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

Top high school hoops programs from the Yellowhammer State since 2010.

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Apr 13, 2020, 9:00am
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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 Alabama over the past decade.

Mountain Brook owns state titles in 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and has been ranked in the state Top 25 each year of the past decade. According to the MaxPreps computer rankings, the Spartans have been ranked nationally twice with a win percentage of 84 percent during that time period.

Wenonah finished in a distant second with four state championships and eight appearances in the state Top 25.

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. Mountain Brook (Birmingham), 411
State championships: 2013 (6A), 2014 (6A), 2017 (7A), 2018 (7A), 2019 (7A)
State runner-up: 2015 (7A), 2020 (7A)
State Top 25: 2011 (14), 2012 (10), 2013 (2), 2014 (1), 2015 (5), 2016 (6), 2017 (1), 2018 (1), 2019 (1), 2020 (1)
Nationally ranked: 2019 (9), 2020 (20)

State championships: 2011 (5A), 2012 (5A), 2013 (5A), 2019 (5A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (2), 2012 (2), 2013 (1), 2014 (3), 2017 (17), 2018 (2), 2019 (2), 2020 (15)
Nationally ranked: N/A

3. Carver (Montgomery), 221
State championships: 2012 (6A), 2015 (6A), 2018 (6A)
State runner-up: 2019 (6A)
State Top 25: 2011 (7), 2012 (1), 2013 (4), 2014 (4), 2015 (2), 2016 (15), 2017 (19), 2018 (5)
Nationally ranked: N/A

State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2011 (5A), 2012 (5A), 2015 (6A)
State Top 25: 2011 (5), 2012 (5), 2013 (6), 2014 (2), 2015 (3), 2016 (7), 2019 (4), 2020 (11)
Nationally ranked: N/A

5. Hoover, 169
State championships: 2015 (7A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (16), 2012 (4), 2013 (5), 2014 (17), 2015 (4), 2017 (8), 2018 (3), 2019 (10), 2020 (18)
Nationally ranked: N/A

6. Johnson (Huntsville), 131
State championships: 2015 (5A), 2016 (5A)
State runner-up: 2013 (4A), 2014 (4A)
State Top 25: 2012 (25), 2013 (21), 2014 (10), 2015 (1), 2016 (2)
Nationally ranked: N/A

7. Huffman (Birmingham), 125
State championships: 2020 (6A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2016 (4), 2017 (3), 2018 (7), 2019 (8), 2020 (3)
Nationally ranked: N/A

8. Sacred Heart Catholic (Anniston), 119
State championships: 2015 (1A), 2016 (1A), 2017 (1A), 2018 (1A)
State runner-up: 2019 (2A)
State Top 25: 2016 (18), 2017 (14), 2018 (17)
Nationally ranked: N/A

9. Midfield, 117
State championships: 2012 (4A), 2014 (3A), 2017 (3A)
State runner-up: 2016 (3A)
State Top 25: 2012 (14), 2014 (21), 2017 (4), 2018 (18)
Nationally ranked: N/A

10. Hillcrest (Tuscaloosa, Ala.), 114
State championships: 2011 (6A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (3), 2012 (9), 2013 (11), 2014 (9), 2015 (11), 2019 (19)
Nationally ranked: N/A

Next five
Parker (Birmingham) — 104
Ramsay (Birmingham) — 101
Homewood — 91

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