Nationally ranked: N/A

8. Bismarck, 137
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2011 (A), 2013 (A)
State Top 25: 2011 (3), 2012 (6), 2013 (11), 2014 (7), 2015 (7), 2016 (22), 2018 (12), 2020 (23)
Nationally ranked: N/A

9. North Star co-op [Cando/Bisbee-Egeland] (Cando), 133
State championships: 2011 (B)
State runner-up: 2012 (B)
State Top 25: 2011 (1), 2012 (7), 2013 (6), 2014 (15), 2015 (11), 2016 (16), 2017 (23)
Nationally ranked: N/A

10. Rugby, 121
State championships: 2015 (B)
State runner-up: 2014 (B)
State Top 25: 2013 (16), 2014 (6), 2015 (2), 2018 (25), 2019 (13), 2020 (3)
Nationally ranked: N/A

Next five
Trinity (Dickinson) — 117
Shanley (Fargo) — 109
West Fargo — 109
Thompson — 102

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