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Basketball Fun Facts- The game of Basketball was created by James Naismith in 1891.
- First Basketball match was played in 1891.
- The first "Backboards" were made of wire and the first "Hoops" were the peach baskets.
- Basketball Association of America (BAA) was established in 1946.
- The first professional basketball league was the National Basketball league (NBL). It was formed in 1937.
- Initially BAA had 11 teams and NBL had 4 teams with it.
- Most NCAA championships are won by the UNC men's basketball team. They have won 3 games. One in 1957, second in 1982 and 3rd in 1993.
- Basketball court is 94-ft long and 54-ft wide.
- The first NCAA national championship was held in 1921.
- National Basketball Association (NBA) was established in1949. Initially it had 8 teams but now this count has reached to 30.
- It became the official Olympic game in 1936's Olympic, held in Berlin, Germany.
- The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS) officially was constituted March 31, 1906, and took its present name (NCAA) in 1910.
- Basketball game has four quarters. Each quarter has 12 minutes. There is a fifteen minutes break after each half.
- Home Teams normally wear light colored jerseys with their mascot name and the visiting teams wear dark colored jerseys with the name of their city or college.
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