2005 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina defeats Illinois 75-70
2002 64th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Georgia Dome Atlanta
2002 21st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Antonio
2001 63rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Metrodome Minneapolis
2001 20th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at St. Louis
2000 62nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at RCA Dome Indianapolis
2000 19th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Corel State Spectrum
1999 "Wilt ""The Stilt"" Chamberlain", basketball great/sometime actor, Record-smashing basketball player who scored over 70 points in several pro games, dies at 63
1999 61st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at ThunderDome St. Petersburg
1999 18th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Jose
1998 60th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Alamodome San Antonio
1998 17th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Kemper Arena KC
1997 Women's National Basketball Association begins as New York Liberty beats LA Sparks
1997 59th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Ariz beats Kentucky 84-79 (OT)
1997 16th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tenn beats Old Dominion 68-59
1996 58th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Syracuse 76-67
1996 15th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tenn beats Georgia 83-65
1995 James Smiddy, high school basketball coach (1,216 wins), dies at 71
1995 Last basketball game at Boston Gardens (Magic beats Celtics)
1995 57th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: UCLA Bruins beats Arkansas 89-78
1995 14th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: University of Ct Huskies beats Tennessee 70-64
1994 56th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Arkansas Razorbacks beats Duke 76-72
1994 13th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Louisiana Tech 60-59
1993 Jim Valvano, basketball coach (North Carolina State), dies of cancer at 47
1993 55th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Michigan 77-71
1993 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Texas Tech beats OH State 84-82
1993 Chris Street, basketball player, dies at 20
1993 Henry Iba, basketball coach, dies at 88
1992 U.S. Dream Team beats Cuba in 1st exhibition basketball game, 133-57
1992 Danny Biasone, basketball innovator (24-second clock), dies at 83
1992 Lou Conaseca retires as coach of St. John's basketball team
1992 54th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke beats Michigan 71-51
1992 11th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Stanford beats Western Kentucky 78-62
1992 NCAA Basketball Women's Championship at Kemper Arena, KC
1991 8 are crushed to death at a RAP basketball game at City College, New York City
1991 Auburn men's basketball team was placed on 2 yr probation for recruiting violations and is not eligble for post-season play in 1991-92
1991 USA Basketball announces "Dream Team" for the 1992 Olympics
1991 Sandhi Ortiz-DelValle is 1st woman to officiate a men's pro basketball (USBL) game, game between New Haven Skyhawks and Philadelphia Spirit
1991 53rd NCAA Mens Basketball Champion: Duke Bluedevils beats Kansas 72-65
1991 10th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee beats Virginia 70-67
1991 North Carolina is 1st NCAA basketball team to win 1,500 games
1991 Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11,520)
1991 Dean Smith of North Carolina is 6th to win 700 career coaching basketball games
1990 John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer, dies at 84
1990 52nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Nevada-LV beats Duke 103-73
1990 9th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Auburn 88-81
1990 Bobby Knight becomes basketball's Big 10 winningest coach (229)
1989 U.S. Basketball League cancels its summer schedule
1989 51st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Mich beats Seton Hall 80-79 (OT)
1989 8th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Auburn 76-60
1988 50th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beat Oklahoma 83-79
1988 7th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Louisiana Tec beat Auburn 56-54
1988 Highest scoring NCAA basketball game; Loyola-Marymont 119, Wyoming 115
1987 49th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Syracuse 74-73
1987 6th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee routs Louisiana 67-44
1987 David Robinson scores 50 points in a NCAA basketball game
1986 NCAA adopts 3-point basketball rule (19 feet 9 inch distance)
1986 48th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Duke 72-69
1986 5th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: Texas beats Southern California 97-81
1986 NCAA basketball's David Robinson blocks a record 14 shots
1985 Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal
1985 47th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Villanova beats Georgetown 84-75
1985 4th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Georgia 70-65
1985 Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game
1985 Bruce Morris, Marshall University, makes a 92' 5" basketball shot
1985 Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score
1984 46th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Georgetown beats Houston 84-75
1984 3rd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship: Southern California beats Tenn 72-61
1984 Annette Kennedy of SUNY sets women's basketball record with 70 pts
1984 NCAA announces that basketball tournament will have 64 teams
1983 NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute men's basketball free throw rule
1983 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52
1983 2nd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship: South California beats LA Tech 69-67
1982 Chaminade, with a student body of only 850 students, beats #1 ranked Virginia 77-72 in a Honolulu holiday basketball classic
1982 44th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Georgetown 63-62
1982 1st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: LA Tech beats Cheney 76-62
1982 Old Dominion ends La Tech's women's basketball rec 54-game win streak
1981 43rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champ: Indiana beats North Carolina 63-50
1980 42nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats UCLA 59-54
1980 Les Henson, Virginia Tech, makes 89' 3" basketball field goal
1979 41st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Mich State beats Indiana St. 75-64
1979 2 Iowa girls High School basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters game was won 4-2 in 4th overtime period
1978 1st game of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL), Chicago Hustle vs Milwaukee Does
1978 1st 6 teams of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) granted-Iowa, NJ, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minnesota and Dayton
1978 40th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Duke 94-88
1978 In girls' High School basketball, Chicago Latin beats Harvard St. George
1978 Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free throws blindfolded
1977 14 University of Evansville basketball players die in plane crash
1977 39th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Marquette beats North Carolina 67-59
1977 Hillsdale High School defeats Person High School 2-0 in basketball
1976 Sam Mackinnon, Melbourne VIC Australia, basketball forward 1996 Olympics
1976 38th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Michigan 86-68
1976 Delta States beat Immaculata, 69-64, for AIWA basketball title
1975 Carla Boyd, Wynyard Tasmania, basketball player 1996 Olympics bronze
1975 37th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Kentucky 92-55
1975 UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship
1974 Michelle Chandler, Australian basketball point guard, Olymp-bronze-96
1974 36th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Marquette 76-64
1974 Mats Wermelin, Sweden, scores all points in 272-0 basketball win
1974 Martina Jerant, Windsor Ontario, basketball center 1996 Olympics
1974 A college basketball game ends 210-67
1974 Essex Comm College beats Englewood Cliffs 210-67 in basketball
1974 Notre Dame beats UCLA, ends NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak
1973 Tennessee beats Temple 11-6 in low scoring NCAA basketball game
1973 Mike Storen becomes American Basketball Assn's 4th commissioner
1973 Jenny Whittle, Australian basketball center 1996 Olympics bronze
1973 1st U.S. - China basketball game, U.S. collegiates beats Shanghai 96-61
1973 Brett Maher, born in Adelaide SA Australia, basketball guard 1996 Olympics
1973 35th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Memphis 81-76
1973 UCLA wins their 7th straight NCAA basketball title
1973 Immaculata beats Queens College, 59-52 to win AIAW Basketball title
1973 Friendsville Academy (Tenn) ends 138-game basketball losing streak
1973 Michelle Brogan, Australian basketball forward 1996 Olympics bronze
1973 UCLA's basketball team wins 61st consecutive game (NCAA record)
1972 U.S. Men's olympic basketball teams 1st lose, 51-50 to U.S.S.R. (disputed)
1972 Trisha Fallon, Australian basketball forward 1996 Olympics bronze
1972 Tony Ronaldson, Adelaide SA Australia, basketball forward 1996 Olympics
1972 Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game
1972 34th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Florida 81-76
1972 UCLA wins its 6th consecutive national basketball title
1972 AIAW 1st basketball champs, Immaculata beats West Chester State 52-48
1972 Bob Douglas is 1st black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame
1971 Nikki McCray, Collierville Tennessee, basketball guard, 1996 Olympics gold
1971 Tonny Jensen, Australian basketball guard 1996 Olympics
1971 Camille Thompson, Salmon Arm BC, basketball center 1996 Olympics
1971 UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship
1971 33rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Villanova 68-62 UCLA wins their 5th consecutive NCAA basketball title
1971 Patrick Reidy, Melbourne VIC Australia, basketball forward 1996 Olympics
1971 Dianne Norman, Sault Ste Marie Ontario, basketball forward 1996 Olympics
1971 UCLA starts 88 basketball game win streak
1970 Shane Heal, Box Hill Melbourne VIC Austral, basketball guard 1996 Olympics
1970 Dawn Staley, Philadelphia, basketball guard, 1996 Olympics gold
1970 32nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Jacksonville 80-69
1970 Jacksonville is 1st college basketball team to avg 100+ pts per game
1970 Pete Maravich becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points
1970 AAU player Steve Myers makes a basketball field goal of 92'3 " from out of bounds, Tacoma-it shouldn't have counted, but was allowed
1969 Sue Stewart, born in Toronto, Ontario, basketball guard 1996 Olympics
1969 Merlelynn Lange-Harris, born in Toronto, Ontario, basketball center 1996 Olympics
1969 Andrew Vlahov, Australian basketball forward, Olympics 1988, 1992, 1996
1969 31st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Purdue 92-72 UCLA wins its 5th national championship in 6 years
1969 Fiona Robinson, Collie Western Aust, basketball player, Oly-bronze-96
1969 Shelley Sandie, Australian basketball guard, Olympics-88, 96
1968 Shawna Molcak, Cardston Alberta, basketball guard 1996 Olympics
1968 Cynthia Johnston, Calgary Alberta, basketball forward 1996 Olympics
1968 Mark Bradtke, Adelaide SA Aus, basketball center, Olympics-88, 92, 96
1968 Jennifer Azzi, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, basketball guard, 1996 Olympics gold
1968 Sandy Brondello, Australian basketball guard 1996 Olympics bronze
1968 Rachael Sporn, Australian basketball forward 1996 Olympics bronze
1968 Vernell Coles, basketball player 1988 Olympics bronze
1968 1st ABA basketball championship began
1968 30th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats North Carolina 78-55
1968 Carla McGhee, born in Peoria, Illinois, U.S. basketball forward, won Olympic gold in 1996
1968 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield Massachusetts, opens
1968 Houston ends UCLA's 47-game basketball winning streak, 71-69
1968 Kelly Boucher, Calgary Alberta, basketball forward 1996 Olympics
1967 Katy Steding, Lake Oswego Oregon, basketball forward, Oly-gold-96
1967 Ruthie Bolton, McClain Mississippi, basketball guard, 1996 Olympics gold
1967 29th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Dayton 79-64
1967 Formation of American Basketball Association is announced
1966 28th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Texas Western beats Kentucky 72-65
1965 Katrina McClain, Charleston, South Carolina, basketball forward, 1996 Olympics gold
1965 Andrew Gaze, Australian basketball player, Olympics-1984, 88, 92, 96
1965 27th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Michigan 91-80
1965 Cindy Brown, U.S., basketball player 1988 Olympics gold
1964 Karla Karch-Gailus, Vancouver BC, basketball guard 1996 Olympics
1964 Teresa Edwards, born in Cairo, Georgia, basketball forward, Oly-gold-1984, 88,92,96
1964 26th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Duke 98-83
1964 UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0)
1964 North Carolina high school basketball teams play to 56-54 score in 13 overtime
1964 Most lopsided high-school basketball score 211-29 (Louisiana)
1964 Cheryl Miller, Riverside California, basketball player 1984 Olympics gold
1963 25th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Loyola beats Cin 60-58 (OT)
1963 Scott Fisher, born in San Jose, California, Australian basketball forward 1996 Olympics
1962 American Basketball League announces suspension of operation
1962 Keith Lee, basketball player, Memphis State
1962 Andrea Blackwell, Calgary Alberta, basketball forward 1996 Olympics
1962 Cathy Boswell, Joliet, Illinois, basketball player 1984 Olympics gold
1962 John Dorge, Australian basketball center 1996 Olympics
1962 Sandra "Sweetness" Hodge, basketball player, Harlem Globetrotters
1962 Ray Borner, Australian basketball center, Olympics-1984, 88, 92, 96
1962 24th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cin beats Ohio State 71-59
1961 Anne Donovan, born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, basketball player 1984 Olympics gold
1961 American Basketball League starts play
1961 23rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Cin beats Ohio State 70-65 (OT)
1961 Niagara ends St. Bonaventura's 99-game home basketball win streak
1961 Vern Fleming, LIC, New York, basketball player 1984 Olympics gold
1960 Bev Smith, born in Armstrong BC, basketball forward 1996 Olympics
1960 22nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Ohio State beats California 75-55
1960 Danny Heater scores 135 pts in basketball game (Boys' HS)
1960 High-school basketball sensation Danny Heater scores 135 points
1959 Robyn Maher, Australian basketball guard 1996 Olympics bronze
1959 Denise Curry, Daivs California, basketball player 1984 Olympics gold
1959 21st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: California beats West Virginia 71-70
1959 Daniel Ray "Danny" Ainge, basketball and football star
1959 Soviet Union wins 62-37 for 1st international basketball loss by US
1958 20th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Seattle 84-72
1958 Royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapsed during a playoff game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma and is permanently disabled
1958 In basketball Oscar Robertson (Cin) scores 56, Seton Hall team 54
1957 Vladmir Tkachenko, U.S.S.R., basketball 1980 Olympics bronze
1957 Bill Cartwright, basketball player, New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls
1957 19th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Kansas 54-53 (3 OTs)
1956 Phillip Gregory Hubbard, born in Canton, Ohio, basketball 1976 Olympics gold
1956 Bernard King, basketball player, New York Knicks, New Jersey Nets
1956 Wilt Chamberlain's 1st collegiate basketball game (scores 52)
1956 18th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats Iowa 83-71
1956 Philip Jackson Ford, Jr., North Carolina, basketball player 1976 Olympics gold
1955 Charlotte Lewis, born in Chicago, Illinois, basketball player 1976 Olympics silver
1955 Kenneth Carr, born in Clearwater, Florida, basketball player 1976 Olympics gold
1955 17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats La Salle 77-63
1955 Lusia Mae Harris, Minter City Mississippi, basketball player, Oly-silver-76
1955 Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring record with 154 pt
1955 Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130-game home basketball win streak
1954 1st use of 24-sec shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston)
1954 Walter Paul Davis, Pineville, North Carolina, basketball player 1976 Olympics gold
1954 16th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: La Salle beats Bradley 92-76
1954 Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 113 pts in basketball game
1953 "Sweet" Lou Dunbar, basketball player, Harlem Globetrotters
1953 15th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Kansas 69-68
1953 Longest collegiate basketball game (6 OTs) Niagara beats Siena 88-81
1953 Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 pts in basketball game
1952 James Forbes, basketball player 1972 Olympics silver
1952 14th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beats St. Johns 80-63
1952 Ken Boyd, basketball
1952 Iuliana Semenova, U.S.S.R., basketball, 1976 Olympic gold
1952 Dwight Elmo Jones, born in Houston, Texas, basketball player, Olymp-silver-1972
1952 Tom Burleson, USA, basketball, Oly-silv-1972, tallest Olympian-7'4"
1951 Michael Allen Bantom, Philadelphia, basketball player 1972 Olympics silver
1951 James Turner Brewer, Maywood, Illinois, basketball player, Oly-silver-1972
1951 Doug Collins, U.S., basketball player 1972 Olympics silver
1951 13th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Kansas 68-58
1951 Bill Mlkvy (Temple) scores NCAA basketball record 73 pts
1951 3 City College of New York basketball players admit to accepting bribes
1950 12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: CCNY beats Bradley 71-68 New York City college becomes 1st to win NCAA and National Inv Basketball in same year
1949 NBL and NBAA merge into National Basketball Association
1949 Basketball Assoc of America and National Basketball League merge to form National Basketball Association
1949 11th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Kentucky beats Oklahoma State 46-36
1948 10th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Baylor 58-42
1947 Sergey Kovalneko, U.S.S.R., basketball 1968 Olympics bronze
1947 9th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Holy Cross beats Oklahoma 58-47
1947 Mike Krzyzewski, basketball coach
1946 University of Tenn refuses to play Duquesne U, because they may use a black player in their basketball game
1946 New York Knicks 1st basketball game beat Toronto Huskies 68-66
1946 11 Basketball of America Association teams meet to schedule 1st season
1946 8th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats North Carolina 43-40
1945 7th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats NYU 49-44
1945 De Paul wins NIT basketball championship, George Mikan scores 34
1945 Kentucky begins 130 home basketball game win streak, ends in 1955
1944 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40
1944 Sergey Belov, U.S.S.R., basketball player, Olympics gold 1972
1943 Pedro Chappe-Garcia, Havana, basketball player 1972 Olympics bronze
1943 5th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: University of Wyoming beat Georgetown 46-34
1943 James King, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, basketball player, 1968 Olympics gold
1942 Walter Raphael Hazzard, Wilmington Del, basketball 1964 Olympic gold
1942 4th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Dartmouth 53-38
1941 Joe Louis Caldwell, Texas City, basketball player 1964 Olympic gold
1941 Jim Barnes, Tuckerton, Arkansas, basketball player 1964 Olympic gold
1941 3rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Wisconsin beats Washington State 39-34
1941 LIU beats Ohio U 56-42 for NIT basketball championship
1940 Miguel Calderon-Gomez, Havana, basketball player 1972 Olympics bronze
1940 Bobby Knight, college basketball coach, Indiana, Olympics gold 1984
1940 2nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana U beats Kansas 60-42
1940 1st televised basketball game (University of Pittsburgh beats Fordham University, 50-37)
1940 Billy Packer, Wellsville, New York, basketball sportscaster, CBS
1940 Calvin Fowler, Pitts, basketball player, 1968 Olympics gold
1939 Gennadiy Volnov, U.S.S.R., basketball player, Olympics gold 1972
1939 James A Naismith, creator of basketball, dies at 78
1939 James Naismith, Basketball inventor, dies
1939 Renaissance Big 5 win 1st pro basketball championship
1939 1st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: University of Oregon beats OH State 46-33
1938 National Semi-Pro Basketball Congress authorizes yellow basketball
1937 Dave Gavitt, formed Basketball's Big East Conference, 1979
1937 Robert Boozer, born in Omaha, Nebraska, basketball player 1960 Olympics gold
1937 Wayne Embry, holder of 7 basketball records, Miami of Ohio
1936 1st Olympic basketball game (Berlin)
1935 Jerome Shipp, U.S., basketball 1964 Olympic gold
1935 H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses and sinks 371 more
1934 1st collegiate basketball doubleheader (MSG)
1934 Carl Cecil Cain, Freeport, Illinois, basketball player 1956 Olympics gold
1934 Burdette Haldorson, U.S., basketball player, Olympics gold 1956, 60
1933 Berlin Olympic Committee vote to introduce basketball in 1936
1932 K C Jones, Taylor, Texas, basketball player 1956 Olympics gold
1931 Al McGuire, U.S., basketball coach, Marquette
1930 Jerry Tarkanian, basketball coach, California State, UNLV, 625-122
1930 Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball
1930 Weona beats Toluca in Illinois Basketball Tournament in 10 overtimes
1927 Carl Braun, basketball player for the New York Knicks
1924 Marie Boyd scores 156 points in Maryland High School basketball game (163-3)
1923 1st Black pro Basketball team, "Renaissance," organizes
1916 Frank McGuire, basketball coach, won 550 games in 30 college seasons
1910 John Wooden, basketball coach, UCLA-10 national championships
1906 John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer, elected 1962
1904 Henry Payne Iba, Easton, Missouri, U.S. basketball coach, Olympics gold 64, 68
1899 Forrest "Red" DeBernardi, basketball hall of famer, elected 1961
1897 1st known intercollegiate basketball game, Yale beats Penn 32-10
1897 Yale defeated Penn, 30-10 in 1st major college basketball game
1896 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Wesleyan beats Yale 4-3)
1896 Nat Holman, basketball coach, CCNY
1895 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3)
1894 Henry Carlson, basketball coach, originated figure 8 play
1894 1st college basketball game, University of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11
1892 1st public basketball game (Springfield, Massachuetts)
1892 1st basketball game played (Mass)
1892 Basketball rules published in Triangle Magazine, Mass
1891 18 students play 1st basketball game (Springfield College)
1891 James Naismith invents basketball (Canada)
1891 James Naismith creates the game of basketball
1891 H V Porter, basketball pioneer, created fan shape backboard
1876 Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football
1875 Frank "Pop" Morgenweck, basketball hall of famer, elected 1962
1861 James A Naismith, inventor, basketball
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