The Indiana High School Boys Basketball Tournament, organized by the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA), is one of the oldest and most prestigious state high school basketball tournament in America. The tournament has often featured future NCAA and National Basketball Association (NBA) 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.
Video Indiana High School Boys Basketball Tournament
List of champions
Maps Indiana High School Boys Basketball Tournament
Team championships by year
Beginning in the 1997-98 season, a class system was implemented under which four championships are awarded yearly.
Footnotes
References
- IHSAA Boys Basketball State Champions
- IHSAA Boys Basketball Most State Championships
- Greg Guffey, The Greatest Basketball Story Ever Told: The Milan Miracle (2003)
- Greg Guffey, The Golden Age of Indiana High School Basketball (2006)
- Zak Keefer, History of our Hysteria: How Indiana fell in love with basketball, IndyStar, March 16, 2014
- Bob Williams, Hoosier Hysteria! (1997)
See also
- Hoosier Hysteria
- Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame
External links
- IHSAA Boys Basketball
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