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

Punahou is Aloha State's best from 2010s.

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May 18, 2020, 12:00pm
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Relive the most memorable moments of the past 10 years.

Using our database of historical results, we are looking back at the most successful high school basketball programs from the state of Hawaii over the past decade.

Punahou captured a pair of state championships, had three runner-up finishes and was ranked in the state Top 10 rankings each of the past 10 seasons.

'Iolani finished second after capturing a pair of state titles and runner-up finishes and appearing in the state Top 25 rankings each season of 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).
Graphic by Ryan Escobar
1. Punahou (Honolulu), 309
State championships: 2012 (D1), 2018 (D1)
State runner-up: 2016 (D1), 2017 (D1), 2019 (D1)
State Top 25: 2011 (4), 2012 (1), 2013 (2), 2014 (2), 2015 (2), 2016 (1), 2017 (1), 2018 (1), 2019 (3), 2020 (4)
Nationally ranked: N/A

2. 'Iolani (Honolulu), 248
State championships: 2014 (D1), 2016 (D1)
State runner-up: 2011 (D1), 2015 (D1)
State Top 25: 2011 (2), 2012 (13), 2013 (6), 2014 (1), 2015 (3), 2016 (3), 2017 (7), 2018 (7), 2019 (4), 2020 (4)
Nationally ranked: N/A

3. Kalaheo (Kailua), 234
State championships: 2012 (D2), 2013 (D1), 2015 (D1)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (17), 2012 (5), 2013 (1), 2014 (11), 2015 (1), 2016 (5), 2017 (11), 2018 (10), 2019 (22), 2020 (5)
Nationally ranked: N/A

4. Maryknoll (Honolulu), 227
State championships: 2019 (D1), 2020 (D1)
State runner-up: 2013 (D1)
State Top 25: 2012 (10), 2013 (3), 2014 (3), 2015 (10), 2016 (17), 2017 (10), 2018 (2), 2019 (1), 2020 (1)
Nationally ranked: N/A

5. Kamehameha Kapalama (Honolulu), 224
State championships: 2011 (D1)
State runner-up: 2020 (D1)
State Top 25: 2011 (1), 2012 (9), 2013 (4), 2014 (8), 2015 (14), 2016 (4), 2017 (12), 2018 (4), 2019 (8), 2020 (2)
Nationally ranked: N/A

6. Kahuku, 197
State championships: 2017 (D1)
State runner-up: 2012 (D1), 2018 (D1)
State Top 25: 2011 (7), 2012 (3), 2013 (24), 2014 (21), 2015 (5), 2016 (10), 2017 (2), 2018 (6), 2019 (19), 2020 (6)
Nationally ranked: N/A

7. St. Francis (Honolulu), 163
State championships: 2013 (D2), 2017 (D2), 2018 (D2)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2012 (25), 2013 (8), 2016 (7), 2017 (3), 2018 (3), 2019 (7)
Nationally ranked: N/A

8. Lahainaluna (Lahaina), 138
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (14), 2012 (17), 2013 (18), 2014 (12), 2015 (4), 2016 (9), 2017 (4), 2018 (5), 2019 (13)
Nationally ranked: N/A

9. Moanalua (Honolulu), 134
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2020 (D2)
State Top 25: 2011 (8), 2012 (20), 2013 (9), 2014 (13), 2015 (11), 2016 (16), 2018 (12), 2019 (9), 2020 (12)
Nationally ranked: N/A

10. Farrington (Honolulu), 132
State championships: 2011 (D2)
State runner-up: 2014 (D1), 2019 (D2)
State Top 25: 2011 (6), 2012 (19), 2013 (13), 2014 (4), 2015 (9), 2018 (25), 2019 (14)
Nationally ranked: N/A

Next five
Hawaii Prep (Kamuela) — 128
Kapolei — 100
Kaiser (Honolulu) — 96
McKinley (Honolulu) — 89

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