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

Blue Valley Northwest is Sunflower State's best from 2010s.

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May 7, 2020, 10:15am
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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 Kansas over the past decade.

Blue Valley Northwest captured five state championship, appeared in the state title game twice and finished ranked in the state Top 25 rankings nine of the past 10 seasons.

Heights finished in a distant second, capturing three state championships and appearing in the state Top 25 rankings six times 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. Blue Valley Northwest (Overland Park), 409
State championships: 2013 (6A), 2014 (6A), 2017 (6A), 2018 (6A), 2019 (6A)
State runner-up: 2011 (6A), 2012 (6A)
State Top 25: 2011 (2), 2012 (3), 2013 (1), 2014 (1), 2016 (5), 2017 (2), 2018 (1), 2019 (5), 2020 (4)
Nationally ranked: 2013 (17), 2014 (6)

State championships: 2011 (6A), 2012 (6A), 2015 (5A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (1), 2012 (1), 2014 (11), 2015 (4), 2016 (8), 2018 (10)
Nationally ranked: 2011 (12)

3. McPherson, 215
State championships: 2011 (5A), 2014 (4A-DI), 2015 (4A-DI)
State runner-up: 2016 (4A-DI), 2017 (4A-DI), 2018 (4A-DI)
State Top 25: 2011 (3), 2013 (12), 2014 (9) 2015 (2), 2016 (13), 2017 (14) 2018 (4)
Nationally ranked: N/A

4. Sunrise Christian Academy (Bel Aire), 179
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (8), 2012 (6), 2013 (4), 2016 (3), 2017 (4), 2018 (2), 2019 (1) 2020 (1)
Nationally ranked: N/A

State championships: 2016 (4A-DI), 2017 (4A-DI), 2018 (4A-DI)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2015 (8), 2016 (1), 2017 (1), 2018 (5), 2019 (16), 2020 (7)
Nationally ranked: N/A

6. East (Wichita), 157
State championships: 2015 (6A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (9), 2012 (5), 2013 (23), 2014 (8) 2015 (1), 2016 (15)
Nationally ranked: N/A

7. Blue Valley North (Overland Park), 141
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2013 (6A), 2014 (6A)
State Top 25: 2011 (10), 2012 (2), 2013 (21), 2014 (3), 2015 (17), 2016 (19) 2017 (10)
Nationally ranked: N/A

8. Basehor-Linwood (Basehor), 134
State championships: 2012 (4A)
State runner-up: 2015 (4A-DI), 2019 (5A)
State Top 25: 2011 (16), 2012 (7), 2014 (15), 2015 (7) 2016 (16), 2019 (19), 2020 (8)
Nationally ranked: N/A

9. Scott (Scott City), 132
State championships: 2011 (3A), 2012 (3A), 2013 (3A), 2015 (3A)
State runner-up: 2014 (4A-D2)
State Top 25: 2011 (21), 2012 (14), 2013 (8), 2015 (19)
Nationally ranked: N/A

10. Lawrence, 122
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2015 (6A), 2017 (6A)
State Top 25: 2012 (25), 2013 (22), 2014 (10), 2015 (3), 2016 (4), 2017 (20), 2019 (8), 2020 (14)
Nationally ranked: N/A

Next five
St. John — 105
Ottawa — 98
Olathe East — 96
Holcomb — 84

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