Video: Michigan — Crazy Dunks
See some Great Lake State throwdowns.
Using
our database of historical results, we are looking back at the most
dominant high school basketball programs in Michigan over the past decade.
Clarkston owns state titles in 2017 and 2018 and has been ranked in the state Top 25 nine seasons in the past decade. According to MaxPreps computer rankings, the Wolves were ranked No. 11 nationally in 2018 and had a win percentage of 88 percent since 2010.
University of Detroit Jesuit finished just behind Clarkston, headlined by a No. 2 finish in MaxPreps computer rankings in 2016.
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.
State championships: 2017 (A), 2018 (A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (16), 2012 (16), 2014 (11), 2015 (5), 2016 (10), 2017 (1), 2018 (1), 2019 (13), 2020 (5)
Nationally ranked: 2018 (11)
State championships: 2016 (A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2013 (22), 2014 (2), 2015 (2), 2016 (1), 2017 (3), 2018 (2), 2019 (1), 2020 (19)
Nationally ranked: 2016 (2)
3. Beecher (Flint) (213)State championships: 2012 (C), 2013 (C), 2015 (C), 2016 (C), 2017 (C)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2012 (5), 2013 (4), 2015 (8), 2016 (2), 2017 (8), 2019 (18), 2020 (24)
Nationally ranked: N/A
State championships: 2013 (A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (4), 2012 (3), 2013 (1), 2014 (4), 2015 (23), 2017 (6)
Nationally ranked: 2013 (16)
5. Muskegon (134)State championships: 2014 (A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (24), 2013 (14), 2014 (1), 2015 (3), 2016 (11), 2017 (14), 2019 (17), 2020 (10)
Nationally ranked: N/A
6. Sexton (Lansing) (131)State championships: 2011 (B), 2012 (B)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (1), 2012 (1)
Nationally ranked: 2012 (10)
7. East Lansing (105)State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (10), 2012 (10), 2016 (4), 2017 (4), 2018 (12), 2020 (11)
Nationally ranked: N/A
8. Kalamazoo Central (Kalamazoo) (103)State championships: 2011 (A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (2), 2012 (13), 2014 (19), 2015 (12), 2016 (16), 2017 (11)
Nationally ranked: N/A
8. Southfield Christian (Southfield) (103)State championships: 2012 (D), 2013 (D), 2014 (D), 2018 (D), 2019 (D4)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2013 (25), 2016 (24)
Nationally ranked: N/A
10. (tie) Benton Harbor (95)State championships: 2018 (B)
State runner-up: 2014 (B)
State Top 25: 2011 (22), 2017 (18), 2018 (3), 2019 (8), 2020 (14)
Nationally ranked: N/A
10. (tie) Hudsonville (95)State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (20), 2012 (22), 2013 (17), 2014 (21), 2015 (11), 2016 (13), 2019 (5), 2020 (4)
Nationally ranked: N/A
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Consortium College Prep (Detroit) — 93
North Central (Powers) — 89
