Hannah’s Timeline

Creator of Basketball

1891

In 1891, A sports coach, James Naismith invented basketball for his college students for an indoor activity at Springfield College

Rules Of the Game

1892

In January of 1892, the first 13 rules of basketball were published in the schools newspaper called The Triangle

Women’s Basketball

1892

In 1892, asked all was introduced to women with modified rules at Smith College

First Highschool Game

1899

The first highschool game was played by women in Chicago with the team Chicago Austin High School against Oak Park High School

Word of Basketball

1905

In 1905, it was recognized As a permanent winter sport

Introduction to Europe

1909

The first international match was held in 1909 at Saint Petersburg

First Men’s National Team

1910

In 1910, the first men’s national team was created

NCAA

1924

The NCAA was established in 1924

FIBA

1932

As the word of Basketball was growing, a real organization was created to keep track of teams and tournaments

First Real Basketball

1984

Originally, the first basketball was a soccer ball. Overtime a real ball was needed in which the first real basketball was created