Between 1920 and 1950, some of the strongest basketball teams in the United States were sponsored by corporations, including Phillips 66, 20th Century Fox, Safeway Inc., Caterpillar Inc., and others.

By the early 1930s, a few teams had earned reputations for basketball excellence and produced AAU All-Americans such as Forrest DeBernardi, Melvin Miller and Chuck Hyatt.

[7][8] The appeal of AAU basketball began to decline in the early 1960s as the NBA gained prominence with such players as Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, Oscar Robertson and Jerry West.

The NIBL folded in 1961, and with expansion of the NBA and the formation of the American Basketball Association in the late 1960s, the annual National AAU Tournament faded from prominence.

1897 New York 23 Street YMCA (1) (Round Robin) 1898 not held 1899 New York Knickerbocker Athletic Club (1) (Round Robin) 1900 New York Knickerbocker Athletic Club (2) (Round Robin) 1901 Ravenwood YMCA (1) 1902 not held 1903 not held 1904 Buffalo Germans (1) (Round Robin) 1905 Kansas City Athletic Club (1) 1910 National Guard Co. F 1911 not held 1912 not held 1913 Armour Square Cornells (1) (Round Robin) 1914 Armour Square Cornells (2) 1915 San Francisco Olympic Club (1) 1916 University of Utah Utes (1) 1917 Illinois Athletic Club (1) 1918 not held due to World War I[9] 1919 Los Angeles Athletic Club (1) 1920 New York University Violets (1) 1921 Kansas City Athletic Club (2) 1922 Lowe and Campbell (1) 1923 Kansas City Athletic Club (3) 1924 Butler University Bulldogs (1) 1925 Washburn College Ichabods (1) 1926 Hillyard Chemical Shine Alls (1) 1927 Hillyard Chemical Shine Alls (2) 1928 Cook's Paint Boys (1) 1929 Cook's Paint Boys (2) 1930 Wichita Clothiers(1) 1931 Wichita Clothiers (2) 1932 Wichita Clothiers (3) 1933 Diamond DX Oilers (1) 1934 Diamond DX Oilers (2) 1935 South Kansas Stage Lines (1) 1936 Globe Refiners (1) 1937 Denver Safeway Stores (1) 1938 Healey Motors (1) 1939 Denver Nuggets (2) 1940 Phillips 66ers (1) 1941 20th Century Fox (1) 1942 Denver American Legion (3) 1943 Phillips 66ers (2) 1944 Phillips 66ers (3) 1945 Phillips 66ers (4) 1946 Phillips 66ers (5) 1947 Phillips 66ers (6) 1948 Phillips 66ers (7) 1949 Oakland Bittners (1) 1950 Phillips 66ers (8) 1951 Stewart Chevrolet (1) 1952 Peoria Caterpillars (1) 1953 Peoria Caterpillars (2) 1954 Peoria Caterpillars (3) 1955 Phillips 66ers (9) 1956 Buchan Bakers (1) 1957 U.S. Air Force All-Stars (1) 1958 Peoria Caterpillars (4) 1959 Wichita Vickers (1) 1960 Peoria Caterpillars (5) 1961 Cleveland Pipers (1) 1962 Phillips 66ers (10) 1963 Phillips 66ers (11) 1964 Akron Goodyear Wingfoots (1) 1965 U.S. Armed Forces All-Stars (1) 1966 Ford Mustangs (1) 1967 Goodyear Wingfoots (2) 1968 U.S. Armed Forces All-Stars (2) 1969 U.S. Armed Forces All-Stars (3) 1970 U.S. Armed Forces All-Stars (4) 1971 U.S. Armed Forces All-Stars (5) 1972 U.S. Armed Forces All-Stars (6) 1973 Marathon Oil (1) 1974 Jacksonville All-Stars (1) 1975 Capital Insulation (1) 1976 Athletes in Action (1) 1977 U.S. Armed Forces All-Stars (7) 1978 Joliet Christian Youth Center (1) 1979 Joliet Christian Youth Center (2) 1980 Airliner Basketball Club (1) 1981 Brewster-Heights Packing (1) 1982 Brewster-Heights Packing (2) 1983 Houston Flyers (1) 1984 Paul-Son Dice (1) 1985 Brewster-Heights Packing (3) 1986 Continental/Coors (1) 1987 Brewster-Heights Packing (4) 1988 Brewster-Heights Packing (5) 1989 U.S. Armed Forces All-Stars (8) 1990 Sam Ragnone Attorney (1) 1991 Lafayette Hustlers (1) 1992 Sam Ragnone Attorney (2) 1993 USA Verich Reps (1) 1994 MNS Stars (1) 1999 Palmer's Tornadoes (1) 2000 Palmer's Tornadoes (2) 2005 The New Beginnings B.C.

1927, Convention Hall, Kansas City: Hillyard, St Joseph, Missouri Starbuck, Loveless, Wulf, Allen, De Bernardi, Mitchel, Hewitt.

1934, Convention Hall, Kansas City: Diamond DX Oilers, Tulsa, Oklahoma W. Miller, Willis, Lantrop, Carlton (Capt), Larson, Pickell, Mullins, Hyatt.

Tucker, Pralle, Ebling, Loackard, Martin Hyatt (Amateur Coach), Lewis, Fortenbury, Trowtwein, Grove, Shields.

1969-1970: at Macon and Columbia 1969, Macon, Georgia: Armed Forces All Stars Coach Hal Fisher, USA; Garfield Smith, Ken Washington, Rod McDonald, Mike Silliman, George Collier, Tal Brody, Harold Jeter, Bob Wolf, USA; Howard Hansen, USN; Mike Redd, Jim Meyers,

1972, London Kentucky: Armed Forces All Stars Bernie Barnes, Howard Hughes, Cliff Parsons, Ron Richards, Marv Schmitt, Gregg Popovich, USAF; Bill Squires, USMC; Paul Andrews, Don Crenshaw, Tom Daley, USA.

1974-1976: at Baton Rouge 1974, F. G. Clark Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Jacksonville, Florida Coach Lowell Wood; Dan Foster, Rick Coleman, Chip Dublin, Otis Cole, Todd Lolich, Otis Johnson, Lawrence McCray, Abe Steward, Rex Morgan.

1975, F. G. Clark Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Capital Insulation, Los Angeles, California Louis Smith, Dwight Taylor, Paul Scranton, Larry Hollifield, Billy Jackson, Carl Toney, Richard Darnall, Hugh Fenderson, William Jankans, Robert Murray.

1976, F. G. Clark Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Athletes in Action, Tustin, California – at Charles Neal, Brad Hoffman, Eldon Lawyer, Randy Allen, David Lower, Doug Oxsen, Irvin Kiffin, Tim Hall, Dan Knight, John Sears.

[12] 1986, Topeka, Kansas: Continental/Coors, Houston, Texas Coach Marty Bratton; Jimmy Gilbert, Greg Anderson, Nick Cucinella, Ron Baxter, Andrew Parker, Ernest Patterson, Alvin Franklin, Kevin Fitchett, Vick Ewing, Steve Sylestine, Harry O'Brian, Greg Skulman.

1990, Topeka, Kansas: Sam Ragnone, Attorney – Flint, Michigan – at Topeka, Kansas Coach Sam Ragnone; Joel Ragland, Lamar Edwards, Darrin Fitzgerald, Tom Hawkins, Terry Duerod, Eric Turner, Ray Keiser, Greg Kelser, Lorenzo Orr, Zack Hicks, Rony Thompkins, Ernest Williams.

1995, Topeka, Kansas: Team Pella – Des Moines, Iowa Michael Born, Ron Bayless, Brad Pippett, Howard Eaton, Sam Powell, Fred Brown, Paul Doerrfeld.

1996, Topeka, Kansas: Bankers and Investors-Kansas City, Missouri Coach Riley Maher, Burce Chubick, Eugene Cheadle, Rick Muller, Brian Maher, Dion Barnes, Tom Wald, Ralph Davis, Mac Irvin, Terrance Badgett, Erwin Claggett, Chris Haynes.

1997, Topeka, Kansas: Marathon Basketball – Joliette, Illinois Coach Mark Simpson, Curt Smith, Erwin Claggett, Willie Murdaugh, Jerald Ryner, Jeff Harris, Steve Showalter, Rick Hughes, Mikki Moore.

1977, Lake Worth, Florida: Armed Forces All Stars Coach Hal Fisher, Assistant Wilbert Logan; Jyrona Ralston, Robert Sherwin, Eddie Brown, Pierre Russell, James Penn, George Hester, Jerome Benning, Ron Brown, Bobby Young, Richard McGuire, Alfred Forney, L.C.

1979, Ponca City, Oklahoma: Christian Youth Center, Joliet, Illinois Coach Glen Sergent; Allan Hardy (MVP), Dennis Taylor, Steve Clum, Jim Bocinski, Huby Marshall, Kerry Hughes, Frank Kaminsky, Craig Burtyn, Bill Glover.

1979 and 1980: at Florida 1980, St. Augustine, Florida: Airliner Basketball Club, Iowa City, Iowa Coach Jim Baker, Assistant Dante Vignaroli, Sponsor Doug Tvedt; Fred Haberecht, Mike Gatens, Neil Fegebank, Glenn Vicnovic, William Mayfield, Clay Hargrave, Rick Engel, Pete Griffin, Tom Norma, Dick Peth, John Hairston, Gary DeCarlo.

[14] 1981, St. Augustine, Florida: Brewster-Heights Packing, Brewster, Washington Coach John J. Pariseau, Assistant Keith Kingsbury, Sponsor Ed Pariseau; Joe Leonard, Mark Scott, Marion Pericin, Tony Barnes, Stan Walker, Todd Burton, Dennis Johnson, Jeff Stoutt, Wayne Smith, Joe Webb.

1983, Ponca City, Oklahoma: Houston Flyers, Houston, Texas Coach Marty Bratton, Assistant Howard Knight, John Flewellen; Latrell Mitchell, Harry O'Brien, Steve Sylestine, Ed Jeffries, Andrew Parker, Ricky Hooker, Randy Martel, Hiram Harrison, David Marrs, Larry Hendrix, Kenny Austin.

[15] 1984, Las Vegas, Nevada: Paul-Son Dice, Las Vegas, Nevada Coach Larry Keever, Manager Mike Pilz, Sponsor Paul-Son Dice and Card, Inc; Terry Manghum, Alan Holder, Melvin Washington, Bobby Joe Jacobs, Cris Jackson, Armon Gilliam, Mel Bennet, Keith Star, Greg Goorjian, Kenny Harmon, Sam Smith.

Coach David Palmer, Wayne Houston (MVP), Kevin Sams, Justin Wimmer, Tim Gill, Lonnie Cooper, Tyrone Barksdale, D. Taylor, Carl Pickett, Ed Johnson, M. Stephany.

2001-2005 at Sacramento 2001, Cosumnes River College, Sacramento, CA: Shell-Widman – Elk Grove, CACoach David Shell, Shann Ferch (MVP), Charles Terrell, Ali Thomas, Robert Richardson, Lossie Mitchell, Thomas Washington, Justin Leslie, Jason Cox, Rich Manning, Tito Addison, Jimmie Carol.

2003, Cosumnes River College, Sacramento, CA: Sunny's Rebels – Seattle, WA Coach Sunny Backlund, Antuan Jones (MVP), Jackie Jones, Chuck Johnson, Donald Watts, Brian Dennis, Darnell Taylor, Chris Walcott 2004, Cosumnes River College, Sacramento, CA: Maine Lobsters, Bangor, Maine Coach Charlie Wilson, Fred Hooks (MVP), Demarius Akins, Moses Alvarez, Ed Fontaine, William Genung, Shaun Jackson, Fred Nichols, Rico Redd, TK Reed, Alton "Sonny" Smith, Shannon Taylor, Al Williams 2005, Cosumnes River College, Sacramento, CA: Mitchell-McKineyz "New Beginnings 4 Youth," Columbus, Ohio Coach Tony Rice, Tony Rice (MVP), Larry Abney, Ben Berry, Tony Givens, Isaac Jefferson, John Spain, Orenthall Strothers, Shannon Swillis, Chad Younger.

2008, Cocoa Beach, Florida: 102 Jamz, Orlando, Florida Brian S, Mike S, Mike E (MVP), Jason, Shawn S, T’here, Pete, Dave 2009, Reno, Nevada: Gold Rush, San Francisco, CA Coach, Rick Lewis: Jovan Harris (MVP), Cardell butler, Xavier McNally, Dean Browne, John Tofi, Johnny Dukes, Reggie Smith, Larry Reggie.