College Basketball
The first ever college basketball game with five players on each side was played on this day, january 18, 1896, when the University of Iowa invited student athletes from the new University of Chicago for an experimental game.There are some facts that are indisputable when it comes the history of college basketball, like how James Naismith invented the game in 1896 and the first basketball game was played at a YMCA that same year.The 1939 NCAA Basketball Tournament(the first one) involved 8 schools playing in single elimination tournament to determine the NCAA men's division 1 basketball championship.The Oregon Ducks won the first NCAA Basketball Tournament.
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