Name _______________________________

Basketball 1
1. When was the game of Basketball invented? __1891____________
2. Who invented the game of Basketball?

____James_______ ______Naismith__________

3. Where was the game of Basketball invented? ____Springfield, Massachusetts____

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4. Why was the game of Basketball invented? For a gym class during the winter that
wouldnt take up too much space
5. True or False. The first Basketball hoop was a peach basket. True
6. True or False. The first metal hoops were used in 1906. True
7. The official game was played in a YMCA gym on January 20, __1893___________
8. Womens basketball began in ____1891__ ________ at Smith College.
9. The teacher that modified the game of Basketball for women was? ____Senda
Berenson ____ __
10. When was the Basketball hall of fame founded? ____1959_____________
11. When was the first 5 on 5 intercollegiate game was played? __ 1895________
12. What two team were credited with the playing the first intercollegiate game?
Hamline University and University of Minnesota
13. In what year did colleges start sponsoring mens games? ___1901_________
14. When was the first womens inter-institutional game played? __1896___________
15. The first mens National Championship Tournament was organized in?
_1939______
16. When was the National Invitation Tournament organized? _____1985________
17. When was the NCAA tournament organized?___1957_________
18. When was the NBA founded? _____1946________
19. WNBA stands for? _____Womens national basketball
association______________________
20. FIBA stands for? ______ Federation of international basketball association__
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