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Kansas Jayhawks. The coaches were Phog Allen and James Naismith. The first basketball teams were:

  • 1891,Dec21 - 18 students play 1st College Basketball game (Springfield College, Massachusetts).
  • 1892, Jan20 - The first official basketball game was played by students at the Springfield, MA YMCA Training School.
  • 1894, Jan27 - The University of Chicago played its first college basketball game, defeating the Chicago YMCA Training School 19-11. The University of Chicago was the first basketball team to play a full schedule of games, winding up with a 6-1 record.
  • 1895, Feb09 - The first college basketball game was played as Minnesota State School of Agriculture defeated the Porkers of Hamline College, 9-3.
  • 1896, Jan16 - The first five-player college basketball game was played at Iowa City, Iowa. The University of Chicago defeated the University of Iowa by the score of 15-12.
  • 1896, Dec10 - Intercollegiate basketball was played for the first time as Wesleyan University defeated Yale, 4-3, in New Haven, Connecticut.
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