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In the winter of 1891, James Naismith invented the game of Basketball in the YMCA when the kids were bored of the old games and he wanted to make something new, using baskets https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/basketball/273121 -
The first womens basketball game came quickly after mens with 800 people in attendance at the college https://explore.proquest.com/sirsdiscoverer/document/2961972904?searchid=1748456188&accountid=3541 -
Before there was a basketball, it was originally played with a soccer ball until 1894 when the first basketball was invented https://www.britannica.com/sports/history-of-basketball -
The first 5v5 college basketball game was played by University of Chicago and the University of Iowa and Chicago won 15-12 https://www.britannica.com/sports/history-of-basketball -
The league the NBA was formed in 1898 and the first games were very physical https://www.britannica.com/sports/history-of-basketball -
In 1979, the NCAA was formed for college basketball with 3 divisions: DI, DII, DIII https://www.britannica.com/sports/history-of-basketball -
FIBA voted to allow pro athletes to compete in the Olympics and that created a few years later the dream team https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dream-Team -
After a long time, the WNBA was formed and started with only 8 teams. It is backed up by the NBA https://explore.proquest.com/sirsdiscoverer/document/2326430641?searchid=1748456629&accountid=3541 -
In the 2021-2022 season, the NBA switched from Spalding to Wilson basketball https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-will-switch-from-spalding-to-wilson-as-its-official-basketball-manufacturer-for-2021-22-season/ -
In the near future, the NBA is likely to change to the airless basketballs