Boys Basketball State Championship Bests

Updated 2/13/26

 

Most State Championship Appearances

59, Hastings

57, Creighton Preparatory

57, Lincoln High

50, Norfolk

49, Omaha Central

46, Crete

46, Scottsbluff

43, York

43, Wahoo

42, Beatrice

42, Sidney

41, Fremont

41, Lincoln Northeast

40, Grand Island

39, Kearney

38, Columbus

37, Lincoln Pius X

37, North Platte

37, Omaha Benson

37, Omaha South

36, Seward

33, Schuyler

31, Aurora

31, Grant

31, Minden

31, Sutton

30, Wayne

28, Alliance

28, Auburn

28, Falls City

28, Holdrege

28, Humphrey St. Francis

28, Ogallala

27, Gering

27, Hildreth

27, McCook

27, Ord

27, Papillion-La Vista

27, Pierce

26, Boys Town

26, Geneva

26, Hampton

26, Mead

26, Paxton

26, Ravenna

26, Stanton

26, Sterling

26, Syracuse

25, Elkhorn

25, Falls City Sacred Heart

25, Lexington

25, Randolph

25, West Point

 

Consecutive State Championship Appearances

21, Hastings (1920-40)

21, Scottsbluff (1920-40)

20, Lincoln High (1911-30)

16, Beatrice (1911-26)

14, Omaha Central (1911-24)

14, Scottsbluff (1943-56)

13, Kearney (1923-35)

12, Lincoln High (1936-47)

12, Minden (1913-1924)

12, Newman Grove (1913-24)

10, Wahoo (1915-24)

10, Wahoo (1987-96)

9, Crete (1929-37)

9, Fremont (1916-24)

9, Fremont (1933-41)

9, Lincoln Northeast (1946-54)

9, Omaha Northwest (1978-86)

9, Schuyler (1916-24)

8, Bellevue West (2018-Present)

8, Creighton Preparatory (2015-2022)

8, Creighton Preparatory (1919-26)

8, Hastings (1947-54)

8, Lincoln Jackson (1934-41)

8, Norfolk (1934-41)

8, Omaha Skutt Catholic (2018-Present)

7, Creighton Preparatory (2005-11)

7, Ewing (2004-10)

7, Grant (1979-85)

7, Kearney (1929-35)

7, Omaha Central (2002-08)

7, Omaha South, (2011-2017)

7, Scottsbluff (2011-2017)

7, Spencer-Naper (2001-07)

6, Auburn (2019-2024)

6, Beatrice (2007-12)

6, Bellevue West (2004-09)

6, Creighton Preparatory (1935-40)

6, Creighton Preparatory (1944-49)

6, Crete (1912-17)

6, Grant (1921-27)

6, Guardian Angels Central Catholic (1996-2001)

6, Hastings (1966-71)

6, Lincoln Northeast (1965-70)

6, Lincoln Northeast (1986-91)

6, Lincoln Northeast (1994-99)

6, Lincoln Pius X (1987-92)

6, Lincoln Southeast (2000-05)

6, Millard North (2020-present)

6, Norfolk (1926-31)

6, North Platte St. Patrick’s (2020-present)

6, Omaha Holy Name (1955-60)

6, Sterling (1919-24)

5, Auburn (2019-23)

5, Beatrice (2001-05)

5, Boys Town (1964-68)

5, Cedar Catholic (2021-present)

5, Culbertson (1940-44)

5, Ewing (1914-18)

5, Grant (1988-92)

5, Giltner (2009-13)

5, Hartington Cedar Catholic (1991-95)

5, Hartington Cedar Catholic (2009-13)

5, Hastings St. Cecilia (2007-11)

5, High Plains Community (2012-2016)

5, Hildreth (1948-52)

5, Lincoln Bethany (1935-39)

5, Lincoln High (2000-04)

5, Lincoln Northeast (1986-91)

5, Minden (2008-12)

5, Norfolk Catholic (1938-42)

5, North Platte (1949-53)

5, Oakdale (1932-36)

5, Omaha Burke (1984-88)

5, Omaha Central (2016-2020)

5, Omaha Concordia (2021-present)

5, Omaha Skutt Catholic (2006-10)

5, Paxton (1993-97)

5, Ralston (2006-10)

5, Ravenna (2008-12)

5, Riverside (2015-2019)

5, Schuyler (1966-70)

5, Sterling (1992-96)

5, Sterling (2009-13)

5, Omaha Central (2010-14)

5, Wynot (2021-present)

 

 

Consecutive State Championships

4, Clearwater (1984-87)

4, Falls City Sacred Heart (1988-91)

4, Wahoo (1988-91)

4, Lincoln Northeast (1995-98)

4, Omaha Central (2010-13)

3, Auburn (2019-21)

3, Goehner (1927-29)

3, Hardy (1917-19)

3, Hastings St. Cecilia (2008-10)

3, Johnson-Brock (2023-25)

3, Lincoln Bethany (1936-38)

3, Omaha Central (2006-08)

3, Omaha Skutt Catholic (2023-25)

 

Most State Championships

15, Lincoln High

13, Creighton Preparatory

12, Lincoln Northeast

12, Wahoo

11, Falls City Sacred Heart

10, Omaha Central

8, Beatrice

8, Ravenna

7, Bellevue West

7, Boys Town

7, Grant

7, Hastings St. Cecilia

7, Humphrey St. Francis

7, Millard South/Millard

7, Omaha Skutt Catholic

7, Lincoln Pius X

6, Bishop Neumann

6, Filley

6, Gretna

6, Hampton

6, Hildreth

6, Johnson-Brock

6, Sterling

6, Omaha South

5, Archbishop Bergan

5, Geneva

5, Howells

5, Minden

5, Omaha Holy Name

5, St. Paul

4, Adams

4, Beaver Crossing

4, Chester

4, Clearwater

4, Goehner

4, Grand Island

4, Lincoln Christian

4, Mead

4, Norris

4, Ogallala

4, Omaha Tech

4, Scottsbluff

4, Sutton

4, Syracuse

  

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

20, Omaha Central, 1912-1914-1915-1917-1918-1924-1958-1967-1968-1969-1974-1975-2006-2007-2008-2010-2011-2012-2013-2019

19, Lincoln Northeast, 1942-1948-1949-1950-1956-1962-1966-1967-1968-1970-1973-1982-1987-1990-1994-1995-1996-1997-1998

18, Creighton Preparatory, 1924-1935-1936-1940-1945-1955-1961-1963-1964-1969-1975-1976-1987-1994-2005-2009-2015-2018

16, Wahoo, 1924-1926-1988-1989-1990-1991-1993-1994-1996-1998-2012-2013-2014-2017-2018-2024

14, Bellevue West, 1991-1999-2000-2004-2005-2006-2007-2014-2018-2020-2021-2022-2023-2024

14, Humphrey St. Francis, 1941-1943-1946-1988-1990-1992-1994-2005-2006-2008-2009-2015-2016-2020

13, Falls City Sacred Heart, 1947-1974-1988-1989-1990-1991-1999-2001-2004-2008-2018-2020-2021

12, Beatrice, 1911-1916-1924-1959-1998-2001-2005-2007-2008-2009-2014-2021

12, Grant, 1966-1968-1975-1977-1981-1982-1984-1985-1989-1990-1991-1998

12, Hildreth, 1944-1946-1948-1949-1951-1971-1976-1978-1985-1989-1991-1992

12, Lincoln Pius X, 1923-1924-1974-1982-1987-1988-1989-1992-1998-2000-2002-2004

11, Hampton, 1927-1928-1942-1945-1973-1987-1988-1989-1990-1994-2010

11, Omaha South, 1911-1912-1937-1944-1959-1960-1990-2012-2015-2016-2019

10, Minden, 1915-1916-1921-1950-1952-1955-1958-1959-1963-2011

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 Skutt Catholic, 2006-2007-2010-2014-2018-2020-2022-2023-2024-2025

10, Scottsbluff, 1941-1945-1950-1952-1955-2012-2013-2016-2017-2025

9, Bishop Neumann, 1991-1997-2001-2002-2003-2005-2014-2016-2017

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, Ravenna, 1918-1921-1922-1927-2005-2006-2009-2010-2012

9, Hastings St. Cecilia, 1958-1959-1969-2008-2009-2010-2015-2016-2018

8, Bergan Catholic, 1980-1987-2008-2010-2011-2014-2019-2025

8, Hastings, 1923-1929-1932-1933-1949-1954-1992-1996

8, Howells, 1922-1973-1974-1977-1978-1983-2003-2011

8, Lincoln Christian, 1988-1991-1993-1995-1996-1999-2004-2011

8, Pleasanton, 1927-1984-1988-1991-1996-1997-2005-2008

8, St. Paul, 1923-1925-1926-1928-1929-1995-1996-1997

8, Sterling, 1969-1975-1987-1993-1994-1995-1996-2009

 

 

Boys State Tourney Makeup

Year-Classes-Teams

1911-1-21

1912-1-26

1913-1-44

1914-1-64

1915-2-70

1916-3-89

1917-3-120

1918-8-118

1919-8-120

1920-11-173

1921-13-202

1922-13-226

1923-15-235

1924-16-248

1925-6-93

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-Present-6-48