Illinois high school boys basketball championship

The Illinois High School Boys Basketball Championship is a single elimination

Single-elimination tournament

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tournament

Tournament

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held each spring. It is organized by the Illinois High School Association

Illinois High School Association

The Illinois High School Association is one of 521 state high school associations in the United States, designed to regulate competition in most interscholastic sports and some interscholastic activities at the high school level. It is a charter member of the National Federation of State High...

(IHSA).

From 1908-1971, it was a single tournament contested by nearly all high schools in Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

. In 1972, the tournament was divided into two divisions based on school size, (A and AA), each producing a separate champion. In 2008, the tournament was divided into four separate divisions (1A, 2A, 3A, and 4A being the larger schools). The Illinois High School Basketball Championship was the first tournament to be called 'March Madness'. The term was first used about the Illinois tournament in 1939, decades before it was used about NCAA basketball tournament

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...

Advancement

Under the current four class system, teams are assigned to a class, based on the student population, with adjustments made for single gender schools, and for schools which are not four year high schools. Within the class, schools are geographically assigned to a regional, which is, in turn assigned to a sectional which, finally, is assigned to a super-sectional. Regional tournaments are generally between four to eight teams, depending on the number of teams in a geographic area in a particular class. There are four regional tournaments within each sectional and four sectionals within each super-sectional. Each tournament is single elimination.

Within the regional, coaches seed the teams. The winners of the four regional tournaments then meet in a single elimination sectional tournament. The teams are not re-seeded after regional play, and the winners of the regional tournament are randomly assigned, in advance, to play the winner of one of the other regionals in the sectional semifinals.

For example, in 2011, in the Class 2A Casey

Casey, Illinois

Casey is a city in Clark and Cumberland counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 2,942 at the 2000 census.The Cumberland County portion of Casey is part of the Charleston–Mattoon Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

Sectional, there were four regionals: Flora

Flora, Illinois

Flora is a city in Clay County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,086 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Flora is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land....

, Monticello

Monticello, Illinois

Monticello is a city in Piatt County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,138 at the 2000 census, and 5,374 at a 2009 estimate. It is the county seat of Piatt County.-Geography:Monticello is located at ....

, St. Joseph

St. Joseph, Illinois

The Village of St. Joseph was founded 28 April 1881 and is located in St. Joseph Township, Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,967 at the 2010 census.-Geography:St...

and Robinson

Robinson, Illinois

Robinson is a city in Crawford County, Illinois, United States. The population was 6,822 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Crawford County.-Geography:Robinson is located at ....

. Three of these regionals consisted of five teams and one of six. Before the playoffs began, the IHSA assigned the winner of the Flora Regional (which ended up being Teutopolis) to play the winner of the Monticello Regional (Champaign St. Thomas)

St. Thomas More High School (Champaign, Illinois)

The High School of Saint Thomas More is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Champaign, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria. STM's nickname is the Sabers. The High School of Saint Thomas More is the seventh and newest high school of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria...

. The winners of the St. Joseph and Robinson regionals played in the other regional semifinal, with the winners of the two semifinals met in the sectional championship.

The winner of the sectional tournament then faces the winner of another (geographically close) sectional champion for the super-sectional championship. This winner advances to the state tournament.

The state tournament in each class is composed of the four super-sectional winners, and are randomly assigned to play each other in the semifinal round. The winners of the semifinal round compete for the state championship the next evening, while the semifinal losers compete for third place the next day. The state semifinals are generally held on a Friday, with the championship and third place games held on Saturday. Classes 1A and 2A share the same weekend, while 3A and 4A compete the weekend after that.

Under the current four class system, each class has four super sectional games, and thus 8 sectionals. Each sectional has four regionals, giving each class 32 regional tournaments.

The format in the two class system (1972–2007) was similar. In the two class system, each class had 8 super-sectional games, and thus 16 sectionals and 64 regionals. The winners of the 8 super-sectional games advanced to the state tournament. On the Friday of the state tournament, the 8 winners were randomly assigned to play each other in a quarterfinal game. The winners advanced to the semifinals, which were played on the next day. The semifinal losers played for third place in the early evening, while the semifinal winners contested the state championship in the evening. Class A would play one weekend, and Class AA the next weekend.

Prior to 1972, when there was only one tournament for all schools to compete in, there were a variety of formats in use.

The IHSA Girls Basketball tournament is organized in exactly the same way as the Boys tournament; however, the Girls tournament begins two weeks before the Boys tournamet.

1908-1920

IHSA Boys Basketball Champions 1908-1920
Year	Winner-Loser (score)	Notes
1907-08	Peoria HS Peoria High School (Peoria, Illinois) Peoria High School is a public high school in Peoria, Illinois. Peoria High School was established in 1856 and is the oldest continually operating high school west of the Allegheny Mountains. Peoria High is located at 1615 N. North Street and moved to this location in 1916... def. Rock Island HS Rock Island High School Rock Island High School, also known as "Rocky", is a public four-year high school located in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. Rocky is within the Rock Island-Milan School District No. 41, and the school colors are crimson and gold.-Technology:... (48-29)
1908-09	Hinsdale Twp. Hinsdale Central High School Hinsdale Central High School, or HCHS is a public four-year high school located at the corner of W. 55th St. and S. Grant St. in Hinsdale, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. Founded in 1879, the school is well known for its large spending per student, academic... def. Washington HS (18-13)
1909-10	Bloomington HS def Rock Island HS (32-25)
1910-11	Rockford HS Rockford Central High School Rockford Central High School is a defunct school in the city of Rockford, Illinois. Rockford, the second largest city in the Land of Lincoln, established a central location for all students to attend high school in 1885... def. Mt. Carroll HS (60-15)	45 point margin of victory remains the title game record as of 2009
1911-12	Batavia HS def. Galesburg HS Galesburg High School Galesburg High School is a public high school in Galesburg, Illinois. Galesburg High School was established in 1861 in downtown Galesburg. It has since moved to Fremont Street on the west side of town... (28-25)
1912-13	Galesburg HS def. Manual HS Manual High School (Peoria, Illinois) Manual High School is a public high school located in the south end of Peoria, Illinois. It is the southernmost of the three city high schools operated by the Peoria Public Schools. Manual opened in 1909 and moved from its Lincoln avenue site to a new building located at 811 S... (37-36)
1913-14	Hillsboro HS def. Freeport HS Freeport High School (Illinois) Freeport High School is a public secondary school located in Freeport, Illinois. Their sport teams are named the Pretzels.-Academics:In 2009, Freeport had an average composite ACT score of 19.7, and graduated 85.8% of its senior class... (42-19)
1914-15	Freeport HS def. Springfield HS Springfield High School (Illinois) Springfield High School is a public secondary school located in Springfield, Illinois. It is the oldest of the three high schools in Springfield Public Schools District 186 . The school draws mainly from the west side of Springfield.While the school opened in 1857, the current building was... (27-11)
1915-16	Bloomington HS def. Robinson HS (25-17)
1916-17	Springfield HS def. Belvidere HS Belvidere High School (Belvidere, Illinois) Belvidere High School is located in at 1500 East Ave., Belvidere, Illinois, 61008 in Boone County.The school is perhaps most notable for the deaths of 13 students and staff on the afternoon of April 21, 1967 when an F4 tornado struck the school as part of a massive tornado outbreak in the Midwest... (32-11)
1917-18	Centralia HS def. University HS (Normal) University High School (Normal) University High School , located in Normal, Illinois, is one of two "laboratory schools" of the College of Education at Illinois State University designed for research and teacher-training; the other is Thomas Metcalf School, an elementary school... (35-29)
1918-19	Rockford HS def. Springfield HS (39-20)
1919-20	Mt. Vernon HS def. Canton HS Canton High School (Illinois) Canton High School is a public high school located in Canton, Illinois. The school serves about 900 students in grades 9 to 12 in the Canton Union School District.... (18-14)

1921-1940

IHSA Boys Basketball Champions 1921-1940
Year	Winner-Loser (score)	Notes
1920-21	Marion HS Marion High School Illinois Marion High School is a high school located in Marion, Illinois, serving the Marion Community Unit #2 School District. The school's enrollment was approximately 1,200 students in the 2009-2010 school year. AdministrationDr... def. Rockford HS (24-23)
1921-22	Centralia HS def. Atwood HS (24-16)
1922-23	Villa Grove HS def. Rockford HS (32-29)
1923-24	Elgin HS def. Athens HS (28-17)	H.V. Porter was the coach of the Athens team. He would later go to work for the IHSA, and compose the poem March Madness.
1924-25	Elgin HS def. Champaign HS Champaign Central High School Champaign Central High School is a high school located in Champaign, Illinois. It has 1,385 students in grades 9-12. The principal is Joe Williams. It is part of the Champaign Unit 4 School District school system. Its sports teams are the Central Maroons.... (25-17)
1925-26	Freeport HS Freeport High School (Illinois) Freeport High School is a public secondary school located in Freeport, Illinois. Their sport teams are named the Pretzels.-Academics:In 2009, Freeport had an average composite ACT score of 19.7, and graduated 85.8% of its senior class... def. Canton HS Canton High School (Illinois) Canton High School is a public high school located in Canton, Illinois. The school serves about 900 students in grades 9 to 12 in the Canton Union School District.... (24-13)
1926-27	Mt. Carmel HS Mount Carmel High School (Mount Carmel, Illinois) Mount Carmel High School is the only high school in Wabash County, Illinois, which is in southern Illinois, just across the Wabash River from Gibson County, Indiana. Other towns that send students to MCHS include Allendale, Patton, Keensburg, and Friendsville... def. Peoria HS Peoria High School (Peoria, Illinois) Peoria High School is a public high school in Peoria, Illinois. Peoria High School was established in 1856 and is the oldest continually operating high school west of the Allegheny Mountains. Peoria High is located at 1615 N. North Street and moved to this location in 1916... (24-18)
1927-28	Canton HS def. Aurora West HS (18-9)
1928-29	Johnston City HS def. Champaign HS (30-21)
1929-30	Manual HS Manual High School (Peoria, Illinois) Manual High School is a public high school located in the south end of Peoria, Illinois. It is the southernmost of the three city high schools operated by the Peoria Public Schools. Manual opened in 1909 and moved from its Lincoln avenue site to a new building located at 811 S... def. Bloomington HS (38-25)
1930-31	Decatur HS def. Galesburg HS Galesburg High School Galesburg High School is a public high school in Galesburg, Illinois. Galesburg High School was established in 1861 in downtown Galesburg. It has since moved to Fremont Street on the west side of town... (30-26)
1931-32	Morton HS J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 is a school district headquartered in Cicero, Illinois, United States. The district serves the city of Berwyn, the town of Cicero, and the villages of Forest View, Lyons, McCook, and Stickney... def. Canton HS (30-16)
1932-33	Thornton HS Thornton Township High School Thornton Township High School, often simply referred to as Thornton is a public high school founded in 1899. The school is located in Harvey, Illinois one of the south suburbs of the city of Chicago, Illinois. The school is one of three schools administered by Thornton Township High Schools... def. Springfield HS Springfield High School (Illinois) Springfield High School is a public secondary school located in Springfield, Illinois. It is the oldest of the three high schools in Springfield Public Schools District 186 . The school draws mainly from the west side of Springfield.While the school opened in 1857, the current building was... (14-13)
1933-34	Quincy HS Quincy Senior High School -History:The first school dedicated to high school students in Quincy, Illinois opened in 1891 at the corner of 12th and Maine. This "Pride of the Gem City" served students until 1933 when the "new" Quincy Senior High opened at 14th and Maine in 1933. The building sits along Historic Maine Street... def. Thornton HS (39-27)
1934-35	Springfield HS def. Thornton HS (24-19)	Lou Boudreau Lou Boudreau Louis "Lou" Boudreau was an American Major League Baseball player and manager. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1970... leads Thornton to their third consecutive state final, and makes his third All-Tournament team.
1935-36	Decatur HS def. Danville HS Danville High School (Illinois) Danville High School is a public high school located in Danville, Illinois. DHS is part of Danville District 118, which also includes two middle schools and eight elementary schools.... (26-22)
1936-37	Joliet Twp. def. Decatur HS (40-20)
1937-38	Dundee HS Dundee-Crown High School Dundee-Crown High School is a high school located in Carpentersville, Illinois, United States, a suburb of Chicago.Dundee-Crown High School was made from Dundee Community High School and Irving Crown High school consolidation in 1983. It is a AAA school for IHSA sports... def. Reed-Custer HS Reed-Custer High School Reed-Custer High School is located at 249 Comet Drive in Braidwood, IL 60408. The principal at RCHS is Tim Ricketts. RCHS is part of the Reed-Custer School District known as 255U. The school mascot is known as "Comets"... (36-29)
1938-39	Rockford HS def. Paris HS Paris High School (Paris, Illinois) Paris Cooperative High School is located in Paris, Illinois. The school mascot is the tiger and its colors are orange and black.On July 1, 2009, the renamed Paris Cooperative High School became the first cooperative high school in the state of Illinois.The high school celebrated its 100 year... (53-44)
1939-40	Granite City HS def. Herrin HS Herrin High School Herrin High School is a secondary school located in Herrin, Illinois. It has an enrollment of about 735 students.It is one of the only high schools in the U.S. that has its own bank, The First Tiger Trust.-Athletics:... (24-22)

1941-1960

IHSA Boys Basketball Champions 1941-1960
Year	Winner-Loser (score)	Notes
1940-41	Morton HS J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 is a school district headquartered in Cicero, Illinois, United States. The district serves the city of Berwyn, the town of Cicero, and the villages of Forest View, Lyons, McCook, and Stickney... def. Urbana HS Urbana High School (Illinois) -History:Urbana High School's current building was built in 1914. It was designed by architect Joseph Royer who also designed many other area buildings such as the Urbana Free Library and the Champaign County Court House... (32-31)
1941-42	Centralia HS def. Paris HS Paris High School (Paris, Illinois) Paris Cooperative High School is located in Paris, Illinois. The school mascot is the tiger and its colors are orange and black.On July 1, 2009, the renamed Paris Cooperative High School became the first cooperative high school in the state of Illinois.The high school celebrated its 100 year... (35-33)
1942-43	Paris HS def. Moline HS Moline High School Moline High School, or Moline, is a public four-year high school located in Moline, Illinois, a city in Rock Island County, in the United States... (46-37)
1943-44	Taylorville HS Taylorville High School Taylorville Senior High School is a four-year public high school located in Taylorville, Illinois. The mascot are the Tornadoes.THS is part of TCUSD #3 which also includes a middle-school, four elementary schools located in Taylorville and Mt. Auburn Elementary School and Stonington Elementary.... def. Elgin HS (56-33)
1944-45	Decatur HS def. Champaign HS Champaign Central High School Champaign Central High School is a high school located in Champaign, Illinois. It has 1,385 students in grades 9-12. The principal is Joe Williams. It is part of the Champaign Unit 4 School District school system. Its sports teams are the Central Maroons.... (62-54)
1945-46	Champaign HS def. Centralia HS (54-48)
1946-47	Paris HS def. Champaign HS (58-37)
1947-48	Pinckneyville HS def. Rockford East HS (65-39)
1948-49	Mt. Vernon HS def. Hillsboro HS (45-39)
1949-50	Mt. Vernon HS def. Danville HS Danville High School (Illinois) Danville High School is a public high school located in Danville, Illinois. DHS is part of Danville District 118, which also includes two middle schools and eight elementary schools.... (85-61)
1950-51	Freeport HS Freeport High School (Illinois) Freeport High School is a public secondary school located in Freeport, Illinois. Their sport teams are named the Pretzels.-Academics:In 2009, Freeport had an average composite ACT score of 19.7, and graduated 85.8% of its senior class... def. Moline HS (71-51)
1951-52	Alden-Hebron HS def. Quincy HS Quincy Senior High School -History:The first school dedicated to high school students in Quincy, Illinois opened in 1891 at the corner of 12th and Maine. This "Pride of the Gem City" served students until 1933 when the "new" Quincy Senior High opened at 14th and Maine in 1933. The building sits along Historic Maine Street... (64-59)	Overtime. With a student population of 98, Alden-Hebron was the smallest school to win the state title in the one-class era.
1952-53	Lyons Twp. HS Lyons Township High School Lyons Township High School is a public high school located in La Grange, Illinois. Freshmen and sophomores attend class at South campus, located at 4900 S. Willow Springs Rd. in Western Springs, while juniors and seniors attend class at North campus, located at 100 S. Brainard Ave. in La Grange,... def. Peoria HS Peoria High School (Peoria, Illinois) Peoria High School is a public high school in Peoria, Illinois. Peoria High School was established in 1856 and is the oldest continually operating high school west of the Allegheny Mountains. Peoria High is located at 1615 N. North Street and moved to this location in 1916... (72-60)
1953-54	Mt. Vernon HS def. DuSable HS DuSable High School DuSable High School was a public high school in Chicago opened in the Bronzeville neighborhood in 1934. It was named after Chicago's first permanent non-native settler, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable. DuSable was built to accommodate the growing Phillips High School in the 1930s. The campus was... (76-70)	DuSable is the first Chicago school to reach the finals.
1954-55	Rockford West HS def. Elgin HS (61-59)
1955-56	West HS (Rockford) def. Edwardsville HS (67-65)
1956-57	Herrin HS Herrin High School Herrin High School is a secondary school located in Herrin, Illinois. It has an enrollment of about 735 students.It is one of the only high schools in the U.S. that has its own bank, The First Tiger Trust.-Athletics:... def. Collinsville HS Collinsville High School Collinsville High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in the Collinsville Community Unit School District 10. In 2011, Collinsville High School had an enrollment of 1,985 students.-Academics:... (45-42)
1957-58	Marshall HS (Chicago) John Marshall Metropolitan High School John Marshall Metropolitan High School is a public 4-year high school located on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It serves the students of the East Garfield Park, West Garfield Park, North Lawndale and Humboldt Park neighborhoods. Marshall's principal is Kenyatta Butler... def. Rock Falls HS Rock Falls High School Rock Falls Township High School, better known simply as Rock Falls High School, is a four year public high school located in Rock Falls, Illinois... (70-64)	Marshall is the first champion from Chicago.
1958-59	Springfield HS Springfield High School (Illinois) Springfield High School is a public secondary school located in Springfield, Illinois. It is the oldest of the three high schools in Springfield Public Schools District 186 . The school draws mainly from the west side of Springfield.While the school opened in 1857, the current building was... def. Aurora West HS (60-52)
1959-60	Marshall HS (Chicago) def. Bridgeport HS (79-55)

1961-1971

IHSA Boys Basketball Champions 1961-1971
Year	Winner-Loser (score)	Notes
1960-61	Collinsville HS Collinsville High School Collinsville High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in the Collinsville Community Unit School District 10. In 2011, Collinsville High School had an enrollment of 1,985 students.-Academics:... def. Thornton HS Thornton Township High School Thornton Township High School, often simply referred to as Thornton is a public high school founded in 1899. The school is located in Harvey, Illinois one of the south suburbs of the city of Chicago, Illinois. The school is one of three schools administered by Thornton Township High Schools... (84-50)
1961-62	Stephen Decatur HS Stephen Decatur High School (Decatur, Illinois) Stephen Decatur High School, located in Decatur, Illinois, existed from 1975 to 2000. It was perhaps the first high school in Decatur to be handicapped accessible and to have air conditioning.... def. Carver HS (49-48)
1962-63	Carver HS def. Centralia HS (53-52)
1963-64	Pekin HS def. Cobden HS (50-45)
1964-65	Collinsville HS def. Quincy HS Quincy Senior High School -History:The first school dedicated to high school students in Quincy, Illinois opened in 1891 at the corner of 12th and Maine. This "Pride of the Gem City" served students until 1933 when the "new" Quincy Senior High opened at 14th and Maine in 1933. The building sits along Historic Maine Street... (55-52)
1965-66	Thornton HS def. Galesburg HS Galesburg High School Galesburg High School is a public high school in Galesburg, Illinois. Galesburg High School was established in 1861 in downtown Galesburg. It has since moved to Fremont Street on the west side of town... (74-60)
1966-67	Pekin HS def. Carbondale HS (75-59)
1967-68	Evanston Twp. HS Evanston Township High School Evanston Township High School District 202, is a four-year, comprehensive high school occupying a campus in Evanston, Illinois, a Chicago suburb along the Lake Michigan shore. ETHS serves the multiracial city of Evanston and a small portion of the neighboring village of Skokie, for a total... def. Galesburg HS (70-51)
1968-69	Proviso East HS Proviso East High School Proviso East High School is a public secondary school in Maywood, Illinois which serves the educational needs of Maywood and three other villages within Proviso Township, Cook County, Illinois: Broadview, Forest Park and Melrose Park. It is the original campus of Proviso Township High Schools... def. Spalding HS (Peoria) (58-51)
1969-70	Lyons Twp. HS Lyons Township High School Lyons Township High School is a public high school located in La Grange, Illinois. Freshmen and sophomores attend class at South campus, located at 4900 S. Willow Springs Rd. in Western Springs, while juniors and seniors attend class at North campus, located at 100 S. Brainard Ave. in La Grange,... def. United Township HS (East Moline) United Township High School United Township High School, also known as UTHS or UT, is a public four-year high school located in East Moline, Illinois, a city in Rock Island County, in the United States. The school is the only public high school in the city of East Moline, and is part of United Township High School District 30... (71-52)
1970-71	Thornridge HS Thornridge High School Thornridge High School is a public high school located in Dolton, Illinois. It was built as part of Thornton Township High Schools District 205. It is sometimes confused with the similar sounding schools in the same district: Thornton Township High School and Thornwood High... def. Oak Lawn Community HS Oak Lawn Community High School Oak Lawn Community High School , is a school in the Chicago suburb of Oak Lawn, Illinois. The name "Spartans" and the colors Green and White were chosen by a committee in tribute to the Michigan State University Spartans, who won the Rose Bowl in 1954.-Academics:In 2009, OLCHS had an average... (52-50)

1972-1981

IHSA Boys Basketball Champions 1972-1981
Year	Class	Winner-Loser (score)	Notes
1971-72	A	Lawrenceville HS def. Meridian HS (Mounds) Meridian High School (Illinois) Meridian High School is a senior high school located in Mounds, Illinois, USA, serving grades 9-12.... (63-57)
	AA	Thornridge HS Thornridge High School Thornridge High School is a public high school located in Dolton, Illinois. It was built as part of Thornton Township High Schools District 205. It is sometimes confused with the similar sounding schools in the same district: Thornton Township High School and Thornwood High... def. Quincy HS Quincy Senior High School -History:The first school dedicated to high school students in Quincy, Illinois opened in 1891 at the corner of 12th and Maine. This "Pride of the Gem City" served students until 1933 when the "new" Quincy Senior High opened at 14th and Maine in 1933. The building sits along Historic Maine Street... (104-69)
1972-73	A	Ridgway HS def. Kaneland HS (54-51)
	AA	Hirsch HS (Chicago) def. New Trier East HS New Trier High School New Trier High School is a public four-year high school , with its major campus located in Winnetka, Illinois, USA, and a second campus in Northfield, Illinois, with freshman classes and district administration... (65-51)
1973-74	A	Lawrenceville HS def. Marquette HS (Ottawa) Marquette High School (Ottawa, Illinois) Marquette Academy is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Ottawa, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria.-History:... (54-53)
	AA	Proviso East HS Proviso East High School Proviso East High School is a public secondary school in Maywood, Illinois which serves the educational needs of Maywood and three other villages within Proviso Township, Cook County, Illinois: Broadview, Forest Park and Melrose Park. It is the original campus of Proviso Township High Schools... def. Bloom Twp. HS Bloom High School Bloom High School is a public school in Chicago Heights, Illinois. It is part of Bloom Township High School District 206.The school was founded in 1900. A second Chicago Heights high school, Bloom Trail, was established in 1976 to offset overcrowding... (61-56)
1974-75	A	Venice HS def. Timothy Christian HS (65-46)
	AA	Phillips HS (Chicago) def. Bloom Twp. HS (76-48)
1975-76	A	Mt. Pulaski HS def. ROVA HS (59-58)
	AA	Morgan Park HS (Chicago) Morgan Park High School Morgan Park High School , located in Chicago, Illinois, at the intersection of 111th street and Vincennes Avenue is a public high school that opened its doors on its present site in 1916, as part of the Chicago Public Schools... def. Aurora West HS (45-44)
1976-77	A	Madison HS def. Aurora Central Catholic HS Aurora Central Catholic High School Aurora Central Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school under the direction of the Diocese of Rockford. ACC began as two separate secondary schools in 1926. Madonna Catholic High School, a girls school, and Roncalli High School, a boys school, merged in 1968 to become Aurora... (71-55)
	AA	Peoria HS Peoria High School (Peoria, Illinois) Peoria High School is a public high school in Peoria, Illinois. Peoria High School was established in 1856 and is the oldest continually operating high school west of the Allegheny Mountains. Peoria High is located at 1615 N. North Street and moved to this location in 1916... def. Lanphier HS Lanphier High School Lanphier High School, in the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois, Springfield, is a public high school affiliated with Springfield Public School District 186... (72-62)
1977-78	A	Nashville HS def. Havana HS (54-38)
	AA	Lockport Central HS Lockport Township High School Lockport Township High School is a public high school in Lockport, Illinois, United States. It also serves the communities of Homer Glen, Fairmont, parts of Crest Hill, and parts of Joliet. More than 3,800 students are enrolled in grades 9 through 12.... def. St. Joseph HS St. Joseph High School (Westchester, Illinois) St. Joseph High School is a Roman Catholic, coeducational, college prep, school in Westchester, Illinois, and is sponsored by the Christian Brothers of De La Salle.... (64-47)	Isiah Thomas Isiah Thomas Isiah Lord Thomas III , nicknamed "Zeke",is the men's basketball coach for the FIU Golden Panthers, and a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association from 1981 until 1994. He led the "Bad Boys" to the NBA... of St. Joseph was the tournament's leading scorer, but Lockport Central completed an undefeated season.
1978-79	A	Providence Catholic HS Providence Catholic High School Providence Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school located in New Lenox, Illinois. Located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Providence Catholic is a private school run by the Order of Saint Augustine. The president of Providence is Father Richard McGrath, OSA, with Mr... def. Havana HS (46-33)
	AA	Maine South HS Maine South High School Maine South High School, or MSHS, is a public four-year high school located in Park Ridge, Illinois, a north-west suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Maine Township High School District 207, which also includes Maine East High School and Maine West High School.Maine... def. Quincy HS (83-67)
1979-80	A	Luther South HS def. Bergan HS Peoria Notre Dame High School Peoria Notre Dame High School is a Catholic parochial high school in Peoria, Illinois. It is the largest parochial school in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria with approximately 815 students and has a college preparatory curriculum. According to the school, more than 99% of students graduating... (56-51)
	AA	Manley HS (Chicago) def. Effingham HS (69-61)
1980-81	A	Madison HS def. Dunlap HS Dunlap Community Unit School District 323 Dunlap Community Unit School District 323 is a public school district in Peoria County, Illinois. It is based near Dunlap, Illinois and has one high school, two middle schools, and four elementary schools. Its territory consists of Radnor Township, northeastern Kickapoo Township, the western... (58-47)
	AA	Quincy HS def. Proviso East HS (68-39)

1982-1991

IHSA Boys Basketball Champions 1982-1991
Year	Class	Winner-Loser (score)	Notes
1981-82	A	Lawrenceville HS def. Monmouth HS (67-53)
	AA	Lincoln HS (East St. Louis) def. Mendel HS (56-50)
1982-83	A	Lawrenceville HS def. Flanagan HS (44-39)	As of 2009, this was the only final to feature two undefeated teams.
	AA	Lanphier HS Lanphier High School Lanphier High School, in the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois, Springfield, is a public high school affiliated with Springfield Public School District 186... def. Peoria HS Peoria High School (Peoria, Illinois) Peoria High School is a public high school in Peoria, Illinois. Peoria High School was established in 1856 and is the oldest continually operating high school west of the Allegheny Mountains. Peoria High is located at 1615 N. North Street and moved to this location in 1916... (57-53)
1983-84	A	McLeansboro HS def. Mt. Pulaski HS (57-50)
	AA	Simeon HS (Chicago) def. Evanston Twp. HS Evanston Township High School Evanston Township High School District 202, is a four-year, comprehensive high school occupying a campus in Evanston, Illinois, a Chicago suburb along the Lake Michigan shore. ETHS serves the multiracial city of Evanston and a small portion of the neighboring village of Skokie, for a total... (53-47)
1984-85	A	Providence-St. Mel HS def. Chrisman HS (95-63)
	AA	Mt. Carmel HS (Chicago) def. Lanphier HS (46-44)	Double overtime
1985-86	A	Teutopolis HS def. Ohio HS (82-45)	The Teutopolis Lady Shoes also won the girls title in 1986, and Teutopolis became the first Illinois school to win boys and girls titles in the same year.
	AA	King HS King College Prep High School Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. College Preparatory High School is a high school located in Chicago's Kenwood neighborhood on Drexel Blvd., about one kilometer from Lake Michigan... def. Rich Central HS Rich Central High School Rich Central High School or RCHS, is a public four-year high school located in Olympia Fields, Illinois, a southern suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. The Rich Central Campus serves the cities of Olympia Fields, Matteson, Richton Park,... (47-40)
1986-87	A	Venice HS def. Okawville HS Okawville High School Okawville Junior/Senior High School is located in Okawville, Illinois. The school's mascot is the Rockets/Lady Rockets.Sports teams that Okawville offers include Boys'/Girls' Basketball, Boys'/Girls' Golf, Boys' Baseball, Girls' Softball, Track and Field, Cross Country, Cheerleading, and Golf.The... (56-54)
	AA	Lincoln HS (East St. Louis) def. King HS (79-62)
1987-88	A	Pana HS def. Pinckneyville HS (62-58)
	AA	Lincoln HS (East St. Louis) def. St. Francis de Sales HS (Chicago) St. Francis de Sales High School (Chicago, Illinois) St. Francis de Sales High School is a private, Roman Catholic High School in Chicago, Illinois. It is located on the southeast side of the city, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.-History:The school is named for St... (60-52)
1988-89	A	Carlyle HS def. Alleman HS (Rock Island) Alleman High School (Rock Island, Illinois) Alleman Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Rock Island, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria.-School history:Alleman High School was established in 1949. It was named in honor of Rev... (65-56)
	AA	Lincoln HS (East St. Louis) def. Peoria HS (59-57)	Triple overtime
1989-90	A	Wesclin HS (Trenton) def. Prairie Central HS (Fairbury) Prairie Central High School Prairie Central High School is the high school for the Prairie Central Consolidated School District in central Illinois. It is located in Fairbury, Illinois.The current principal is Dan Casillas.-History:... (83-78)	Double overtime
	AA	King HS def. Gordon Tech HS (65-55)	First all-Chicago final.
1990-91	A	Pittsfield HS def. Seneca HS (45-35)
	AA	Proviso East HS Proviso East High School Proviso East High School is a public secondary school in Maywood, Illinois which serves the educational needs of Maywood and three other villages within Proviso Township, Cook County, Illinois: Broadview, Forest Park and Melrose Park. It is the original campus of Proviso Township High Schools... def. Manual HS Manual High School (Peoria, Illinois) Manual High School is a public high school located in the south end of Peoria, Illinois. It is the southernmost of the three city high schools operated by the Peoria Public Schools. Manual opened in 1909 and moved from its Lincoln avenue site to a new building located at 811 S... (68-61)

1992-2007

IHSA Boys Basketball Champions 1992-2007
Year	Class	Winner-Loser (score)	Notes
1991-92	A	Findlay HS def. University HS (Normal) University High School (Normal) University High School , located in Normal, Illinois, is one of two "laboratory schools" of the College of Education at Illinois State University designed for research and teacher-training; the other is Thomas Metcalf School, an elementary school... (61-45)
	AA	Proviso East HS Proviso East High School Proviso East High School is a public secondary school in Maywood, Illinois which serves the educational needs of Maywood and three other villages within Proviso Township, Cook County, Illinois: Broadview, Forest Park and Melrose Park. It is the original campus of Proviso Township High Schools... def. Richwoods HS Richwoods High School Richwoods High School is the most northern of the three regular public high schools in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Opened as a township high school in 1957, it was brought into Peoria Public Schools District 150 in the 1960s. Feeder middle schools are Mark Bills, Lindbergh, Rolling Acres... (42-31)
1992-93	A	Staunton HS def. Hales Franciscan HS Hales Franciscan High School Hales Franciscan High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.-Background:... (66-62)
	AA	King HS (Chicago) King College Prep High School Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. College Preparatory High School is a high school located in Chicago's Kenwood neighborhood on Drexel Blvd., about one kilometer from Lake Michigan... def. Guilford HS (79-42)
1993-94	A	Pinckneyville HS def. Eureka HS Eureka High School (Illinois) Eureka High School is a public secondary school located in Eureka, Illinois. The school is part of Eureka Community Unit District 140, with admission based primarily on the locations of students' homes... (67-65)
	AA	Manual HS Manual High School (Peoria, Illinois) Manual High School is a public high school located in the south end of Peoria, Illinois. It is the southernmost of the three city high schools operated by the Peoria Public Schools. Manual opened in 1909 and moved from its Lincoln avenue site to a new building located at 811 S... def. Carbondale HS (61-60)
1994-95	A	University HS (Normal) def. Aurora Christian HS (56-54)
	AA	Manual HS def. Thornton HS Thornton Township High School Thornton Township High School, often simply referred to as Thornton is a public high school founded in 1899. The school is located in Harvey, Illinois one of the south suburbs of the city of Chicago, Illinois. The school is one of three schools administered by Thornton Township High Schools... (65-53)
1995-96	A	Shelbyville HS def. Mater Dei HS Mater Dei High School (Breese, Illinois) Mater Dei High School is a Catholic, co-educational high school in Breese, Illinois in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville. It was founded in 1954 through the merger of St. Dominic’s High School in Breese and St... (58-45)
	AA	Manual HS def. Thornton HS (57-51)
1996-97	A	Warsaw HS def. Hall HS (92-85)	Overtime
	AA	Manual HS def. Aurora West HS (47-43)
1997-98	A	Nauvoo-Colusa HS def. Hall HS (45-39)
	AA	Whitney Young HS def. Galesburg HS Galesburg High School Galesburg High School is a public high school in Galesburg, Illinois. Galesburg High School was established in 1861 in downtown Galesburg. It has since moved to Fremont Street on the west side of town... (61-56)
1998-99	A	Rock Falls HS Rock Falls High School Rock Falls Township High School, better known simply as Rock Falls High School, is a four year public high school located in Rock Falls, Illinois... def. Gibault Catholic HS Gibault Catholic High School Gibault Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Waterloo, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville. The school is named in honor of Father Pierre Gibault.-Background:... (45-43)
	AA	St. Joseph HS St. Joseph High School (Westchester, Illinois) St. Joseph High School is a Roman Catholic, coeducational, college prep, school in Westchester, Illinois, and is sponsored by the Christian Brothers of De La Salle.... def. Warren Twp. HS Warren Township High School Warren Township High School, or Warren, is a public four-year high school located in Gurnee, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, in the United States. Due to the size of the student body, the school is split across two campuses: the O'Plaine Road Campus for freshmen and sophomores, and the... (61-51)
1999–2000	A	Pleasant Plains HS def. Teutopolis HS (56-43)
	AA	West Aurora HS def. Westinghouse HS (60-57)
2000-01	A	Pinckneyville HS def. Pana HS (77-50)
	AA	Schaumburg HS Schaumburg High School Schaumburg High School, or SHS is a public four-year high school located in Schaumburg, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.-History:Schaumburg High School opened on September 17th 1970... def. Thornwood HS Thornwood High School Thornwood High School is a public high school located in South Holland, Illinois. It was built as part of Thornton Township High Schools District 205.-History:... (66-54)	Eddy Curry Eddy Curry Eddy Curry is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. He was born in Harvey, Illinois... of Thornwood was the leading scorer for the tournament, but unranked Schaumburg scored a major upset over the #1 AP Associated Press The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists... ranked team.
2001-02	A	Pleasant Plains HS def. Herrin HS Herrin High School Herrin High School is a secondary school located in Herrin, Illinois. It has an enrollment of about 735 students.It is one of the only high schools in the U.S. that has its own bank, The First Tiger Trust.-Athletics:... (50-47)	Overtime
	AA	Westinghouse HS def. Lanphier HS Lanphier High School Lanphier High School, in the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois, Springfield, is a public high school affiliated with Springfield Public School District 186... (76-72)
2002-03	A	Hales Franciscan HS def. Mt. Carroll HS (58-53)
	AA	Peoria HS Peoria High School (Peoria, Illinois) Peoria High School is a public high school in Peoria, Illinois. Peoria High School was established in 1856 and is the oldest continually operating high school west of the Allegheny Mountains. Peoria High is located at 1615 N. North Street and moved to this location in 1916... def. Thornwood HS (45-43)
2003-04	A	Leo Catholic HS Leo Catholic High School Leo Catholic High School is an all-male Catholic high school in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago and home to a predominantly African–American student body... def. Winnebago HS Winnebago High School Winnebago High School is a high school in Winnebago CUSD#323, in Winnebago, Illinois.-Sports and competitions:Winnebago High School competes in the Big Northern Conference and has won state titles in multiple sports and academic competitions, including a combined 20 state titles in boy's and girl's... (65-57)
	AA	Peoria HS def. Homewood-Flossmoor HS Homewood-Flossmoor High School Homewood-Flossmoor High School is a public high school in Flossmoor, Illinois, in the Chicago metropolitan area. The majority of HF students live in Flossmoor and nearby Homewood, but the school also serves areas of Olympia Fields, Chicago Heights, Glenwood, and Hazel Crest serving school... (53-47)
2004-05	A	Hales Franciscan HS def. Winnebago HS (78-62)	Hales Franciscan forfeited its state title.
	AA	Glenbrook North HS Glenbrook North High School Glenbrook North High School, or GBN, is a public four-year high school located in Northbrook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States... def. Carbondale HS (63-51)	Jon Scheyer Jon Scheyer Jonathan James "Jon" Scheyer is an American-Israeli professional basketball player. He plays shooting guard for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Super League in that competition, the Adriatic League, and the Euroleague... scores 134 points in the four game tournament, more than double the second leading scorer, leading GBN to the title.
2005-06	A	Seneca HS def. Illinois Valley Central HS (47-44)
	AA	Simeon Academy def. Richwoods HS (31-29)	Overtime; junior Derrick Rose Derrick Rose Derrick Martell Rose is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association .... scored the game winning points.
2006-07	A	Maroa-Forsyth HS def. North Lawndale Charter School (59-56)
	AA	Simeon Academy def. O'Fallon Twp. HS O'Fallon Township High School O'Fallon Township High School is a public secondary school in O'Fallon, Illinois. In 2009, OTHS was ranked 49th out of the top 100 high schools in Illinois by the Chicago Sun Times.-History:... (77-54)

2008-present

IHSA Boys Basketball Champions 2008-2011
Year	Class	Winner-Loser (score)	Notes
2007-08	1A	St. Anne HS def. Nokomis HS (67-61)
	2A	North Lawndale Charter School def. Manual HS Manual High School (Peoria, Illinois) Manual High School is a public high school located in the south end of Peoria, Illinois. It is the southernmost of the three city high schools operated by the Peoria Public Schools. Manual opened in 1909 and moved from its Lincoln avenue site to a new building located at 811 S... (56-42)
	3A	Marshall HS (Chicago) John Marshall Metropolitan High School John Marshall Metropolitan High School is a public 4-year high school located on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It serves the students of the East Garfield Park, West Garfield Park, North Lawndale and Humboldt Park neighborhoods. Marshall's principal is Kenyatta Butler... def. Simeon Academy (69-61)	First all-Chicago Public League final.
	4A	Richards HS (Oak Lawn) Harold L. Richards High School Harold L. Richards High School is a co-ed public high school located in Oak Lawn, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and is a member of Illinois school district 218. The current enrollment is over 1,876 students. The school mascot is the bulldog. The school colors are Gold, Black, and White... def. Zion-Benton Twp. HS Zion-Benton Township High School Zion-Benton Township High School, or ZBTHS, is a public four-year high school located at the corner of Kenosha Road and 21st Street in Zion, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Zion-Benton Township High School District 126. The school... (67-63)
2008-09	1A	Meridian HS (Macon) Meridian High School (Macon, Illinois) Meridian High School is a public four year high school located in Macon, Illinois. It is located about 9 miles south of Decatur, Illinois. Its first year of existence was fall of 1994 when it was formed by the merger of the Macon School District and the Blue Mound School District... def. Woodlawn HS (63-53)
	2A	Seton Academy Seton Academy (South Holland, Illinois) Seton Academy is a private, Roman Catholic high school in South Holland, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.-History:... def. Massac County HS (83-63)
	3A	Centennial HS Centennial High School (Champaign) Centennial High School is a Public high school serving grades 9-12 in Champaign, Illinois, USA. It is part of the Champaign Community Unit School District #4. As of 2006, it had 1517 students... def. Oswego HS (61-59)
	4A	Whitney Young HS def. Waukegan HS Waukegan High School Waukegan High School, or WHS, is a public, four-year high school located in Waukegan, Illinois, USA, a city to the North of Chicago, Illinois. WHS first opened its doors in 1870. Today, the Brookside Campus extends from Berwick Avenue to McAree Road, and from Brookside Avenue to the center line of... (69-66)
2009-10	1A	Salt Fork Coop (Catlin/Jamaica, Illinois) def. Sesser-Valier HS (55-42)
	2A	Robinson Robinson -Places:United States* Robinson, California* Robinson, Illinois* Robinson, Iowa* Robinson, Kansas* Robinson, North Dakota* Robinson, Texas* Robinson Township, Pennsylvania , two townships in the Pittsburgh Metro Area with the same name... def. Manual HS Manual High School (Peoria, Illinois) Manual High School is a public high school located in the south end of Peoria, Illinois. It is the southernmost of the three city high schools operated by the Peoria Public Schools. Manual opened in 1909 and moved from its Lincoln avenue site to a new building located at 811 S... (76-68)(OT)
	3A	Hillcrest def. Richwoods Richwoods High School Richwoods High School is the most northern of the three regular public high schools in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Opened as a township high school in 1957, it was brought into Peoria Public Schools District 150 in the 1960s. Feeder middle schools are Mark Bills, Lindbergh, Rolling Acres... (58-55)
	4A	Simeon def. Whitney Young (51-36)
2010-11	1A	Newark Newark Community High School District 18 Newark Community High School is a public high school serving students from LaSalle, Kendall, and Grundy counties in Illinois. It is located in the town of Newark, in Kendall County. In the 2008-2009 school year, there was an enrolment of 186 students in grades 9-12... def. Winchester/West Central Winchester High School (Illinois) Winchester High School, or WHS, is a public four-year high school located at 200 West Cross Street in Winchester, Illinois, a village in Scott County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. WHS serves the communities and surrounding areas of Winchester, Alsey, and Manchester... (57-35)
	2A	Hales Franciscan High School Hales Franciscan High School Hales Franciscan High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.-Background:... def. Murphysboro HS Murphysboro, Illinois Murphysboro is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,970 at the 2010 census. The city is part of the Metro Lakeland area.-Geography:Murphysboro is located at .... (61-47)
	3A	Rock Island HS Rock Island High School Rock Island High School, also known as "Rocky", is a public four-year high school located in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. Rocky is within the Rock Island-Milan School District No. 41, and the school colors are crimson and gold.-Technology:... def. Centralia HS Centralia, Illinois Centralia is a town located in Marion, Washington, Clinton, and Jefferson Counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 13,032 at the 2010 census. The town was founded because it was the point where the two original branches of the Illinois Central Railroad, built in 1853, converged.... (50-40) (2 OT)
	4A	Simeon def. Gurnee Warren HS Warren Township High School Warren Township High School, or Warren, is a public four-year high school located in Gurnee, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, in the United States. Due to the size of the student body, the school is split across two campuses: the O'Plaine Road Campus for freshmen and sophomores, and the... (48-39)

Sites

The tournament was originally organized only with the permission of the IHSA, but after one year was taken over by the Association. The tournament spent 77 years playing at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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(UIUC) before being moved to its current home in Peoria

Peoria, Illinois

Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007, and is the third-most populated...

1908: Oak Park
Oak Park, Illinois
Oak Park, Illinois is a suburb bordering the west side of the city of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is the twenty-fifth largest municipality in Illinois. Oak Park has easy access to downtown Chicago due to public transportation such as the Chicago 'L' Blue and Green lines,...

YMCA
YMCA
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1909-10: Bloomington
Bloomington, Illinois
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YMCA
1911: Bradley University
Bradley University
Bradley University, founded in 1897, is a private, co-educational university located in Peoria, Illinois. It is a small institution with an enrollment of approximately 6,100 undergraduate and postgraduate students and a full-time faculty of approximately 350....
1912: Decatur
Decatur, Illinois
Decatur is the largest city and the county seat of Macon County in the U.S. state of Illinois. The city, sometimes called "the Soybean Capital of the World", was founded in 1823 and is located along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois. In 2000 the city population was 81,500,...

YMCA
1913: Bradley University
1914: Decatur YMCA
1915: Millikin University
Millikin University
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1918: Springfield High School
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1919-25: Kenney Gym
Kenney Gym
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at UIUC
1926-62: Huff Gym
Huff Hall
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at UIUC
1963-95: Assembly Hall
Assembly Hall (Champaign)
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at UIUC
1996–present: Peoria Civic Center
Peoria Civic Center
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The Happening

In 1992, the IHSA added a three-point contest and a slam dunk

Slam dunk

A slam dunk is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air and manually powers the ball downward through the basket with one or both hands over the rim. This is considered a normal field goal attempt; if successful it is worth two points. The term "slam dunk" was...

contest (collectively called "The Happening") to conincide with the boys basketball state series. The state level of each contest is held on the Thursday evening before their respective class' state semifinals (quarterfinals before 2008), with each class crowning a champion in each contest on the Saturday of their state championship game. After the Class 3A and 4A champions have been determined, there is a final "King of the Hill" contest among the four class champion to crown the overall champion.

The slam dunk contest has no preliminaries prior to the Thursday competition of the week of the state finals. Players are nominated by the coaches of their regional or sectional tournament. Those willing to participate advance automatically to the state preliminaries.

The three point contest starts at the beginning of the regional tournaments. Each team may select up to 4 players to compete, with a total of four players advancing to the next level of competition. As teams advance through regional and sectional, the winning individuals advance, irrespective of their team's success.

March Madness Experience

Since 1996, in addition to the on court activities, the IHSA has set up an interactive event at the Peoria Civic Center called the March Madness Experience. Set up in the 100000 square feet (9,290.3 m²) Exhibit Hall, the "Experience" includes interactive games and skill challenges for fans to participate in. Big screen televisions allow fans to watch the current game being played on the court, and radio and television broadcasts originate from the floor. The "Experience" opens on the Thursday of each week of the State Championship Tournament, and remains open throughout the tournament.

Wheelchair Basketball

Starting in 2004, the first weekend of the State Championship Tournament also hosts the state high school championship for wheelchair basketball. The tournament is a round robin tournament, and is composed of teams of high school students, though the teams are not necessarily affiliated with a particular school.

Century of Memories

The IHSA celebrated 100 years of the IHSA State Tournament in the 2006-07 season. A list of "100 Legends of the IHSA Boys Basketball Tournament

100 Legends of the IHSA Boys Basketball Tournament

During the 2007 annual Illinois High School Association's boys basketball tournament, the "100 Legends of the IHSA Boys Basketball Tournament" was announced. This announcement was made during the centennial celebration of America’s Original March Madness....

" was assembled. Several of the living members of that team made appearances at select games across the state, and signed a "Ball of Fame" which was subsequently raffled off at the state tournament. Commemorative books and videos were available. Among the notable members of the "Legends" team were Kenny Battle

Kenny Battle

Kenneth R. "Kenny" Battle is an American retired professional basketball player.-High school career:...

, Lou Boudreau

Lou Boudreau

Louis "Lou" Boudreau was an American Major League Baseball player and manager. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1970...

, Jim Brewer

Jim Brewer (basketball)

James Turner Brewer is a retired American National Basketball Association player. Brewer was the first notable player to come out of Proviso East High School, which has one of the most successful high school basketball programs in Illinois. In 1969, Brewer, playing center, led his team to the...

, Quinn Buckner

Quinn Buckner

William Quinn Buckner, commonly known as Quinn Buckner is a former American professional basketball player and coach. He played collegiately at Indiana University, and was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 7th pick of the 1976 NBA Draft...

, Landon "Sonny" Cox

Sonny Cox

Landon "Sonny" Cox is a Jazz alto saxophonist, born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1938. His mother Helen Harris was a singer and performed with Erskine Hawkins. He first played with The Rocks a Cincinnati-based group that backed Jackie Wilson, Jerry Butler, Solomon Burke, Lavern Baker and other soul...

, Bruce Douglas

Bruce Douglas (basketball)

Bruce Douglas is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'3" guard, he played varsity basketball for Quincy Senior High School four years, and was a four-year starter at the University of Illinois...

, Dwight "Dike" Eddleman

Dwight Eddleman

Thomas Dwight "Dike" Eddleman is generally considered the greatest athlete in the history of athletics at the University of Illinois. Eddleman participated on the University's basketball, track and field, and football teams between the years of 1947 and 1949...

, LaPhonso Ellis

LaPhonso Ellis

LaPhonso Darnell Ellis is a retired American basketball player.-Early career:He was an outstanding high school basketball player at East St. Louis Lincoln High School, where he led the Tigers to two straight Illinois Class AA boys' championships in 1987 and 1988...

, Melvin Ely

Melvin Ely

Melvin Anderson Ely is an American professional basketball player who last played in the NBA for the Denver Nuggets....

, Michael Finley

Michael Finley

Michael Howard Finley is a retired American professional basketball player. He last played for the Boston Celtics of the NBA.-High school career:...

, C. J. Kupec

C. J. Kupec

Charles Jerome "C. J." Kupec is a retired American basketball player, formerly in the NBA.Kupec played college basketball at the University of Michigan. He was selected in the fourth round of the 1975 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers and in the fifth round of the 1975 ABA Draft by the Spirits...

, Marcus Liberty

Marcus Liberty

Marcus Liberty is a retired American professional basketball player.-High School:Liberty attended Chicago King High School from 1983 to 1987. During his time at King, Liberty led his basketball teams to an IHSA State Championship in 1986 and a second-place finish in 1987...

, Shaun Livingston

Shaun Livingston

Shaun Patrick Livingston is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks.-Early years:Livingston was born in Peoria, Illinois. He led Concordia Lutheran Grade School, coached by Mr. Tom Ruppert, to LSA state titles in 1999 and 2000...

, Cuonzo Martin

Cuonzo Martin

Cuonzo LaMar Martin is a retired American professional basketball player and is the current head coach of the University of Tennessee men's basketball team.-1986-1990:...

, Johnny Orr

Johnny Orr

John M. "Johnny" Orr is a retired American basketball player and coach, best known as the head coach of men's basketball at the University of Michigan and at Iowa State University.-Life as a player:...

, Andy Phillip, Quentin Richardson

Quentin Richardson

Quentin Richardson is an American professional basketball player who plays for the National Basketball Association's Orlando Magic...

, Dave Robisch

Dave Robisch

David George Robisch is a retired American professional basketball player in the ABA and NBA. Robisch played at the University of Kansas, where he was initiated into the Sigma Nu Fraternity...

, Cazzie Russell, Jon Scheyer

Jon Scheyer

Jonathan James "Jon" Scheyer is an American-Israeli professional basketball player. He plays shooting guard for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Super League in that competition, the Adriatic League, and the Euroleague...

, Jack Sikma

Jack Sikma

Jack Wayne Sikma is a retired American NBA basketball center. He was known for his distinctive curly, blonde hair in his playing days....

, Isiah Thomas

Isiah Thomas

Isiah Lord Thomas III , nicknamed "Zeke",is the men's basketball coach for the FIU Golden Panthers, and a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association from 1981 until 1994. He led the "Bad Boys" to the NBA...

, Frank Williams

Frank Williams (basketball)

Frank Lowell Williams is a former American professional basketball player. As a point guard, Williams starred at both the high school and collegiate levels, and played briefly in the NBA....

, and George Wilson

George Wilson (basketball center)

George "Jiff" Wilson is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'8" , 225 lb center, Wilson starred at Marshall High School in Chicago, Illinois, where he won state championships in 1958 and 1960...

State title forfeiture

The 2005 Class A state title resulted in the only forfeiture of a state boys basketball title in Illinois history. The title game resulted in a victory for Chicago's Hales Franciscan High School over Winnebago. It was the second year in a row Winnebago had lost in the final game, and was the second time in three years that Hales Franciscan had won.

Hales Franciscan's basketball team had been at the center of problems for over a year. In 2004, the school had been kicked out of the IHSA state series when recruiting violations had been uncovered.

In November, 2005, the IHSA announced that it was suspending Hales Franciscan's membership in the Association, when it was learned that the school's Illinois State Board of Education

Illinois State Board of Education

The Illinois State Board of Education administers public education in the state of Illinois. The State Board consists of nine members who are appointed by the Governor with the consent of the...

(ISBE) recognition had been lapsed in June, 2003.

In January, 2006, the IHSA announced that due to the lack of recognition (ISBE), Hales Franciscan would forfeit all athletic contests played between June, 2003 and December, 2005, including its 2005 State Championship.

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