The Porter County (Boys) Tourney began as a ten team tourney in 1924 and was sponsored annually by the Porter County Principals Association through 1997.  The original teams that participated were Boone Grove, Chesterton, Hebron, Jackson Township, Kouts, Liberty Township, Morgan Township, Portage, Washington Township and Wheeler.  Due to their growth, Chesterton and Portage withdrew from competition following the 1958 tournament.  From 1959-69 eight teams participated before Liberty and Jackson Townships were reorganized into the Duneland School Corporation.  Hanover Central participated for the first time in 1973 and, in 1976, LaCrosse and Westville increased the tournament to nine teams.  In 1998, Westville withdrew from the conference, and the tournament became for the first time and official tournament of the PCC.  Following the 2002-2003 school year, Wheeler withdrew from the conference and South Central participated for the first time in 2004.  At the end of the 2012-2013 season, Hanover Centra withdrew from the conference and Westville rejoined.  Of the current participants, Hebron has won the tournament the most times (17).

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The Porter County Conference Girls Tournament was held for the first time at Morgan Township High School in 1973, three years before the first girls state tournament!  Seven teams participated in that first tournament and over 250 people attended the finals in which Kouts defeated Boone Grove 56-42.  The Boone Grove Lady Wolves have won the tournament the most times (10).

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The entire format of the tournament changed in 1998.  The unavailability of some facilities that had been used for the tournament for many years and the dissolution of the Porter County  Principals' Association precipitated extensive discussion and research by the members of the Porter County Conference.  It was decided that the boys tournament would officially become a tournament of the PCC.  The entire format of both tournaments was changed.  One common draw was used for both the boys and girls tournaments.  First round games were played at sites determined by the draw with boys playing first at two sites and the girls playing first at the other two.  However, awards for both tournaments will finally be the same.  Unfortunately, this format was not conducive to the continuation of the Pep Block and Pom Pon competitions. Due to the improved school facilities, the conference voted to return to a single site for both the boys and the girls tournament  in 2001. The conference felt that this change would be back to more traditional tournament atmosphere. The Pep Block competition has returned and a non-competitive Pom Pon also is apart of this new formal. The popular all-star squad with representatives from each school is part of the final.

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In 2008, the Porter County Conference celebrated its golden anniversary (50th) at the 85th Annual tourney by honoring the "Founding Fathers," past Gold Ball, M.E. Dinsmoore, James W. Dold, and Mental Attitude Award winners.  Two committees were formed to rate past PCC boys and girls basketball players and vote on a "Top 50" boys and girls team.  To accommodate the large crowds, the semi-finals and championship games were moved to Valparaiso High School.