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

Hope Christian is Land of Enchantment's best from 2010s.

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May 12, 2020, 1:10pm
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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 New Mexico over the past decade.

Hope Christian captured seven state championships, while finishing ranked in the state Top 25 each season over the last 10 years.

Las Cruces was a distant second, capturing state titles in 2013 and 2020, finishing state runner-up in 2012 and appearing in the state Top 25 rankings nine of 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).
Graphic by Ryan Escobar
1. Hope Christian (Albuquerque), 345
State championships: 2011 (3A), 2013 (3A), 2014 (3A), 2015 (4A), 2016 (4A), 2017 (4A), 2018 (4A)
State runner-up: 2012 (3A)
State Top 25: 2011 (1), 2012 (3), 2013 (11), 2014 (3), 2015 (6), 2016 (2), 2017 (4), 2018 (9), 2019 (12), 2020 (14)
Nationally ranked: N/A

2. Las Cruces, 233
State championships: 2013 (5A), 2020 (5A)
State runner-up: 2017 (6A)
State Top 25: 2011 (6), 2012 (4), 2013 (1), 2014 (9), 2015 (21), 2017 (2), 2018 (3), 2019 (4), 2020 (1)
Nationally ranked: N/A

3. Valley (Albuquerque), 214
State championships: 2014 (5A), 2019 (4A), 2020 (4A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (17), 2012 (10), 2013 (9), 2014 (1), 2015 (8), 2016 (12), 2017 (23), 2018 (8), 2019 (13), 2020 (5)
Nationally ranked: N/A

4. Roswell, 193
State championships: 2014 (4A), 2017 (5A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (13), 2012 (13), 2013 (7), 2014 (2), 2015 (10), 2016 (4), 2017 (1), 2018 (24), 2019 (17), 2020 (16)
Nationally ranked: N/A

5. Cleveland (Rio Rancho), 190
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2015 (6A), 2018 (6A)
State Top 25: 2011 (7), 2014 (8), 2015 (2), 2016 (6), 2017 (3), 2018 (7), 2019 (3), 2020 (2)
Nationally ranked: N/A

6. Eldorado (Albuquerque), 181
State championships: 2012 (5A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (5), 2012 (1), 2013 (3), 2014 (10), 2017 (10), 2018 (2), 2019 (7), 2020 (9)
Nationally ranked: N/A

7. Atrisco Heritage Academy (Albuquerque), 167
State championships: 2018 (6A), 2019 (5A)
State runner-up: 2014 (5A)
State Top 25: 2013 (12), 2014 (4), 2015 (22), 2017 (13), 2018 (1), 2019 (1), 2020 (12)
Nationally ranked: N/A

8. Hobbs, 163
State championships: 2015 (6A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (20), 2012 (12), 2013 (4), 2014 (5), 2015 (1), 2016 (24), 2017 (15), 2018 (11), 2019 (10), 2020 (15)
Nationally ranked: N/A

9. Volcano Vista (Albuquerque), 154
State championships: 2017 (6A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2012 (15), 2013 (22), 2014 (7), 2015 (13), 2017 (7), 2018 (5), 2019 (2), 2020 (3)
Nationally ranked: N/A

10. Onate (Las Cruces), 137
State championships: 2011 (5A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (2), 2012 (19), 2015 (19), 2016 (1), 2017 (5), 2018 (23), 2019 (15), 2020 (7)
Nationally ranked: N/A

Next five
Pecos — 132
Capital (Santa Fe) — 118
Espanola Valley (Espanola) — 118
Rio Rancho — 118
Melrose — 115

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