Myers Park Mustangs win Observer’s 2022-23 Sweet 16 boys basketball championship
The Myers Park Mustangs are the Observer’s 2022-23 Sweet 16 boys basketball champions. Myers Park will receive its first banner for boys basketball.
The Mustangs’ girls basketball team won two banners after winning state championships in 2013 and 2014. This season, however, Myers Park won its first boys state basketball championship since the school opened in 1951.
Myers Park’s boys won 15 straight games to end the season following a 52-51 loss at Carmel Christian on Jan. 14 in the Mecklenburg County regular-season game of the year.
Carmel Christian (28-4) fell from the top spot after losing to Christ School in the NCISAA 4A state championship game. That allowed Myers Park to move up from No. 2. Central Cabarrus (31-0), which won its first state title since 2000, moved up one spot to No. 2. Central finished No. 1 in the statewide 3A rankings.
Carmel finished third in The Sweet 16.
This season, Myers Park finished No. 1 in the statewide 4A poll, won the Arby’s Classic holiday tournament in Tennessee, and the Mustangs were SoMECK 4A regular-season and tournament champions. In the playoffs, the Mustangs won six games by an average of 32.5 points.
Boys Sweet 16
| Rk | School | Rec | Prvs |
| 1 | Myers Park | 27-4 | 2 |
| 2 | Central Cabarrus | 31-0 | 3 |
| 3 | Carmel Christian | 28-4 | 1 |
| 4 | Richmond County | 28-2 | 6 |
| 5 | North Mecklenburg | 29-3 | 4 |
| 6 | J.L. Chambers | 23-7 | 5 |
| 7 | Charlotte Catholic | 24-6 | 7 |
| 8 | Concord Academy | 31-7 | 8 |
| 9 | Northside Christian | 22-14 | 9 |
| 10 | Gaston Christian | 23-10 | 10 |
| 11 | Cannon | 28-7 | 11 |
| 12 | United Faith | 31-3 | 12 |
| 13 | Olympic | 23-5 | 13 |
| 14 | Providence Day | 20-13 | 14 |
| 15 | West Charlotte | 15-14 | 15 |
| 16 | Lincoln Charter | 25-12 | 16 |
Past champions
2021-22: Weddington
2020-21: Cannon School
2019-20: North Mecklenburg
2018-19: Carmel Christian
2017-18: Independence
2016-17: Cox Mill
2015-16: Providence Day
2014-15: Ardrey Kell
2013-14: Freedom
2012-13: Olympic
2011-12: West Charlotte
2010-11: West Charlotte
2009-10: Lake Norman
2008-09: Shelby
2007-08: East Mecklenburg
2006-07: Victory Christian
2005-06: Rock Hill
2004-05: North Mecklenburg
2003-04: Garinger
2002-03: West Rowan
2001-02: West Rowan
2000-01: Charlotte Christian
1999-00: Central Cabarrus
1998-99: West Charlotte
1997-98: Freedom
1996-97: Independence
1995-96: Great Falls (SC)
1994-95: Irmo (SC)
1993-94: Charlotte Latin
1992-93: South Mecklenburg
1991-92: West Charlotte
1990-91: West Charlotte
1989-90: Eau Claire (SC)
1988-89: Garinger
1987-88: Lower Richland (SC)
1986-87: Salisbury
1985-86: West Charlotte
1984-85: Cherryville
1983-84: West Caldwell
