Occasionally, the Tournament Committee will grant  qualification to a team that showed success in a non-automatic qualifying league or tournament.  If, in the view of the Committee, that team finished near the top against equal or better competition than a State qualifying league or tourney, then an At Large bid to State  may be granted.

Would you like your team to be considered for an invitation to the Heartland States Basketball Championship?  If so, please submit the form below.

2023-24 State Committee At-Large bids awarded to date:  
BV Lynx 3rd Boys (SD)
Owatonna Blue 8th Girls (MN)
Dewitt Sabers 6th Girls (IA)
Shoot 360 Fargo 7th Boys (ND)
Clinton Little Queens 8th Girls (IA)
Lil Legends 7th Boys (ND)
Northwest Iowa All-Stars 7th Boys (IA)
Brookings Bobcats 8th Boys (SD)
Norfolk Panthers 8th Boys (NE)
Mahtomedi Zephyrs 8th Girls (MN)