Today in Basketball History
Sub-Topics: Michael Jordan - NCAA Men's Basketball Championship - NCAA Women's Basketball Championship
Historical Events
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1876-02-03 - Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, & football
1891-12-01 - James Naismith creates the game of basketball
1891-12-15 - James Naismith invents basketball (Canada)
1891-12-21 - 18 students play 1st basketball game (Springfield College)
1892-01-15 - Basketball rules published in Triangle Magazine, Mass
1892-01-20 - 1st basketball game played (Mass)
1892-03-11 - 1st public basketball game (Springfield, Mass)
1894-01-27 - 1st college basketball game, U of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11
1895-02-09 - 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3)
1896-12-10 - 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Wesleyan beats Yale 4-3)
1897-03-19 - Yale defeated Penn, 30-10 in 1st major college basketball game
1897-03-20 - 1st known intercollegiate basketball game, Yale beats Penn 32-10
1923-02-13 - 1st Black pro Basketball team, "Renaissance," organizes
1924-02-25 - Marie Boyd scores 156 points in Maryland HS basketball game (163-3)
1930-02-15 - Weona beats Toluca in Illinois Basketball Tournament in 10 overtimes
1930-03-07 - Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball
1933-10-19 - Berlin Olympic Committee vote to introduce basketball in 1936
1934-12-29 - 1st collegiate basketball doubleheader (MSG)
1935-04-06 - H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses & sinks 371 more
1936-08-14 - 1st Olympic basketball game (Berlin)
1938-11-24 - National Semi-Pro Basketball Congress authorizes yellow basketball
1939-03-27 - 1st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: U of Oregon beats OH State 46-33
1939-03-28 - Renaissance Big 5 win 1st pro basketball championship
1940-02-28 - 1st televised basketball game (U of Pitts beats Fordham U, 50-37)
1940-03-30 - 2nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana U beats Kansas 60-42
1941-03-24 - LIU beats Ohio U 56-42 for NIT basketball championship
1941-03-29 - 3rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Wisconsin beats Wash State 39-34
1942-03-28 - 4th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Dartmouth 53-38
1943-03-30 - 5th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: U of Wyoming beat Georgetown 46-34
1944-03-28 - 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40
1945-01-02 - Kentucky begins 130 home basketball game win streak, ends in 1955
1945-03-26 - De Paul wins NIT basketball championship, George Mikan scores 34
1945-03-27 - 7th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Okla State beats NYU 49-44
1946-03-23 - 8th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats NC 43-40
1946-06-06 - 11 Basketball of America Assn teams meet to schedule 1st season
1946-06-06 - The Basketball Association of America is formed in New York City.
1946-11-01 - NY Knicks 1st basketball game beat Toronto Huskies 68-66
1946-12-23 - U of Tenn refuses to play Duquesne U, because they may use a black player in their basketball game
1947-03-25 - 9th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Holy Cross beats Okla 58-47
1948-03-13 - 10th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Baylor 58-42
1949-03-26 - 11th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Kentucky beats Okla State 46-36
1949-08-03 - Basketball Assoc of America & National Basketball League merge to form National Basketball Association
1949-08-04 - NBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association
1950-03-28 - 12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: CCNY beats Bradley 71-68 NYC college becomes 1st to win NCAA & Natl Inv Basketball in same year
1951-02-18 - 3 City College of NY basketball players admit to accepting bribes
1951-03-03 - Bill Mikvy (Temple) scores NCAA basketball record 73 pts
1951-03-27 - 13th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Kansas 68-58
1952-03-26 - 14th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beats St Johns 80-63
1953-01-09 - Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 pts in basketball game
1953-02-21 - Longest collegiate basketball game (6 OTs) Niagara beats Siena 88-81
1953-03-18 - 15th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Kansas 69-68
1954-02-02 - Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 113 pts in basketball game
1954-03-20 - 16th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: La Salle beats Bradley 92-76
1954-12-30 - 1st use of 24-sec shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston)
1955-01-08 - Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring record with 154 pt
1955-01-08 - Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130-game home basketball win streak
1955-03-19 - 17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: SF beats La Salle 77-63
1956-03-23 - 18th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: SF beats Iowa 83-71
1956-12-03 - Wilt Chamberlain's 1st collegiate basketball game (scores 52)
1957-03-23 - 19th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: NC beats Kansas 54-53 (3 OTs)
1958-01-09 - In basketball Oscar Robertson (Cin) scores 56, Seton Hall team 54
1958-03-15 - Royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapsed during a playoff game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma & is permanently disabled
1958-03-22 - 20th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Seattle 84-72
1959-01-28 - Soviet Union wins 62-37 for 1st international basketball loss by US
1959-03-21 - 21st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: California beats W Va 71-70
1960-01-26 - High-school basketball sensation Danny Heater scores 135 points
1960-03-19 - 22nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Ohio State beats Calif 75-55
1961-02-25 - Niagara ends St Bonaventura's 99-game home basketball win streak
1961-03-25 - 23rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Cin beats Ohio State 70-65 (OT)
1961-10-27 - American Basketball League starts play
1962-03-24 - 24th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cin beats Ohio State 71-59
1962-12-31 - American Basketball League announces suspension of operation
1963-03-23 - 25th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Loyola beats Cin 60-58 (OT)
1964-01-29 - Most lopsided high-school basketball score 211-29 (Louisiana)
1964-02-29 - NC high school basketball teams play to 56-54 score in 13 overtime
1964-03-21 - 26th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Duke 98-83
1964-03-21 - UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0)
1965-03-20 - 27th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Michigan 91-80
1966-03-19 - 28th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Texas Western beats Ky 72-65
1967-02-02 - Formation of American Basketball Association is announced
1967-03-25 - 29th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Dayton 79-64
1968-01-20 - Houston ends UCLA's 47-game basketball winning streak, 71-69
1968-02-17 - Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield Mass, opens
1968-03-23 - 30th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats NC 78-55
1968-04-18 - 1st ABA basketball championship began
1969-03-22 - 31st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Purdue 92-72 UCLA wins its 5th national championship in 6 years
1970-01-16 - AAU player Steve Myers makes a basketball field goal of 92'3½" from out of bounds, Tacoma-it shouldn't have counted, but was allowed
1970-02-02 - Pete Maravich becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points
1970-03-04 - Jacksonville is 1st college basketball team to avg 100+ pts per game
1970-03-21 - 32nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Jacksonville 80-69
1971-01-30 - UCLA starts 88 basketball game win streak
1971-03-27 - 33rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Villanova 68-62 UCLA wins their 5th consecutive NCAA basketball title
1971-05-27 - UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship
1972-02-05 - Bob Douglas is 1st black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame
1972-03-18 - AIAW 1st basketball champs, Immaculata beats West Chester State 52-48
1972-03-25 - 34th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Florida 81-76
1972-03-25 - UCLA wins its 6th consecutive national basketball title
1972-03-28 - Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game
1972-09-10 - US Men's olympic basketball teams 1st lose, 51-50 to USSR (disputed)
1973-01-27 - UCLA's basketball team wins 61st consecutive game (NCAA record)
Famous Birthdays
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1861-11-06 - James A Naismith, inventor (basketball)
1875-07-15 - Frank "Pop" Morgenweck, basketball hall of famer (elected 1962)
1891-10-02 - H V Porter, basketball pioneer, created fan shape backboard
1892-12-17 - Sam Barry, American basketball coach (d. 1950)
1894-07-04 - Henry Carlson, basketball coach (originated figure 8 play)
1896-10-20 - Nat Holman, basketball coach (CCNY)
1899-02-03 - Forrest "Red" DeBernardi, basketball hall of famer (elected 1961)
1901-09-02 - Adolph Rupp, American college basketball coach (d. 1977)
1904-08-06 - Henry Payne Iba, Easton Mo, US basketball coach (Olympic-gold-64, 68)
1906-02-10 - John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer (elected 1962)
1910-10-14 - John Wooden, basketball coach (UCLA-10 national championships)
1913-12-18 - Ray Meyer, American basketball coach (d. 2006)
1916-11-08 - Frank McGuire, basketball coach (won 550 games in 30 college seasons)
1920-07-04 - Norm Drucker, American basketball referee
1921-06-04 - Bobby Wanzer, American professional basketball player and coach
1922-10-28 - Butch van Breda Kolff, American basketball coach (d. 2007)
1922-11-21 - Abe Lemons, American basketball coach
1923-03-31 - Donald Argee Barksdale, Berkley Cal, basketballer (Olympic-gold-1948)
1924-07-10 - Johnny Bach, American basketball coach
1927-09-25 - Carl Braun, basketball player (NY Knicks)
1928-11-30 - Joe B. Hall, American basketball coach
1930-08-08 - Jerry Tarkanian, basketball coach (Calif State, UNLV, 625-122)
1931-09-07 - Al McGuire, US, basketball coach (Marquette)
1932-04-25 - Meadowlark Lemmon, basketball star (Harlem Globetrotter) [or 0421]
1932-05-25 - K C Jones, Taylor Tx, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1956)
1933-09-25 - Hubie Brown, American basketball coach and broadcaster
1934-01-12 - Burdette Haldorson, US, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
1934-08-02 - Carl Cecil Cain, Freeport Ill, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1956)
1934-09-22 - Lute Olson, American basketball coach
1935-09-27 - Jerome Shipp, US, basketball (Olympic-gold-1964)
1937-03-26 - Wayne Embry, holder of 7 basketball records (Miami of Ohio)
1937-04-26 - Robert Boozer, Omaha Neb, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1960)
1937-05-30 - Harry Statham, American basketball coach
1937-10-26 - Dave Gavitt, formed Basketball's Big East Conference (1979)
1939-11-29 - Gennadiy Volnov, USSR, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1972)
1940-02-11 - Calvin Fowler, Pitts, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1968)
1940-02-25 - Billy Packer, Wellsville NY, basketball sportscaster (CBS)
1940-10-25 - Bobby Knight, college basketball coach (Indiana, Olympic-gold-1984)
1940-10-30 - Miguel Calderon-Gomez, Havana, basketball player (Olympic-bronze-1972)
1941-08-13 - Jim Barnes, Tuckerton Ark, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1964)
1941-10-31 - Lucas Brown Jackson, San Marcos Tx, basketballer (Olympic-gold-1964)
1941-11-01 - Joe Louis Caldwell, Texas City, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1964)
1942-04-15 - Walter Raphael Hazzard, Wilmington Del, basketball (Olympic-gold-1964)
1943-02-09 - James King, New Orleans LA, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1968)
1944-01-23 - Sergey Belov, USSR, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1972)
1944-04-21 - Adrian Hurley, Australian basketball coach
1945-02-26 - Giannis Ioannidis, Greek basketball coach and politician
1947-02-13 - Mike Krzyzewski, basketball coach
1947-04-01 - Norm Van Lier, American basketball player
1947-08-11 - Sergey Kovalneko, USSR, basketball (Olympic-bronze-1968)
1948-05-09 - Calvin Murphy, American basketball player
1948-09-10 - Bob Lanier, American basketball player
1948-11-26 - Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player (d. 1995)
1949-01-28 - Gregg Popovich, NBA Basketball Coach
1949-05-30 - P.J. Carlesimo, American basketball coach
1950-03-04 - Rafael Canizares Poey, Alacs Mtnzs Cuba, basketballer (Oly-bronze-72)
1951-07-21 - Doug Collins, US, basketball player (Olympic-silver-1972)
1951-12-03 - James Turner Brewer, Maywood Ill, basketball player (Oly-silver-1972)
1951-12-31 - Michael Allen Bantom, Phila, basketball player (Olympic-silver-1972)
1952-01-26 - Thomas Edward Henderson, SC, basketballer (Olympic-silver-1972)
1952-02-24 - Tom Burleson, USA, basketball (Oly-silv-1972) tallest Olympian-7'4"
1952-02-27 - Dwight Elmo Jones, Houston Tx, basketball player (Olymp-silver-1972)
1952-03-09 - Iuliana Semenova, USSR, basketball (Olympic-gold-1976)
1952-03-25 - Ken Boyd, basketball
1952-04-20 - Božidar Maljković, Serbian basketball coach
1952-04-27 - George Gervin, American basketball player
1952-06-14 - Pat Summitt, American basketball coach
1952-07-18 - James Forbes, basketball player (Olympic-silver-1972)
1952-09-18 - Rick Pitino, American basketball coach
1953-02-05 - John Beilein, American basketball coach
1953-08-08 - "Sweet" Lou Dunbar, basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters)
1954-03-23 - Geno Auriemma, American basketball coach
1954-08-20 - William Quinn Buckner, Phoenix Ill, basketballer (Olympic-gold-1976)
1954-09-09 - Walter Paul Davis, Pineville NC, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1976)
1954-10-19 - Joe Bryant, American basketball player
1955-02-10 - Lusia Mae Harris, Minter City Miss, basketball player (Oly-silver-76)
1955-08-15 - Kenneth Carr, Clearwater Fla, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1976)
1955-09-10 - Charlotte Lewis, Chic Ill, basketball player (Olympic-silver-1976)
1955-11-21 - Cedric Maxwell, American basketball player
1956-02-09 - Philip Jackson Ford Jr, NC, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1976)
1956-09-21 - Jack Givens, American basketball player
1956-10-19 - Bruce Weber, American Basketball Coach
1956-12-04 - Bernard King, basketball player (NY Knicks, NJ Nets)
1956-12-13 - Phillip Gregory Hubbard, Canton Oh, basketball (Olympic-gold-1976)
1957-05-28 - Ben Howland, American college basketball coach
1957-07-30 - Bill Cartwright, basketball player (NY Knicks, Chic Bulls)
1957-09-01 - Duško Ivanović, Montenegrin basketball coach
1957-09-20 - Vladmir Tkachenko, USSR, basketball (Olympic-bronze-1980)
1958-07-31 - Mark Cuban, American businessman and basketball team owner
1959-02-17 - Daniel Ray "Danny" Ainge, basketball & football star
1959-02-26 - Rolando Blackman, American basketball player
1959-08-22 - Denise Curry, Daivs Calif, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984)
1959-09-30 - Ettore Messina, Italian basketball coach
1959-10-06 - Robyn Maher, Australian basketball guard (Olympics-bronze-96)
1959-11-07 - Billy Gillispie, American basketball coach
1960-03-02 - Hector Calma, Filipino basketball player
1960-04-04 - Bev Smith, Armstrong BC, basketball forward (Olympics-96)
1961-02-04 - Vern Fleming, LIC NY, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984)
1961-11-01 - Anne Donovan, Ridgewood NJ, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984)
1961-12-24 - Jay Wright, American basketball coach
Famous Deaths
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1939-11-26 - James Naismith, Basketball inventor, dies
1939-11-28 - James A Naismith, creator of basketball, dies at 78
1944-12-16 - Don Meyer Basketball coach Northern State, Lipscomb, and Hamline
1950-09-23 - Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)
1967-01-18 - Reese "Goose" Tatum, basketballer (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 45
1970-04-06 - Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (b. 1933)
1977-12-10 - Adolph Rupp, American basketball coach (b. 1901)
1984-06-16 - Lew Andreas, American basketball coach (b. 1895)
1988-01-05 - Pete Maravich, American basketball player (b. 1947)
1990-03-04 - Hank Gathers, American basketball player (b. 1967)
1990-10-07 - John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer, dies at 84
1992-05-26 - Danny Biasone, basketball innovator (24-second clock), dies at 83
1993-01-15 - Henry Iba, basketball coach, dies at 88
1993-01-19 - Chris Street, basketball player, dies at 20
1993-04-28 - Jim Valvano, basketball coach (NC State), dies of cancer at 47
1995-03-25 - Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player (b. 1948)
1995-07-19 - James Smiddy, high school basketball coach (1,216 wins), dies at 71
1998-05-15 - Earl Manigault, American basketball player (b. 1944)
1998-11-13 - Red Holzman, American basketball coach (b. 1920)
1999-10-08 - John McLendon, American basketball coach (b. 1915)
1999-10-12 - Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player (b. 1936)
2000-01-12 - Bobby Phills, American basketball player (b. 1969)
2000-02-21 - Antonio Díaz-Miguel, Spanish basketball coach (b. 1933)
2000-05-20 - Malik Sealy, American basketball player (b. 1970)
2001-01-26 - Al McGuire, American basketball coach (b. 1928)
2002-07-07 - Bison Dele, American basketball player (b. 1969)
2002-08-05 - Chick Hearn, American basketball announcer (b. 1916)
2003-05-14 - Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player (b. 1940)
2003-12-09 - Norm Sloan, American basketball coach (b. 1926)
2004-09-04 - Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (b. 1971)
2005-04-03 - Jef Eygel, Belgian basketball player (b. 1933)
2005-06-01 - George Mikan, American basketball player (b. 1924)
2005-10-15 - Jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977)
2005-10-28 - Tony Jackson, American basketball player (b. 1942)
2006-03-17 - Ray Meyer, American basketball coach (b. 1913)
2006-04-06 - Maggie Dixon, American college basketball coach (b. 1977)
2006-09-22 - Carla Benschop, Dutch basketball player (b. 1950)
2006-10-28 - Red Auerbach, American basketball coach and executive (b. 1917)
2006-11-06 - Federico (Fico) López, Puerto Rican basketball player (b. 1962)
2006-12-12 - Paul Arizin, American basketball player (b. 1928)
2007-02-22 - Dennis Johnson, American basketball player (b. 1954)
2007-07-26 - Skip Prosser, American basketball coach (b. 1950)
2007-08-17 - Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982)
2007-09-10 - Ted Stepien, former basketball team owner (b. 1925)
2007-11-29 - Ralph Beard, American basketball player (b. 1927)
2007-12-28 - Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Iran national basketball team player (b. 1982)
2008-03-25 - Ben Carnevale, American basketball coach (b. 1915)
2008-03-31 - Bill Keightley, "Mr. Wildcat." University of Kentucky basketball equipment manger 1962-2008 (b .1926)
2008-06-19 - Bennie Swain, American basketball player (b. 1930)
2008-08-25 - Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (b. 1964)
2008-09-07 - Don Haskins, American College Basketball coach (b. 1930)
