Highest Classification Basketball State Champions
- Jesuit (8) — 1939, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1964, 1965, 1966, 2001
- Brother Martin (6) — 1970, 1971, 1974, 2004, 2005, 2010
- St. Aloysius (6) — 1941, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953
- St. Augustine (5) — 1983, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2011
- De La Salle (5) — 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1986
- Holy Cross (3) — 1942, 1943, 1945
- Archbishop Rummel (2) — 1977, 1978
- Archbishop Shaw (2) — 1989, 1997 (2000 championship stripped by LHSAA after use of ineligible players discovered)
Catholic League teams have won 37 of the last 73 state championships in the highest classification
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