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New York state high school boys basketball championships

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The New York state high school boys basketball championships are won in the Federation Tournament of Champions, which is conducted annually by the New York State Federation of Secondary School Athletic Associations (NYSFSSAA).

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The tournament comprises the winners of the various high school athletic associations in New York:

For geographic reasons, some Catholic and independent schools in upstate New York and Long Island compete in the NYSPHSAA.

The championship games are held each March. The 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1]

History

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Following a 45-year ban on high school basketball state championship tournaments in New York State, the State Education Department granted approval in 1978 for the first boys Federation tournament to be conducted on an experimental basis. The original boys tournament was named the Super Sixteen tournament, as the four associations (NYSPHSAA, PSAL, CHSAA and NYSAISAA) competed in four classes, based primarily on student-body size.[2] The four classes were called AAA, AA, A and B in 1979.[3] From 1981 through 2003, the four classes were called A, B, C and D.[2] In September 2000, the tournament became known as the Federation Tournament of Champions. Beginning with the 2004 tournament, competition has been held in three classes (AA, A and B).[2]

Following a three-year hiatus caused by the COVID pandemic, the Federation tournament returned in 2023, albeit on a smaller scale with games held at school sites around the Capital District. The tournament was put on indefinite pause after the 2023 edition: schools cited a decrease in interest from fans and media, plus a desire for athletes to start their spring sporting seasons earlier.[4]

Venues

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After the first two tournaments were held in Syracuse and Rochester in 1979 and 1980,[3][2] the competition moved to Glens Falls through 2010 and then to Albany.[3] In 2015, because the Times Union Center was used for the NCAA Women's Basketball Albany Regional, the Federation tournament was held at SEFCU Arena, the home court of the University at Albany, SUNY basketball teams. The tournament moved back to Glens Falls in 2017.[5]

Year(s) City Arena
1979 Syracuse Onondaga War Memorial Arena
1980 Rochester Rochester Community War Memorial
1981–2010 Glens Falls Glens Falls Civic Center
2011–2014 Albany Times Union Center
2015 Albany SEFCU Arena
2016 Albany Times Union Center
2017–2019 Glens Falls Glens Falls Civic Center/Cool Insuring Arena

Classifications

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For 2015, the NYSPHSAA 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):[6][7]

  • Class AA: 910 and more
  • Class A: 480-909
  • Class B: 280-479

PSAL, CHSAA and NYSAISAA have their own classification systems, not tied directly to student enrollments.[citation needed]

A school may elect to play in a higher classification, but may not elect to play in a lower classification.[6]

Winners and Runners Up

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Results through 2020:

Year Class Winner Ass'n Runner Up Ass'n W Score RU Score OTs
1979 AAA St. Anthony's (South Huntington) CHSAA Mount Vernon NYSPHSAA 36 34
1979 AA Nazareth (Brooklyn) CHSAA Norman Thomas (NYC) PSAL 76 69
1979 A St. Agnes (NYC) CHSAA Cuba NYSPHSAA 106 62
1979 B Bishop Neumann (Williamsville) CHSAA Bridgehampton NYSPHSAA 68 65 1
1980 A Holy Trinity (Hicksville) CHSAA Ward Melville (East Setauket) NYSPHSAA 53 48
1980 B Tolentine (Bronx) CHSAA Bellport NYSPHSAA 74 67
1980 C St. Dominic (Oyster Bay) CHSAA Lyons NYSPHSAA 61 45
1980 D Bridgehampton NYSPHSAA Our Saviour Lutheran (Bronx) NYSAISAA 77 73
1981 A Xaverian (Brooklyn) CHSAA Mount Vernon NYSPHSAA 67 66
1981 B Malverne NYSPHSAA Tolentine (Bronx) CHSAA 55 54
1981 C Long Island Lutheran (Brookville) NYSAISAA Wyandanch NYSPHSAA 60 59
1981 D Our Saviour Lutheran (Bronx) NYSAISAA Tuckahoe NYSPHSAA 84 54
1982 A Benjamin Franklin (NYC) PSAL Spring Valley NYSPHSAA 56 55
1982 B Nottingham (Syracuse) NYSPHSAA St. Agnes (NYC) CHSAA 74 69
1982 C Long Island Lutheran (Brookville) NYSAISAA Wyandanch NYSPHSAA 68 43
1982 D New York Mills NYSPHSAA McBurney (NYC) NYSAISAA 64 63
1983 A North Babylon NYSPHSAA Springfield Gardens PSAL 87 73
1983 B Bishop Loughlin (Brooklyn) CHSAA Bennett (Buffalo) NYSPHSAA 96 68
1983 C Charlotte (Rochester) NYSPHSAA Wyandanch NYSPHSAA 88 57
1983 D Our Saviour Lutheran (Bronx) NYSAISAA Brookfield NYSPHSAA 85 54
1984 A Harry S. Truman (Bronx) PSAL Sweet Home (Amherst) NYSPHSAA 67 65 1
1984 B Bennett (Buffalo) NYSPHSAA Holy Cross (Flushing) CHSAA 65 57
1984 C Charlotte (Rochester) NYSPHSAA Dalton (NYC) NYSAISAA 47 46
1985 A All Hallows (Bronx) CHSAA Binghamton NYSPHSAA 66 63 1
1985 B Samuel Gompers (Bronx) PSAL Westbury (Old Westbury) NYSPHSAA 72 54
1985 C Nichols (Buffalo) NYSAISAA Wheatley (Old Westbury) NYSPHSAA 74 55
1986 A Binghamton NYSPHSAA Abraham Lincoln (Brooklyn) PSAL 79 61
1986 B Xaverian (Brooklyn) CHSAA Manhasset NYSPHSAA 71 70
1986 C Nichols (Buffalo) NYSAISAA Wilson Magnet (Rochester) NYSPHSAA 63 59
1987 A Our Saviour Lutheran (Bronx) NYSAISAA Archbishop Molloy (Briarwood) CHSAA 71 61
1987 B Nottingham (Syracuse) NYSPHSAA Christ the King (Middle Village) CHSAA 72 70
1987 C Trott Vocational (Niagara Falls) NYSPHSAA Regis (NYC) CHSAA 57 86
1988 A Tolentine (Bronx) CHSAA Our Saviour Lutheran (Bronx) NYSAISAA 95 69
1988 B La Salle (Niagara Falls) NYSPHSAA Samuel Gompers (Bronx) PSAL 80 67
1988 C Turner-Carroll (Buffalo) CHSAA Stillwater NYSPHSAA 86 87
1989 A Christ the King (Middle Village) CHSAA Adlai Stevenson (Bronx) PSAL 80 57
1989 B Nazareth (Brooklyn) CHSAA East Hampton NYSPHSAA 54 36
1989 C Lyons NYSPHSAA Nichols (Buffalo) NYSAISAA 77 70
1990 A William Grady (Brooklyn) PSAL Hempstead NYSPHSAA 78 67
1990 B Jamesville-DeWitt NYSPHSAA James Monroe (Bronx) PSAL 72 57
1990 C Nichols (Buffalo) NYSAISAA Rensselaer NYSPHSAA 67 89
1991 A Mount Vernon NYSPHSAA Abraham Lincoln (Brooklyn) PSAL 59 49
1991 B Nottingham (Syracuse) NYSPHSAA Julia Richman (NYC) PSAL 65 49
1991 C Watervliet NYSPHSAA Turner-Carroll (Buffalo) CHSAA 82 63
1992 A Bishop Loughlin (Brooklyn) CHSAA Greece Athena (Rochester) NYSPHSAA 68 57
1992 B George Fowler (Syracuse) NYSPHSAA St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute (Tonawanda) CHSAA 60 59
1992 C Mynderse Academy (Seneca Falls) NYSPHSAA Regis (NYC) CHSAA 84 91
1993 A St. Raymond (Bronx) CHSAA Walton (Bronx) PSAL 96 81
1993 B Norwich NYSPHSAA St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute (Tonawanda) CHSAA 75 69
1993 C Regis (NYC) CHSAA Whitney Point NYSPHSAA 43 41
1994 A Rice (NYC) CHSAA White Plains NYSPHSAA 82 54
1994 B Long Island Lutheran (Brookville) NYSAISAA Norwich NYSPHSAA 71 53
1994 C Cardinal O'Hara (Tonawanda) CHSAA Bishop Ludden (Syracuse) NYSPHSAA 77 72
1995 A Abraham Lincoln (Brooklyn) PSAL Christ the King (Middle Village) CHSAA 55 52
1995 B Mount St. Michael (Bronx) CHSAA Francis Lewis (Fresh Meadows) PSAL 64 39
1995 C Nichols (Buffalo) NYSAISAA Sacred Heart (Yonkers) CHSAA 74 44
1996 A Rice (NYC) CHSAA La Salle (Niagara Falls) NYSPHSAA 84 65
1996 B Peekskill NYSPHSAA St. Dominic (Oyster Bay) CHSAA 62 57 1
1996 C Buffalo Traditional NYSPHSAA Collegiate (NYC) NYSAISAA 92 71
1997 A Long Island Lutheran (Brookville) NYSAISAA Paul Robeson (Brooklyn) PSAL 53 50
1997 B St. Dominic (Oyster Bay) CHSAA Westhill (Geddes) NYSPHSAA 53 50
1997 C Salesian (New Rochelle) CHSAA Christian Brothers Academy (DeWitt) NYSPHSAA 65 62
1998 A Rice (NYC) CHSAA Long Island Lutheran (Brookville) NYSAISAA 80 65
1998 B Westhampton Beach NYSPHSAA Wadleigh (NYC) PSAL 62 51
1998 C Turner-Carroll (Buffalo) CHSAA Sidney NYSPHSAA 68 55
1999 A Rice (NYC) CHSAA Cardozo (Bayside) PSAL 93 65
1999 B Turner-Carroll (Buffalo) CHSAA Southampton NYSPHSAA 66 63
1999 C Lawrence Woodmere Academy NYSAISAA Salesian (New Rochelle) CHSAA 63 43
2000 A Mount Vernon NYSPHSAA John F. Kennedy (Bronx) PSAL 60 58
2000 B St. Mary's (Manhasset) CHSAA Amityville NYSPHSAA 55 49
2000 C Poly Prep (Brooklyn) NYSAISAA Buffalo Traditional NYSPHSAA 51 50
2001 A St. Raymond (Bronx) CHSAA Schenectady NYSPHSAA 62 49
2001 B Amityville Memorial NYSPHSAA Benjamin Banneker Academy (Brooklyn) PSAL 91 73
2001 C Buffalo Traditional NYSPHSAA Canisius (Buffalo) CHSAA 65 53
2002 A Rice (NYC) CHSAA Henninger (Syracuse) NYSPHSAA 61 53
2002 B St. Mary's (Manhasset) CHSAA Amityville Memorial NYSPHSAA 65 61 1
2002 C Lawrence Woodmere Academy NYSAISAA Blind Brook (Rye Brook) NYSPHSAA 44 39
2003 A Abraham Lincoln (Brooklyn) PSAL Christ the King (Middle Village) CHSAA 75 73 1
2003 B Amityville Memorial NYSPHSAA Chaminade (Mineola) CHSAA 65 57
2003 C Brooklyn Friends NYSAISAA City Honors (Buffalo) NYSPHSAA 69 68 1
2004 AA Mount Vernon NYSPHSAA Abraham Lincoln (Brooklyn) PSAL 66 52
2004 A Jamesville-DeWitt NYSPHSAA St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute (Tonawanda) CHSAA 77 73 1
2004 B John F. Kennedy Catholic (Somers) NYSPHSAA McKinley Arts (Brooklyn) PSAL 81 61
2005 AA Niagara Falls NYSPHSAA Xaverian (Brooklyn) CHSAA 68 65
2005 A St. Anthony's (South Huntington) CHSAA Peekskill NYSPHSAA 61 50
2005 B Regis (NYC) CHSAA Palmyra-Macedon NYSPHSAA 64 48
2006 AA Mount Vernon NYSPHSAA Abraham Lincoln (Brooklyn) PSAL 62 60
2006 A Peekskill NYSPHSAA Lawrence Woodmere Academy NYSAISAA 81 75
2006 B Global Studies (Brooklyn) PSAL Blessed Sacrament (New Rochelle) CHSAA 78 73
2007 AA Abraham Lincoln (Brooklyn) PSAL Rice (NYC) CHSAA 68 62
2007 A Peekskill NYSPHSAA Cardinal Hayes (Bronx) CHSAA 44 42
2007 B Malverne NYSPHSAA Blessed Sacrament (New Rochelle) CHSAA 90 81
2008 AA Abraham Lincoln (Brooklyn) PSAL Holy Cross (Flushing) CHSAA 86 67
2008 A Jamesville-DeWitt NYSPHSAA Long Island Lutheran (Brookville) NYSAISAA 70 66
2008 B Collegiate (NYC) NYSAISAA St. Agnes (NYC) CHSAA 57 44
2009 AA Rice (NYC) CHSAA Newburgh Free Academy NYSPHSAA 70 68 1
2009 A Long Island Lutheran (Brookville) NYSAISAA Jamesville-DeWitt NYSPHSAA 68 51
2009 B Collegiate (NYC) NYSAISAA Bishop Kearney (Irondequoit) NYSPHSAA 57 55
2010 AA Christ the King (Middle Village) CHSAA Boys and Girls (Brooklyn) PSAL 52 49
2010 A Nichols (Buffalo) CHSAA Jamesville-DeWitt NYSPHSAA 65 43
2010 B Collegiate (NYC) NYSAISAA Queens H.S. of Teaching PSAL 61 41
2011 AA Mount Vernon NYSPHSAA Christ the King (Middle Village) CHSAA 84 78 1
2011 A Long Island Lutheran (Brookville) NYSAISAA St. Mary's (Manhasset) CHSAA 78 51
2011 B Collegiate (NYC) NYSAISAA Salesian (New Rochelle) CHSAA 48 46
2012 AA Boys and Girls (Brooklyn) PSAL Mount Vernon NYSPHSAA 66 60
2012 A Long Island Lutheran (Brookville) NYSAISAA Harborfields (Greenlawn) NYSPHSAA 62 61
2012 B Collegiate (NYC) NYSAISAA Bishop Ludden (Syracuse) NYSPHSAA 62 52
2013 AA Christ the King (Middle Village) CHSAA Long Island Lutheran (Brookville) NYSAISAA 73 64
2013 A Albany Academy NYSAISAA John Adams (Ozone Park) PSAL 50 34
2013 B Monsignor Scanlan (Bronx) CHSAA Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom (Bronx) PSAL 52 50
2014 AA Christ the King (Middle Village) CHSAA Long Island Lutheran (Brookville) NYSAISAA 58 52
2014 A Scotia-Glenville NYSPHSAA Holy Trinity (Hicksville) CHSAA 68 52
2014 B Westhill (Geddes) NYSPHSAA Regis (NYC) CHSAA 65 46
2015 AA Wings Academy (Bronx) PSAL Christ the King (Middle Village) CHSAA 79 73
2015 A Canisius (Buffalo) CHSAA Albany Academy NYSAISAA 48 44
2015 B Park (Amherst) CHSAA Maspeth PSAL 70 51
2016 AA Thomas Jefferson Campus (Brooklyn) PSAL Aquinas Institute (Rochester) NYSPHSAA 72 65
2016 A Albany Academy NYSAISAA Elmont Memorial NYSPHSAA 67 51
2016 B Collegiate (NYC) NYSAISAA Olean NYSPHSAA 49 45
2017 AA Abraham Lincoln (Brooklyn) PSAL Long Island Lutheran (Brookville) NYSAISAA 80 63
2017 A Albany Academy NYSAISAA Walton Campus (Bronx) NYSPHSAA 76 46
2017 B La Salle Academy (NYC) CHSAA Westhill (Geddes) NYSPHSAA 80 67
2018 AA Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains) CHSAA South Shore Campus (Brooklyn) PSAL 88 76
2018 A Park (Amherst) CHSAA Albany Academy NYSAISAA 59 57
2018 B Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom (Bronx) PSAL Mekeel Christian Academy (Scotia) NYSPHSAA 74 62
2019 AA Long Island Lutheran (Brookville) NYSAISAA Christ the King (Middle Village) CHSAA 51 31
2019 A Albany Academy NYSAISAA Frederick Douglass Academy (NYC) PSAL 75 49
2019 B Glens Falls NYSPHSAA Cardinal O'Hara (Tonawanda) CHSAA 88 79
2020 Cancelled, due to coronavirus pandemic[1]

Championships by school

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Results through 2020:

Rank School Wins Years
2 Long Island Lutheran (Brookville)     8 1981, 1982, 1994, 1997, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2019
3 Collegiate (NYC)     6 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016
3 Rice (NYC)     6 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2009
4 Abraham Lincoln (Brooklyn)     5 1995, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2017
1 Mount Vernon     9 1991, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011,2012, 2017, 2022
4 Nichols (Buffalo)     5 1985, 1986, 1990, 1995, 2010
7 Albany Academy     4 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019
7 Christ the King (Middle Village)     4 1989, 2010, 2013, 2014
9 Jamesville-DeWitt     3 1990, 2004, 2008
9 Nottingham (Syracuse)     3 1982, 1987, 1991
9 Our Saviour Lutheran (Bronx)     3 1981, 1983, 1987
9 Peekskill     3 1996, 2006, 2007
9 Turner-Carroll (Buffalo)     3 1988, 1998, 1999

Championships by association

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Results through 2020:

Rank Association Wins
1 CHSAA     45
2 NYSPHSAA     40
3 NYSAISAA     29
4 PSAL     14

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Schott, Ken (March 13, 2020). "Federation basketball tournament canceled". The Daily Gazette. Schenectady. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "History". New York State Federation Basketball Tournament of Champions. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Abel, Philip. "NYSPHSAA and Federation Boys' Basketball Brackets". nysbasketballbrackets.com. Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  4. ^ "There will be no New York State Federation basketball tournaments in 2024". September 2023.
  5. ^ "Federation basketball tournament to return to Glens Falls". Times Herald-Record. Middletown. December 10, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Classifications". New York State Public High School Athletic Association. Archived from the original on April 8, 2015.
  7. ^ "Membership - Classification - 2014-2015 NYSPHSAA Handbook 12-8-14-3.pdf" (PDF). New York State Public High School Athletic Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 16, 2015.
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