Boys Basketball State
Tournaments Bests
Updated
3/27/09
Most State Tournament Appearances
58,
Hastings
56,
Lincoln High
51,
Omaha Creighton
Prep
43,
Norfolk
40,
Crete
39,
Fremont
39,
Grand Island
38,
Columbus
38,
Lincoln
Northeast
37,
Omaha Central
37,
Sidney
37,
York
36,
Kearney
36,
North Platte
36,
Seward
35,
Beatrice
34,
Omaha Benson
33,
Schuyler
33,
Scottsbluff
32,
Wahoo
31,
Grant
28,
Minden
28,
Omaha South
27,
Hildreth
27,
Holdrege
27,
Lincoln Pius X
27,
McCook
27,
Ord
26,
Aurora
26,
Geneva
26,
Gering
25,
Alliance
25,
Falls City
25,
Hampton
25,
Lexington
25,
Stanton
25,
Sutton
25,
Syracuse
25,
Wayne
25,
West Point
Consecutive State Tournament Appearances
16,
Beatrice (1911-26)
14,
Omaha Central
(1911-24)
14,
Scottsbluff (1943-56)
12,
Hastings (1929-40)
12,
Lincoln High
(1936-47)
12,
Newman Grove (1913-24)
10,
Wahoo (1987-96)
9,
Crete (1929-37)
9,
Fremont
(1933-41)
9,
Lincoln
Northeast (1946-54)
9,
Omaha Northwest
(1978-86)
8,
Hastings
(1947-54)
8,
Lincoln Jackson
(1934-41)
8,
Norfolk
(1934-41)
7,
Grant (1979-85)
7,
Kearney
(1929-35)
7,
Omaha Central
(2002-08)
7,
Spencer-Naper (2001-07)
6,
Bellevue West
(2004-09)
6,
Ewing (2004-09)
6,
Hastings
(1966-71)
6,
Lincoln
Northeast (1965-70)
6,
Lincoln
Northeast (1994-99)
6,
Lincoln Pius X
(1987-92)
6,
Lincoln
Southeast (2000-05)
6,
Omaha Creighton
Prep (1935-40)
6,
Omaha Creighton
Prep (1944-49)
6,
Omaha Holy Name
(1955-60)
6,
West Point Central Catholic (1996-2001)
5,
Beatrice (2001-05)
5,
Boys Town (1964-68)
5,
Culbertson (1940-44)
5,
Grant (1988-92)
5,
Hartington Cedar Catholic (1991-95)
5,
Hildreth (1948-52)
5,
Lincoln Bethany
(1935-39)
5,
Lincoln High
(2000-04)
5,
Lincoln
Northeast (1986-91)
5,
Norfolk
Catholic (1938-42)
5,
North Platte
(1949-53)
5,
Oakdale (1932-36)
5,
Omaha Burke
(1984-88)
5,
Omaha Creighton
Prep (2005-2009)
5,
Paxton (1993-97)
5,
Schuyler (1966-70)
5,
Sterling
(1992-96)
Consecutive State Titles
4,
Clearwater
(1984-87)
4,
Falls City Sacred Heart (1988-91)
4,
Wahoo (1988-91)
4,
Lincoln
Northeast (1995-98)
3,
Goehner (1927-29)
3,
Hardy (1917-19)
3,
Lincoln Bethany
(1936-38)
3,
Omaha Central
(2006-08)
Most State Championships
15,
Lincoln High
12,
Lincoln
Northeast
11,
Omaha Creighton
Prep
9,
Wahoo
8,
Beatrice
8,
Falls City Sacred Heart
7,
Grant
7,
Millard South/Millard
6,
Boys Town
6,
Filley
6,
Hampton
6,
Hildreth
6,
Humphrey St. Francis
6,
Lincoln Pius X
6,
Omaha Central
6,
Ravenna
6,
Sterling
5,
Geneva
5,
Howells
5,
Minden
5,
Omaha Holy Name
5,
St. Paul
4,
Adams
4,
Beaver Crossing
4,
Chadron
4,
Chester
4,
Clearwater
4,
Goehner
4,
Grand Island
4,
Gretna
4,
Hastings St.
Cecilia
4,
Henderson
4,
Mead
4,
Norris
4,
Omaha South
4,
Omaha Tech
4,
Sutton
4,
Syracuse
Boys State Tourney Makeup
Year-Classes-Teams
1911-1-21
1912-1-26
1913-1-48
1914-1-64
1915-2-92
1916-3-89
1917-3-96
1918-8-104
1919-8-120
1920-11-170
1921-13-199
1922-13-226
1923-15-235
1924-16-248
1925-6-96
1926-22-339
1927-16-252
1928-17-263
1929-8-124
1930-2-32
1931-1-16
1932-35-2-32
1936-41-3-48
1942-4-32
1943-2-16
1944-54-4-32
1955-59-6-24
1960-83-4-32
1984-2009-6-48
Most Times In Finals
20,
Lincoln High,
1914-1915-1917-1918-1920-1925-1926-1927-1930-1934-1938-1940-1942-1943-1946-1947-1958-1959-1977-2003
19,
Lincoln
Northeast,
1942-1948-1949-1950-1956-1962-1966-1967-1968-1970-1973-1982-1987-1990-1994-1995-1996-1997-1998
16,
Omaha Creighton
Prep,
1924-1935-1936-1940-1945-1955-1961-1963-1964-1969-1975-1976-1987-1994-2005-2009
15,
Omaha Central,
1912-1914-1915-1917-1918-1924-1958-1967-1968-1969-1974-1975-2006-2007-2008
12,
Hildreth, 1944-1946-1948-1949-1951-1971-1976-1978-1985-1989-1991-1992
12,
Grant, 1966-1968-1975-1977-1981-1982-1984-1985-1989-1990-1991-1998
12,
Lincoln Pius X,
1923-1924-1974-1982-1987-1988-1989-1992-1998-2000-2002-2004
11,
Humphrey St. Francis, 1941-1943-1946-1988-1990-1992-1994-2005-2006-2008-2009
10,
Beatrice, 1911-1916-1924-1959-1998-2001-2005-2007-2008-2009
10,
Falls City Sacred Heart,
1947-1974-1988-1989-1990-1991-1999-2001-2004-2008
10,
Hampton,
1927-1928-1942-1945-1973-1987-1988-1989-1990-1994
10,
Omaha Benson,
1920-1925-1943-1946-1951-1954-1981-1988-1992-1998
10,
Omaha Holy
Name, 1946-1949-1950-1952-1955-1957-1958-1960-1964-1966
10,
Omaha Tech,
1919-1920-1921-1923-1925-1926-1962-1963-1970-1975
10,
Wahoo, 1924-1926-1988-1989-1990-1991-1993-1994-1996-1998
9,
Crete,
1916-1922-1927-1931-1932-1934-1969-1972-1975
9,
Millard South, 1983-1984-1988-1989-1991-1995 (Millard: 1951-1954-1966)
9,
Minden,
1915-1916-1921-1950-1952-1955-1958-1959-1963
8,
St. Paul, 1923-1925-1926-1928-1929-1995-1996-1997
8,
Hastings,
1923-1929-1932-1933-1949-1954-1992-1996
8,
Pleasanton,1927-1984-1988-1991-1996-1997-2005-2008
8,
Sterling, 1969-1975-1987-1993-1994-1995-1996-2009