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

Iowa City West is Hawkeye State's best from 2010s.

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Apr 29, 2020, 11:00am
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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 Iowa over the past decade.

Iowa City West captured four state championships, appeared in the state title game on two other occasions and was ranked in the state Top 25 each of the past 10 seasons.

With three state titles and seven Top 25 appearances, Western Christian was West's closest competition but finished a distance second.

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. Iowa City West (Iowa City), 362
State championships: 2012 (4A), 2013 (4A), 2014 (4A), 2017 (4A)
State runner-up: 2016 (4A), 2018 (4A)
State Top 25: 2011 (5), 2012 (1), 2013 (1), 2014 (1), 2015 (1), 2016 (3), 2017 (1), 2018 (4), 2019 (6), 2020 (6)
Nationally ranked: 2013 (20)

State championships: 2014 (2A), 2016 (2A), 2017 (2A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (8), 2013 (15), 2014 (5), 2016 (2), 2017 (2), 2018 (5), 2020 (24)
Nationally ranked: N/A

3. Cedar Falls, 181
State championships: 2018 (4A), 2019 (4A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (15), 2012 (5), 2013 (7), 2015 (22), 2016 (11), 2018 (1), 2019 (5), 2020 (1)
Nationally ranked: N/A

State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2014 (4A), 2016 (4A), 2017 (4A)
State Top 25: 2011 (18), 2012 (11), 2013 (4), 2014 (6), 2015 (14), 2016 (1), 2017 (9), 2019 (15), 2020 (22)
Nationally ranked: N/A

5. Waukee, 157
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2020 (4A)
State Top 25: 2011 (6), 2012 (13), 2014 (11) 2015 (3), 2016 (18), 2017 (19), 2018 (10), 2019 (2), 2020 (5)
Nationally ranked: N/A

6. Boyden-Hull (Hull), 146
State championships: 2012 (1A), 2013 (1A), 2020 (2A)
State runner-up: 2019 (2A)
State Top 25: 2012 (6), 2013 (13), 2016 (14), 2019 (17), 2020 (4)
Nationally ranked: N/A

7. Dubuque Senior (Dubuque), 142
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2019 (4A)
State Top 25: 2012 (12), 2013 (2), 2014 (3), 2016 (25), 2017 (8), 2018 (7), 2019 (11), 2020 (8)
Nationally ranked: N/A

8. Linn-Mar (Marion), 138
State championships: 2011 (4A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (1), 2012 (9), 2013 (19), 2014 (15), 2015 (6), 2016 (5), 2019 (9)
Nationally ranked: N/A

9. (tie) North Scott (Eldridge), 136
State championships: 2015 (4A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (23), 2013 (9), 2014 (8), 2015 (2), 2018 (14), 2019 (3), 2020 (7)
Nationally ranked: N/A

9. (tie) Sioux City East (Sioux City), 136
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2012 (4A)
State Top 25: 2011 (11), 2012 (3), 2013 (10), 2014 (16), 2015 (25), 2017 (3), 2018 (19), 2019 (1), 2020 (20)
Nationally ranked: N/A

Next Five
Ankeny — 114
Wahlert (Dubuque) — 113
Xavier (Cedar Rapids) — 104
Grandview Park Baptist (Des Moines) — 101
Hoover (Des Moines) — 90

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