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

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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 Tennessee over the past decade.

Memphis East won three state championships and finished in the state Top 25 eights of the past 10 seasons, while finishing the season ranked in the Top 25 of MaxPreps national computer rankings three times.

Southwind won one state title, finished in the national top 25 once and were ranked in the state Top 25 eight times over the past decade.

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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. Memphis East (Memphis), 353
State championships: 2016 (DI-AAA), 2017 (DI-AAA), 2018 (DI-AAA)
State runner-up: 2019 (DI-AAA)
State Top 25: 2011 (18), 2012 (3), 2015 (16), 2016 (1), 2017 (1), 2018 (1), 2019 (6), 2020 (3)
Nationally ranked: 2016 (19), 2017 (8), 2018 (2)

State championships: 2013 (DI-AAA)
State runner-up: 2017 (DI-AAA)
State Top 25: 2011 (5), 2012 (2), 2013 (1), 2014 (8), 2015 (3), 2017 (6), 2018 (4), 2019 (9)
Nationally ranked: 2013 (22)

3. Brentwood Academy (Brentwood), 196
State championships: 2015 (DII-AA), 2016 (DII-AA), 2017 (DI-AA), 2018 (DI-AA)
State runner-up: 2019 (DI-AA)
State Top 25: 2015 (2), 2016 (4), 2017 (2), 2018 (2), 2019 (14)
Nationally ranked: N/A

State championships: 2011 (DII-AA), 2012 (DII-AA), 2013 (DII-AA), 2014 (DII-AA)
State runner-up: 2016 (DII-AA)
State Top 25: 2011 (6), 2012 (11), 2013 (11), 2016 (13), 2017 (9), 2020 (20)
Nationally ranked: N/A

5. Christ Presbyterian Academy (Nashville), 157
State championships: 2012 (DI-AA), 2013 (DI-AA)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (16), 2012 (4), 2013 (2), 2014 (2), 2015 (5), 2016 (17), 2017 (19)
Nationally ranked: N/A

6. Blackman (Murfreesboro), 136
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2012 (23), 2013 (3), 2014 (3), 2015 (12), 2016 (6), 2017 (7), 2018 (6), 2020 (12)
Nationally ranked: N/A

7. Hamilton Heights Christian Academy (Chattanooga), 135
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2015 (4), 2016 (2), 2017 (3), 2018 (8), 2019 (3), 2020 (1)
Nationally ranked: N/A

8. Mitchell (Memphis), 121
State championships: 2014 (DI-A), 2015 (DI-A), 2016 (DI-A)
State runner-up: 2012 (DI-AA)
State Top 25: 2014 (14), 2015 (6), 2016 (14), 2018 (19)
Nationally ranked: N/A

9. Briarcrest Christian (Eads), 120
State championships: 2019 (DII-AA)
State runner-up: 2012 (DII-AA), 2013 (DII-AA)
State Top 25: 2012 (14), 2013 (16), 2015 (19), 2018 (18), 2019 (5), 2020 (4)
Nationally ranked: N/A

10. White Station (Memphis), 119
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (1), 2012 (10), 2013 (6), 2014 (1), 2016 (20), 2019 (12), 2020 (13)
Nationally ranked: N/A

Next five
Whitehaven (Memphis) — 106
Cordova — 82

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