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

Dimond is the Last Frontier's best from the 2010s.

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May 27, 2020, 12:15pm
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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 Alaska over the past decade.

Dimond captured a pair of state championships and appeared in the state Top 25 each of the past 10 seasons.

Monroe Catholic finished a close second, capturing three state titles while appearing in the state Top 25 nine times since 2010-2011.

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. Dimond (Anchorage), 280
State championships: 2012 (4A), 2017 (4A)
State runner-up: 2016 (4A), 2018 (4A), 2019 (4A)
State Top 25: 2011 (6), 2012 (1), 2013 (6), 2014 (19), 2015 (4), 2016 (3), 2017 (1), 2018 (4), 2019 (3), 2020 (3)
Nationally ranked: N/A

2. Monroe Catholic (Fairbanks), 273
State championships: 2012 (3A), 2013 (3A), 2014 (3A)
State runner-up: 2011 (3A), 2015 (3A), 2017 (3A)
State Top 25: 2011 (7), 2012 (2), 2013 (3), 2014 (1), 2015 (7), 2017 (4), 2018 (10), 2019 (10), 2020 (7)
Nationally ranked: N/A

3. Anchorage Christian (Anchorage), 213
State championships: 2011 (3A), 2019 (3A)
State runner-up: 2012 (3A), 2013 (3A)
State Top 25: 2011 (4), 2012 (7), 2013 (5), 2014 (2), 2015 (13), 2016 (14), 2018 (8), 2019 (5), 2020 (23)
Nationally ranked: N/A

4. East (Anchorage), 211
State championships: 2013 (4A)
State runner-up: 2015 (4A)
State Top 25: 2011 (20), 2012 (19), 2013 (2), 2014 (13), 2015 (2), 2016 (2), 2017 (3), 2018 (16), 2019 (1), 2020 (1)
Nationally ranked: N/A

5. West (Anchorage), 198
State championships: 2015 (4A)
State runner-up: 2011 (4A), 2014 (4A)
State Top 25: 2011 (2), 2012 (14), 2013 (3), 2015 (1), 2016 (7), 2017 (22), 2018 (12), 2019 (8)
Nationally ranked: N/A

6. Barrow, 186
State championships: 2015 (3A), 2016 (3A), 2018 (3A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (10), 2012 (8), 2014 (20), 2015 (3), 2016 (4), 2017 (9), 2018 (7), 2019 (21)
Nationally ranked: N/A

7. Service (Anchorage), 185
State championships: 2014 (4A)
State runner-up: 2012 (4A), 2013 (4A)
State Top 25: 2011 (3), 2012 (4), 2013 (1), 2014 (4), 2015 (8), 2016 (11), 2017 (17), 2020 (15)
Nationally ranked: N/A

8. Bartlett (Anchorage), 163
State championships: 2011 (4A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (1), 2012 (5), 2013 (19), 2014 (16), 2015 (5), 2016 (5), 2017 (7), 2019 (14), 2020 (19)
Nationally ranked: N/A

9. Colony (Palmer), 153
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2012 (15), 2013 (4), 2014 (11), 2015 (9), 2016 (10), 2017 (25), 2018 (3), 2019 (2), 2020 (2)
Nationally ranked: N/A

10. Wasilla, 151
State championships: 2018 (4A)
State runner-up: 2017 (4A)
State Top 25: 2011 (13), 2012 (3), 2014 (23), 2015 (17), 2016 (12), 2017 (2), 2018 (1), 2019 (16)
Nationally ranked: N/A

Next five
Ketchikan — 135
Grace Christian (Anchorage) — 121
Juneau-Douglas (Juneau) — 97
West Valley (Fairbanks) — 95
Klawock — 94

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