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120 years b\c i took 1891(which was the year it started in ) and 2011 ( this year) and subtracted them and got 120.
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Basketball has been around for 118 years. It was invented in 1891 by a physical education teacher, James Naismith. Basketball started out with two peach baskets attached to a ten foot railing and played with a soccer ball. Later in 1893 they introduced the iron hoops and the hammock type basket.
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