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

Portsmouth is the Granite State's best of the 2010s.

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May 26, 2020, 12:00pm
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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 New Hampshire over the past decade.

Portsmouth captured four state championships and appeared in the state Top 10 each of the past 10 seasons.

Conant finished in a distant second, capturing four state championships while appearing in the state Top 25 eight seasons over the past decade.

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. Portsmouth (Portsmouth), 314
State championships: 2012 (D-II), 2016 (D-II), 2017 (D-I), 2018 (D-I)
State runner-up: 2011 (D-II), 2014 (D-II), 2015 (D-II)
State Top 25: 2011 (6), 2012 (4), 2013 (10), 2014 (10), 2015 (7), 2016 (1), 2017 (1), 2018 (2), 2019 (9), 2020 (6)
Nationally ranked: N/A

State championships: 2013 (D-III), 2014 (D-III), 2019 (D-III)
State runner-up: 2015 (D-III)
State Top 25: 2011 (23), 2012 (14), 2013 (6), 2014 (11), 2015 (20), 2016 (5), 2018 (24), 2019 (3)
Nationally ranked: N/A

3. Pembroke, 170
State championships: 2013 (D-II), 2014 (D-II), 2019 (D-II)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (21), 2012 (15), 2013 (5), 2014 (5), 2015 (19), 2018 (5), 2019 (2)
Nationally ranked: N/A

State championships: 2014 (D-I), 2016 (D-I)
State runner-up: 2012 (D-I)
State Top 25: 2011 (9), 2012 (9), 2013 (19), 2014 (3), 2015 (10), 2016 (7), 2018 (14), 2019 (24)
Nationally ranked: N/A

5. Lebanon, 153
State championships: 2017 (D-II)
State runner-up: 2016 (D-II)
State Top 25: 2013 (13), 2014 (12), 2015 (14), 2016 (3), 2017 (7), 2018 (12), 2019 (21), 2020 (3)
Nationally ranked: N/A

6. Pelham, 133
State championships: 2015 (D-III), 2016 (D-III)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (10), 2014 (13), 2015 (4), 2016 (2), 2020 (8)
Nationally ranked: N/A

7. Littleton, 126
State championships: 2016 (D-IV)
State runner-up: 2012 (D-IV)
State Top 25: 2016 (4), 2017 (2), 2019 (17), 2020 (5)
Nationally ranked: N/A

8. Somersworth, 117
State championships: 2011 (D-III), 2018 (D-III)
State runner-up: 2019 (D-III)
State Top 25: 2011 (8), 2017 (18), 2018 (3), 2019 (14), 2020 (20)
Nationally ranked: N/A

9. Exeter, 116
State championships: 2019 (D-I)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2013 (24), 2014 (21), 2016 (20), 2017 (13), 2018 (6), 2019 (1), 2020 (1)
Nationally ranked: N/A

10. Merrimack, 114
State championships: 2012 (D-I)
State runner-up: 2014 (D-I), 2016 (D-I)
State Top 25: 2012 (7), 2013 (20), 2014 (7), 2015 (25), 2016 (18), 2017 (10), 2020 (21)
Nationally ranked: N/A

Next five
Bedford — 101
Trinity (Manchester) — 100
Kearsarge (North Sutton) — 99
Epping — 90
Winnacunnet (Hampton) — 87

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