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

Four consecutive state titles lift Dorman to the top spot.

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Apr 30, 2020, 11:10am
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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 South Carolina over the past decade.

Dorman has dominated in-state competition in the second half of the decade, capturing four consecutive state championships and winning 59 straight game against South Carolina opponents.

Irmo made four championship games while winning it all in 2011 and 2013. The Yellow Jackets have finished in the state Top 25 in each of the past 10 seasons.

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. Dorman (Roebuck), 311
State championships: 2017 (5A), 2018 (5A), 2019 (5A), 2020 (5A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (5), 2012 (3), 2013 (7), 2014 (7), 2015 (13), 2017 (1), 2018 (1), 2019 (1), 2020 (1)
Nationally ranked: 2020 (15)

State championships: 2011 (4A), 2013 (4A)
State runner-up: 2016 (4A), 2018 (5A)
State Top 25: 2011 (1), 2012 (2), 2013 (1), 2014 (2), 2015 (6), 2016 (5), 2017 (10), 2018 (15), 2019 (25), 2020 (9)
Nationally ranked: N/A

3. Keenan (Columbia), 231
State championships: 2011 (2A), 2015 (2A), 2019 (3A), 2020 (3A)
State runner-up: 2017 (2A)
State Top 25: 2011 (4), 2012 (10), 2013 (13), 2014 (23), 2015 (9), 2017 (6), 2018 (21), 2019 (3), 2020 (4)
Nationally ranked: N/A

State championships: 2018 (4A), 2019 (4A), 2020 (4A)
State runner-up: 2011 (4A)
State Top 25: 2011 (8), 2013 (14), 2017 (19), 2018 (5), 2019 (4), 2020 (2)
Nationally ranked: N/A

5. Flora (Columbia), 156
State championships: 2014 (3A), 2016 (3A)
State runner-up: 2015 (3A)
State Top 25: 2013 (21), 2014 (11), 2015 (5), 2016 (1), 2017 (21), 2018 (14), 2019 (24), 2020 (5)
Nationally ranked: N/A

6. Gray Collegiate Academy (West Columbia), 146
State championships: 2018 (2A), 2019 (2A), 2020 (2A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2016 (17), 2017 (11), 2018 (3), 2019 (6), 2020 (7)
Nationally ranked: N/A

7. Legacy Early College (Greenville), 141
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2014 (5), 2015 (11), 2016 (4), 2017 (5), 2018 (11), 2019 (2), 2020 (3)
Nationally ranked: N/A

8. Wade Hampton (Greenville), 132
State championships: 2011 (3A)
State runner-up: 2020 (3A)
State Top 25: 2011 (2), 2012 (25), 2014 (22), 2015 (1), 2017 (9), 2018 (7), 2020 (14)
Nationally ranked: N/A

9. Hillcrest (Simpsonville), 129
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2014 (4A), 2015 (4A)
State Top 25: 2011 (3), 2012 (8), 2013 (3), 2014 (3), 2015 (4)
Nationally ranked: N/A

10. Southside (Greenville), 112
State championships: 2017 (3A), 2018 (3A)
State runner-up: 2012 (3A)
State Top 25: 2012 (15), 2013 (17), 2017 (13), 2018 (9)
Nationally ranked: N/A

Next five
Darlington — 98
Sumter — 96
Gaffney — 90
Wando (Mt. Pleasant) — 87
Lexington — 86

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