Indiana High School Boys Basketball Tournament


The Indiana High School Boys Basketball Tournament, organized by the Indiana High School Athletic Association, is the oldest and most prestigious state high school basketball tournament in America. The tournament has often featured future NCAA and National Basketball Association players. The Milan Miracle team in the 1953–54 season inspired the movie Hoosiers. In the early twenties, the tournament was dominated by the Franklin Wonder Five, which won three consecutive state championships, followed by a college championship at Franklin College. They won several games against professional teams.
For the 1997–98 season, the IHSAA divided Indiana high schools into four classes based on enrollment, and each class began to hold its own separate tournament championship.

List of champions

Team championships by year

ChampionshipsSchoolYear
8Muncie Central1928, 1931, 1951, 1952, 1963, 1978, 1979, 1988
8Marion1926, 1975, 1976, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2000, 2016
7Washington1930, 1941, 1942, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011
4Frankfort1925, 1929, 1936, 1939
4Lawrence North1989, 2004, 2005, 2006
4Park Tudor2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
4Indianapolis Attucks1955, 1956, 1959, 2017
4Carmel1977, 2012, 2013, 2019
3Lebanon1912, 1917, 1918
3Franklin1920, 1921, 1922
3Martinsville1924, 1927, 1933
3Anderson1935, 1937, 1946
3Evansville Bosse1944, 1945, 1962
3Lafayette Jefferson1916, 1948, 1964
3Lafayette Central Catholic1998, 2000, 2003
3Pike1998, 2001, 2003
3Bloomington South1919, 2009, 2011
3Ben Davis1995, 1996, 2017
2--
2Wingate1913, 1914
2South Bend Central1953, 1957
2Fort Wayne South Side1938, 1958
2Indianapolis Washington1965, 1969
2East Chicago Washington1960, 1971
2Vincennes Lincoln1923, 1981
2Connersville1972, 1983
2Gary Roosevelt1968, 1991
2Westview1999, 2000
2Forest Park2005, 2006
2New Castle1932, 2006
2Plymouth1982, 2007
2Princeton Community2009
2Fort Wayne Bishop Luers2008, 2009
2North Central 1999, 2010
2Bowman Academy2010, 2013
2Greensburg2013, 2014
2Guerin Catholic2012, 2015
2Lapel2005, 2016
2New Albany1973, 2016

Beginning in the 1997-98 season, a class system was implemented under which four championships are awarded yearly.

Footnotes