California, Florida, Texas lead list of states with nationally ranked high school basketball teams since 2009

Since MaxPreps began its high school boys basketball rankings in 2009, California, Florida and Texas have reigned supreme.

Each of those states — three of the top four in terms of population along with New York, by the way — has had eight different schools finish the season in the Xcellent 25 or now-defunct Academy Top 10 during that span.

Kudos for consistency go to Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) and Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.), which have been ranked nationally at the conclusion of the season by MaxPreps all five years.

Head coach Kevin Boyle has done the same at two different schools. Boyle led St. Patrick (Elizabeth, N.J.) to Top 25 finishes from 2009-11, then made the jump to Montverde Academy (Fla.) and finished No. 1 in the Academy Top 10 a year ago and No. 4 in 2012.

Montrose Christian (Rockville, Md.), Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) and St. Benedict's Prep (Newark, N.J.) have finished with a number next to their name in four of the last five seasons.

Thirty-two different states have had at least one school ranked nationally over the past five years. Read on for a complete state-by-state list.


ALABAMA

Butler (Huntsville): 2009 (No. 24)
LeFlore (Mobile): 2009 (No. 10)
Wenonah (Birmingham): 2013 (No. 17)

ARKANSAS

Fayetteville: 2009 (No. 22)
North Little Rock: 2013 (No. 9)

CALIFORNIA

Archbishop Mitty (San Jose): 2012 (No. 23)
Etiwanda: 2013 (No. 13)
Fairfax (Los Angeles): 2009 (No. 20)
Lincoln (San Diego): 2011 (No. 24)
Long Beach Poly: 2013 (No. 20), 2011 (No. 13)
Mater Dei (Santa Ana): 2013 (No. 4), 2012 (No. 6), 2011 (No. 10), 2010 (No. 17), 2009 (No. 8)
Salesian (Richmond): 2012 (No. 22)
Westchester (Los Angeles): 2010 (No. 8), 2009 (No. 3)

FLORIDA

Arlington Country Day (Jacksonville): 2011 (No. 17)
Blanche Ely (Pompano Beach): 2013 (No. 8), 2012 (No. 14)
Coral Reef (Miami): 2009 (No. 18)
Dwyer (Palm Beach Gardens): 2011 (No. 8)
Montverde Academy: 2013 (*No. 1), 2012 (*No. 4), 2010 (No. 10)
Providence (Jacksonville): 2010 (No. 6)
The Rock (Gainesville): 2013 (*No. 10)
Winter Park: 2010 (No. 12)

GEORGIA

Columbia (Decatur): 2012 (No. 10)
Miller Grove (Lithonia): 2013 (No. 19), 2011 (No. 6)
Milton: 2012 (No. 3), 2011 (No. 14), 2010 (No. 14)
South Atlanta: 2009 (No. 14)

ILLINOIS

Morgan Park (Chicago): 2013 (No. 16)
Proviso East (Maywood): 2012 (No. 17)
Simeon (Chicago): 2013 (No. 3), 2012 (No. 4), 2011 (No. 9)
Whitney Young (Chicago): 2013 (No. 10)

INDIANA

Bloomington South: 2011 (No. 19), 2009 (No. 7)
Carmel: 2013 (No. 15)
La Lumiere (LaPorte): 2013 (*No. 7), 2012 (*No. 7)
North Central (Indianapolis): 2010 (No. 23)

IOWA

Ames: 2010 (No. 3), 2009 (No. 19)
Iowa City West: 2013 (No. 6)
Linn-Mar (Marion): 2011 (No. 12)

KANSAS

Blue Valley Northwest (Overland Park): 2013 (No. 14)
Sunrise Christian Academy (Bel Aire): 2013 (*No. 6), 2012 (*No. 9)
Wichita Heights: 2011 (No. 11)

KENTUCKY

Holmes (Covington): 2009 (No. 17)

LOUISIANA

Peabody (Alexandria): 2010 (No. 15)
Scotlandville (Baton Rouge): 2012 (No. 16)

MARYLAND

DeMatha (Hyattsville): 2012 (No. 13), 2010 (No. 19), 2009 (No. 23)
Lake Clifton (Baltimore): 2009 (No. 21)
Montrose Christian (Rockville): 2013 (*No. 10), 2012 (*No. 6), 2011 (No. 4), 2009 (No. 5)

MICHIGAN

Detroit Country Day (Beverly Hills): 2010 (No. 21)
Kalamazoo Central: 2011 (No. 25), 2010 (No. 20)
Pershing (Detroit): 2009 (No. 11)
Romulus: 2013 (No. 7)
Sexton (Lansing): 2012 (No. 15)

MINNESOTA

DeLaSalle (Minneapolis): 2013 (No. 22)
Hopkins (Minnetonka): 2011 (No. 15), 2009 (No. 6)

MISSOURI

McCluer North (Florissant): 2011 (No. 22)

NEBRASKA

Omaha Central: 2013 (No. 24)

NEVADA

Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas): 2013 (No. 11), 2012 (No. 7), 2010 (No. 7)
Findlay Prep (Henderson): 2013 (*No. 3), 2012 (*No. 2), 2011 (No. 20), 2010 (No. 5), 2009 (No. 1)

NEW JERSEY

Paterson Catholic (Paterson): 2010 (No. 25)
St. Anthony (Jersey City): 2012 (No. 1), 2011 (No. 1)
St. Benedict's Prep (Newark): 2013 (*No. 2), 2012 (*No. 5), 2010 (No. 2), 2009 (No. 13)
St. Patrick (Elizabeth): 2011 (No. 5), 2010 (No. 18), 2009 (No. 4)
Trenton Catholic Academy (Trenton): 2010 (No. 24)

NEW YORK

Our Savior New American (Centereach): 2012 (*No. 10)
Rice (New York, closed in 2011): 2009 (No. 16)

NORTH CAROLINA

Christ School (Arden): 2010 (No. 13)
New Hanover (Wilmington): 2012 (No. 21)
Olympic (Charlotte): 2013 (No. 5)
Ravenscroft (Raleigh): 2012 (*No. 8)
Wesleyan Christian Academy (High Point): 2013 (*No. 9)

OHIO

Dunbar (Dayton): 2012 (No. 12)
La Salle (Cincinnati): 2011 (No. 23)
Mentor: 2013 (No. 25)
Northland (Columbus): 2010 (No. 16), 2009 (No. 9)

OKLAHOMA

Putnam City (Oklahoma City): 2009 (No. 25)
Union (Tulsa): 2012 (No. 25)

OREGON

Jesuit (Portland): 2010 (No. 22)

PENNSYLVANIA

Chester: 2012 (No. 5), 2011 (No. 18)
Lower Merion (Ardmore): 2013 (No. 21)
Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia): 2012 (No. 20), 2010 (No. 4)
Plymouth Whitemarsh (Plymouth Meeting): 2010 (No. 9)

SOUTH CAROLINA

Irmo (Columbia): 2013 (No. 12)

TENNESSEE

Melrose (Memphis): 2010 (No. 10)

TEXAS

Fort Bend Travis (Richmond): 2013 (No. 18), 2012 (No. 18)
Grace Prep (Arlington): 2012 (No. 11)
Kimball (Dallas): 2011 (No. 21)
Lakeview Centennial (Garland): 2011 (No. 16)
Marcus (Flower Mound): 2012 (No. 2), 2011 (No. 2)
Prestonwood Christian (Plano): 2012 (No. 9)
Prime Prep (Dallas): 2013 (*No. 4)
Yates (Houston): 2010 (No. 1), 2009 (No. 15)

UTAH

Lone Peak (Highland): 2013 (No. 1), 2012 (No. 24)

VIRGINIA

Bishop O'Connell (Arlington): 2013 (No.23)
Norcom (Portsmouth): 2012 (No. 3)
Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson): 2013 (*No. 8), 2012 (*No. 1), 2011 (No. 7), 2009 (No. 2)
Paul VI (Fairfax): 2012 (No. 8)

WASHINGTON

Franklin (Seattle): 2009 (No. 12)

WEST VIRGINIA

Huntington St. Joseph Prep (Huntington): 2013 (*No. 5), 2012 (*No. 3)

WISCONSIN

Germantown: 2013 (No. 2), 2012 (No. 19)

* Ranked in Academy Top 10, which included independent schools and other non-traditional programs. Discontinued after trial run during 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons.