New York State Public High School Athletic Association Boys Basketball Championships

1989 basketball championship trophy in East Hampton, New York

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Boys Basketball Championships are held annually to determine the champions of public high schools outside of New York City, though some catholic and independent schools are members as well. The championship games are held each March. After 36 years in Glens Falls at the Glens Falls Civic Center, the championships will be held in Binghamton at Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena beginning in March 2017.[1]

The winners of the Class AA, A and B tournaments then compete for the state title in a tournament, called the Federation Tournament of Champions, against the champions of the Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA), the New York State Association of Independent Schools Athletic Association (NYSAISAA), and the Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) (public schools in New York City).[2] The Federation Tournament of Champions will return to Glens Falls at the Glens Falls Civic Center beginning in March 2017.[3]

Early History

The earliest high school boys state championship in New York was held in 1921 as a single-class tournament. The tournament continued as a one-classifcation competition through 1929, then as a two-classification (A and B) competition from 1930 through 1932. After the 1932 tournament, the NYSPHSAA voted against continuing the competition.[4] According to Alton Doyle, the executive director of the NYSPHSAA from 1975 to 1990, there were many violations of the rules on eligibility, with some schools using overage students, and gambling was widespread. The state tournament was believed to be a cause of such problems, leading to the decision to eliminate the tournament.[5]

Regional tournaments continued over the years without any overall state championship. From 1974 through 1977, various inter-sectional, regional and inter-class post-season tournaments were held. In 1976, the state legislature passed a bill to authorize a state tournament, which began in 1978.[6]

Sections and Classifications

Winners of each section compete in the NYSPHSAA tournament, by size classification, for the NYSPHSAA state championship. There are 11 sections, as follows:


Each section is further divided into classes, by school enrollment size. The classes are, from largest schools to smallest, AA, A, B, C, and D. For 2015, the classification enrollment cutoffs were as follows, counting the number of 9th, 10th and 11th grade students in the previous scholastic year (enrollment is doubled for all-boys schools):[9][10]

A school may elect to play in a higher classification, but may not elect to play in a lower classification.[11]

Winners and Runners-Up

Winners and runners-up of the single-classification tournament from 1921 through 1929 were:[12]

Year Venue Winner Runner-Up W Score RU Score
1921Syracuse UniversityPoughkeepsieSherrill2918
1922Syracuse UniversitySyracuse CentralEast (Rochester)2519
1923Syracuse UniversityPort ChesterMasten Park (Buffalo)1814
1924Syracuse UniversityLafayette (Buffalo)Lansingburgh2918
1925Syracuse UniversityLafayette (Buffalo)Patchogue2216
1926Syracuse UniversityElmira Free AcademyKenmore (Tonawanda)2624
1927BuffaloYonkersElmira Free Academy3016
1928TroySyracuse CentralFosdick-Masten Park (Buffalo)3016
1929Syracuse UniversityAlbanyFosdick-Masten Park (Buffalo)2519

Winners and runners-up of the two-classification tournament from 1930 through 1932 were:[13]

Year Venue Class Winner Runner-Up W Score RU Score OTs
1930Syracuse UniversityALittle FallsCohoes259
1930Syracuse UniversityBMinevilleMargaretville3828
1931Syracuse UniversityAYonkersOswego3418
1931Syracuse UniversityBCornwallChautauqua3828
1932Syracuse UniversityAYonkersJohnson City34181
1932Syracuse UniversityBSherrillEast Islip3315

Venues of the current, multi-classification tournament:

Year(s) City Arena
1978-1980RochesterRochester Community War Memorial
1981-2016Glens FallsGlens Falls Civic Center
2017-2019BinghamtonFloyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena

Results of the current, multi-classification tournament, through 2016:[14]

Year Class Winner Sec Runner-Up Sec W Score RU Score OTs
1978AAAMount Vernon1Kenmore West (Tonawanda)68252
1978AANiskayuna2Jamesville-DeWitt37555
1978ANotre Dame (Elmira)4Roosevelt88567
1978BSchuylerville2Bloomfield570683
1978CPierson (Sag Harbor)11Alexander Hamilton (Elmsford)171681
1978DBridgehampton11Lyme37370
1979AAAMount Vernon1Rush-Henrietta Sperry56356
1979AALackawanna6Scarsdale157553
1979AMalverne8Albertus Magnus (Bardonia)15552
1979BSidney4Mattituck116556
1979CCuba5Alexander Hamilton (Elmsford)16451
1979DBridgehampton11Argyle25950
1980AWard Melville (East Setauket)11Union-Endicott45651
1980BBellport11Rush-Henrietta Roth56361
1980CLyons5Hastings (Hastings-on-Hudson)18165
1980DBridgehampton11Oppenheim-Ephratah37170
1981AMount Vernon1Arcadia (Greece)57466
1981BMalverne8McKinley (Buffalo)66254
1981CWyandanch11Emerson (Buffalo)67270
1981DTuckahoe1New York Mills37371
1982ASpring Valley9Bishop Ludden (Syracuse)38568
1982BNottingham (Syracuse)3Catskill24543
1982CWyandanch11Lyons56865
1982DNew York Mills3Tuckahoe18277
1983ANorth Babylon11Union-Endicott46943
1983BCharlotte (Rochester)5Wyandanch118857
1983CBennett (Buffalo)6Burke Catholic (Goshen)98861
1983DBrookfield Central3St. Patrick's (Catskill)24038
1984ASweet Home (Amherst)6Long Beach85150
1984BBennett (Buffalo)6Catskill282811
1984CCharlotte (Rochester)5Coleman Catholic (Hurley)97460
1984DBridgehampton11Greenwood54947
1985ABinghamton4Mount Vernon17359
1985BWestbury8Lackawanna66560
1985CWheatley (Old Westbury)8Wilson (Rochester)56855
1985DBishop Cunningham (Oswego)3Bridgehampton1169651
1986ABinghamton4Hempstead86450
1986BManhasset8Elmira Free Academy46256
1986CWilson Magnet (Rochester)5James I. O'Neill (Highland Falls)97872
1986DBridgehampton11Newfield (Tompkins)49457
1987AShenendehowa (Clifton Park)2Bishop Ludden (Syracuse)36952
1987BNottingham (Syracuse)3South Side (Rockville Centre)87667
1987CTrott Vocational (Niagara Falls)6Center Moriches117161
1987DAlexander Hamilton (Elmsford)1Cuba57450
1988AMcQuaid Jesuit (Rochester)5Liverpool37767
1988BLa Salle (Niagara Falls)6Nottingham (Syracuse)379751
1988CStillwater2Malverne87867
1988DAlexander Hamilton (Elmsford)1Sugar Loaf (Chester)99283
1989AHempstead8La Salle (Niagara Falls)67763
1989BEast Hampton11Rye15753
1989CLyons5Whitney Point46155
1989DAvoca5Sugar Loaf (Chester)96661
1990AHempstead8Mount Vernon16042
1990BJamesville-DeWitt3Newark56052
1990CRensselaer2Buffalo Traditional68068
1990DAlexander Hamilton (Elmsford)1Avoca55754
1991AMount Vernon1Henninger (Syracuse)38065
1991BNottingham (Syracuse)3Nyack172701
1991CWatervliet2Livonia56858
1991DPrattsburgh5Argyle28072
1992AGreece Athena (Rochester)5Liverpool36037
1992BFowler (Syracuse)3Palmyra-Macedon57961
1992CMynderse Academy (Seneca Falls)5Malverne88579
1992DNotre Dame (Batavia)5Bishop Grimes (East Syracuse)37058
1993AHempstead8Mount Vernon15554
1993BNorwich4Franklin (Rochester)55649
1993CWhitney Point4Broadalbin-Perth25753
1993DClyde-Savannah5Tuckahoe17666
1994AWhite Plains1West Genesee (Camillus)36560
1994BNorwich4Central Square34929
1994CBishop Ludden (Syracuse)3Mynderse Academy (Seneca Falls)56454
1994DHamilton3Tuckahoe15939
1995ALa Salle (Niagara Falls)6Henninger (Syracuse)36757
1995BPoughkeepsie1Amsterdam26253
1995CPeekskill1Buffalo Traditional694851
1995DMaple Grove (Bemus Point)6Sugar Loaf (Chester)96154
1996ALa Salle (Niagara Falls)6Newburgh97766
1996BPeekskill1Franklin (Rochester)57162
1996CBuffalo Traditional6Mechanicville26248
1996DBridgehampton11West Canada Valley (Newport)35137
1997AMcQuaid Jesuit (Rochester)5Hempstead86955
1997BWesthill (Syracuse)3Walter Panas (Cortlandt Manor)16453
1997CChristian Brothers Academy (DeWitt)3Lyons56654
1997DBridgehampton11Hammond107955
1998ASchenectady2Hempstead86151
1998BWesthampton Beach11Westhill (Syracuse)35636
1998CSidney4Watervliet26347
1998DBridgehampton11Jasper-Troupsburg56733
1999AWhite Plains1Colonie24643
1999BSouthampton11Bishop Kearney (Irondequoit)55542
1999CBuffalo Traditional6Notre Dame (Utica)36151
1999DMillbrook9Fort Ann24431
2000AMount Vernon1Longwood (Middle Island)1176691
2000BAmityville11Notre Dame (Utica)36652
2000CBuffalo Traditional6Malverne86662
2000DHamilton3Alexander Hamilton (Elmsford)191863
2001ASchenectady2Hempstead86945
2001BAmityville11Williamsville East68770
2001CBuffalo Traditional6Mechanicville27853
2001DNotre Dame (Batavia)5Hamilton36261
2002AHenninger (Syracuse)3McQuaid Jesuit (Rochester)57156
2002BAmityville11Peekskill16757
2002CBlind Brook (Rye Brook)1City Honors (Buffalo)65749
2002DCity Honors (Buffalo)6Harrisville104948
2003AMcQuaid Jesuit (Rochester)5Mount Vernon15750
2003BAmityville11Glens Falls27752
2003CCity Honors (Buffalo)6Cooperstown36659
2003DS. S. Seward Institute (Florida)9Moriah76852
2004AAMount Vernon1Niagara Falls65646
2004AJamesville-DeWitt3Amityville115652
2004BJohn F. Kennedy Catholic (Somers)1Malverne85352
2004CBlind Brook (Rye Brook)1Tully35243
2004DAlexander Hamilton (Elmsford)1Whitesville55044
2005AANiagara Falls6New Rochelle16958
2005APeekskill1Mexico37561
2005BPalmyra-Macedon5Carle Place85747
2005CSodus5Faith Heritage (Syracuse)37665
2005DMartin Luther King (Hastings-on-Hudson)1Fort Edward27657
2006AAMount Vernon1Niagara Falls65753
2006APeekskill1Sweet Home (Amherst)64639
2006BLackawanna6John F. Kennedy Catholic (Somers)16750
2006CCampbell-Savona5Stillwater23935
2006DCharles Finney (Penfield)5Martin Luther King (Hastings-on-Hudson)16058
2007AAMount Vernon1Bishop Maginn (Albany)26865
2007APeekskill1Glens Falls25848
2007BMalverne8Ogdensburg Free Academy104442
2007CSidney4Friends Academy (Locust Valley)86749
2007DCharles Finney (Penfield)5Chateaugay104527
2008AABishop Maginn (Albany)2Niagara Falls66837
2008AJamesville-DeWitt3East Hampton117854
2008BOlean6Malverne86353
2008CMaple Grove (Bemus Point)6Mechanicville27146
2008DChateaugay10Northstar Christian Academy (Rochester)55241
2009AANewburgh Free Academy9Niagara Falls66242
2009AJamesville-DeWitt3Peekskill17775
2009BBishop Kearney (Irondequoit)5Seton Catholic (Binghamton)46548
2009CAvon5Maple Hill (Castleton)26155
2009DSouth Kortright4Greenport114743
2010AAChristian Brothers Academy (Albany)2Half Hollow Hills West (Dix Hills)117153
2010AJamesville-DeWitt3Newark55945
2010BWesthill (Syracuse)3Burke Catholic (Goshen)96051
2010COTC/Middle Early College (Buffalo)6Maple Hill (Castleton)27441
2010DMaple Grove (Bemus Point)6Coleman Catholic (Hurley)94338
2011AAMount Vernon1Jamestown66251
2011AJamesville-DeWitt3Harborfields116651
2011BBurke Catholic (Goshen)9Potsdam106252
2011CFriends Academy (Locust Valley)8Syracuse Academy of Science34644
2011DNew York Mills3Coleman Catholic (Hurley)94742
2012AAMount Vernon1Aquinas Institute (Rochester)56157
2012AHarborfields11Tappan Zee (Orangeburg)16758
2012BBishop Ludden (Syracuse)3Watervliet24342
2012CTuckahoe1OTC/Middle Early College (Buffalo)67766
2012DSackets Harbor3Madrid-Waddington104935
2013AABishop Kearney (Irondequoit)5New Rochelle14539
2013AMcKinley (Buffalo)6Burke Catholic (Goshen)976731
2013BWatervliet2Babylon1172601
2013CLake George2Pine Plains95545
2013DArgyle2Martin Luther King (Hastings-on-Hudson)15833
2014AAGreen Tech (Albany)2Jamestown65449
2014AScotia-Glenville2East (Rochester)56644
2014BWesthill (Syracuse)3Olean69355
2014CHoosic Valley (Schaghticoke)2OTC/Middle Early College (Buffalo)66755
2014DNew York Mills3Coleman Catholic (Hurley)957501
2015AAShenendehowa (Clifton Park)2Brentwood117663
2015AScotia-Glenville2Greece Athena (Rochester)55449
2015BWesthill (Syracuse)3Woodlands (Hartsdale)17062
2015CLake George2Waterville35350
2015DBridgehampton11New York Mills36249
2016AAAquinas Institute (Rochester)5Middletown96850
2016AElmont Memorial8Troy25743
2016BOlean6Marlboro95645
2016CMiddle Early College (Buffalo)6Haldane (Cold Spring)18240
2016DOriskany3Moriah77954

Championships by School

Results through 2016:

RankSchoolWinsYears
1 Mount Vernon     10 1978, 1979, 1981, 1991, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012
2 Bridgehampton     9 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2015
3 Jamesville-DeWitt     6 1990, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
4 Peekskill     5 1995, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2007
5 Alexander Hamilton (Elmsford)     4 1987, 1988, 1990, 2004
5 Amityville     4 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
5 Buffalo Traditional     4 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001
5 Westhill (Syracuse)     4 1997, 2010, 2014, 2015

Championships by Section

Results through 2016:

RankSectionChampionsRunners-up
1 Section 1     28 26
2 Section 3     27 26
3 Section 5     25 24
4 Section 6     24 20
5 Section 11     23 12
6 Section 2     19 22
7 Section 8     11 14
8 Section 4     10 6
9 Section 9     5 15
10 Section 10     1 6
11 Section 7     0 2

References

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