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IHSA Boys Basketball Tournament General Records

Last updated on August 7, 2008.

Index of this file

General Records
Overtimes
Schools Entered
Attendance
Enrollment

Overtimes

Most Overtimes, Game

STATE TOURNAMENT SERIES

CLASS A: 8, Carthage (108) vs. Dallas City (103), 1994 regional
CLASS AA: 6, Alton (72) vs. Edwardsville (69), 1997 sectional

STATE FINAL TOURNAMENT

CLASS A: 3, Venice (59) vs. Carmi (58), 1975 super-sectional
3, East St. Louis (Assumption) (73) vs. Flora (71), 1989 super-sectional
3, Pleasant Plains (78) vs. Riverton (68), 2000 semifinal
CLASS AA: 3, East St. Louis (Lincoln) (59) vs. Peoria (57), 1989 title game
3, Lincolnshire (Stevenson) (75) vs. Northbrook (Glenbrook North) (73), 1992 super-sectional
SINGLE-CLASS: 4, Beardstown (28) vs. Waterman (27), 1930 quarterfinal

TITLE GAME

CLASS A: 2, Trenton (Wesclin) (83) vs. Fairbury (Prairie Central) (78), 1990
CLASS AA: 3, East St. Louis (Lincoln) (59) vs. Peoria (57), 1989

Schools Entered

Most Schools Entered in Series

917, in 1942

Fewest Schools Entered in Series (since 1929)

719, in 1956

Attendance

Largest Attendance, Session

SINGLE SESSION

CLASS A: 14,738, Friday afternoon, 1982
CLASS AA: 16,128, Saturday afternoon, 1972
16,128, Saturday evening, 1972
SINGLE-CLASS: 16,310, Saturday afternoon, 1963

TITLE SESSION

CLASS A: 14,552, in 1974
CLASS AA: 16,128, in 1972
SINGLE-CLASS: 16,183, in 1963

Largest Attendance, Tournament

STATE FINAL TOURNAMENT

CLASS A: 99,878, in 1978
CLASS AA: 104,362, in 1976
SINGLE-CLASS: 123,136, in 1967

Enrollment

Largest Enrollment

STATE TOURNAMENT SERIES

8,814, Chicago (Schurz), 1931

STATE FINAL TOURNAMENT

8,521, Chicago (Lane), 1939

TITLE GAME

5,955, Cicero (Morton), 1932

STATE CHAMPION

5,955, Cicero (Morton), 1932

Smallest Enrollment

STATE TOURNAMENT SERIES

10, Cornland, 1931
10, Emden, 1931

STATE FINAL TOURNAMENT

69, Ohio (70 on days of tournament), 1986A

TITLE GAME

69, Ohio (70 on days of tournament), 1986A

STATE CHAMPION

96, Findlay, 1991A