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

The Silver State's top high school basketball programs since 2010.

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Apr 15, 2020, 11:00am
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Using our database of historical results, we are looking back at the most dominant high school basketball programs in Nevada over the past decade.

Bishop Gorman has had an incredibly dominant decade, winning nine consecutive state championships and finishing ranked in the state Top 25 each year of the past decade. According to MaxPreps computer rankings, the Gaels were nationally ranked four times and had a win percentage of 85 percent over that time period.

Despite closing its doors before the 2020 season, Findlay Prep finished second behind a dominant decade that included four appearances in the national rankings and appearances in the state Top 25 each year of their existence.

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. Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas), 574
State championships: 2012 (4A), 2013 (DI), 2014 (DI), 2015 (DI), 2016 (DI), 2017 (4A), 2018 (4A), 2019 (4A) 2020 (4A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (3), 2012 (2), 2013 (2), 2014 (2), 2015 (2), 2016 (1), 2017 (2), 2018 (1), 2019 (1), 2020 (1)
Nationally ranked: 2015 (22), 2018 (10), 2019 (17), 2020 (4)

2. Findlay Prep (Henderson), 374
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (1), 2012 (1), 2013 (1), 2014 (1), 2015 (1), 2016 (2), 2017 (1), 2018 (2), 2019 (3)
Nationally ranked: 2011 (24), 2012 (7), 2015 (4), 2017 (16)

3. Clark (Las Vegas), 269
State championships: 2014 (DI-A), 2015 (DI-A), 2016 (DI-A)
State runner-up: 2013 (DI-A), 2017 (4A), 2019 (4A)
State Top 25: 2012 (4), 2013 (4), 2014 (3), 2015 (5), 2016 (4), 2017 (4), 2018 (3), 2019 (2)
Nationally ranked: N/A

State championships: 2013 (DI-A), 2017 (3A), 2018 (3A)
State runner-up: 2015 (DI-A), 2016 (DI-A), 2020 (4A)
State Top 25: 2012 (19), 2013 (3), 2014 (11), 2015 (12), 2016 (7), 2017 (10), 2018 (12), 2019 (5), 2020 (2)
Nationally ranked: N/A

5. Canyon Springs (North Las Vegas), 183
State championships: 2011 (4A)
State runner-up: 2014 (DI)
State Top 25: 2011 (2), 2012 (13), 2013 (8), 2014 (4), 2015 (4), 2017 (5), 2018 (4), 2019 (21), 2020 (20)
Nationally ranked: N/A

6. Centennial (Las Vegas), 182
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2013 (DI)
State Top 25: 2011 (5), 2012 (5), 2013 (6), 2014 (7), 2015 (6), 2016 (3), 2017 (3), 2018 (15), 2019 (12)
Nationally ranked: N/A

7. Foothill (Henderson), 152
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (8), 2012 (10), 2013 (5), 2014 (6), 2015 (10), 2016 (21), 2017 (9), 2018 (6), 2019 (14), 2020 (19)
Nationally ranked: N/A

8. Coronado (Henderson), 147
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2016 (DI)
State Top 25: 2011 (12), 2012 (21), 2014 (21), 2015 (9), 2016 (5), 2017 (8), 2018 (7), 2019 (9), 2020 (5)
Nationally ranked: N/A

9. Democracy Prep Agassi Campus (Las Vegas), 135
State championships: 2011 (2A), 2015 (DIII), 2017 (2A), 2018 (2A)
State runner-up: 2012 (2A)
State Top 25: 2014 (24), 2015 (14), 2017 (20), 2018 (10), 2019 (17)
Nationally ranked: N/A

10. Elko, 122
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2012 (3A), 2014 (DI-A), 2019 (3A), 2020 (3A)
State Top 25: 2013 (18), 2014 (9), 2015 (13), 2016 (14), 2017 (17), 2018 (24), 2019 (7), 2020 (24)
Nationally ranked: N/A

Next five
Las Vegas — 100
Palo Verde (Las Vegas) — 96
Bishop Manogue (Reno) — 93

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