Costas began his professional career at KMOX radio in St. Louis, Missouri, where he served as a play-by-play announcer for the Spirits of St. Louis of the American Basketball Association in 1974.

Both stories, Milan and Crispus Attucks, are memorialized for their accomplishments and tradition at the Indiana State Museum as well as at the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in New Castle, Indiana.

** Eight players from the 1950 team played for Head Coach John Longfellow as the United States ' Gold Medal Basketball team at the inaugural 1951 Pan-American Games.

The Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament began a five-year stint at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in 2008.

Both the Men ’ s and Women ’ s Basketball teams were undefeated for two straight years in regular season play ( 2006 – 07, 2007 – 08 ) and went on to capture silver at the national championships in 2007-08.

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* 1946 – The New York Knicks played against the Toronto Huskies at the Maple Leaf Gardens, in the first Basketball Association of America game.

Although there had been earlier attempts at professional basketball leagues, including the American Basketball League and the NBL, the BAA was the first league to attempt to play primarily in large arenas in major cities.

The headquarters of the National Basketball Association in the Olympic Tower at 645 Fifth Avenue ( Manhattan ) | Fifth Avenue, Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States | USA.

They ultimately changed the lyrics from " The ball is kicked " to " The ball is tipped ", and the song is now played at the end of the network's NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship coverage.

* Lee N. " Pete " Thorn, Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Lettered all four years at Wabash College in football, basketball, baseball & track & field

* November 1 – In the first Basketball Association of America game, the New York Knicks defeat the Toronto Huskies 68 – 66 at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens.

** Asia's first professional basketball league, the Philippine Basketball Association, plays its first game at the Araneta Coliseum.

Basketball team Brighton Bears were in the British Basketball League before dropping out at the end of the 2005 / 06 season.

In fall 2009, Lexington's first professional basketball team, the American Basketball Association's Bluegrass Stallions, tipped off at Kentucky Horse Park.

This would be the excuse for all sorts of happenings, such as the two-man inter-rabbi bobsleigh championships ( to be held on the down escalator at Leicester Square underground station — weather and platform tickets permitting ), Formation Goat Nadgering, Paso Doble Jockey Wagging, Floodlit Horse Massage, and Nark Fettering on Ice, and reports of the latest activities of the Over-Eighties Nudist Leapfrog ( or Basketball, or Judo ) Team.

In the United States and Canada, National Basketball Association and National Hockey League games, which are usually played at night during the week, are frequently played during daytime hours-often broadcast on national television.

The team plays at Romema Basketball Arena, which seats 3, 000.

On the heels of a much-publicized gold medal run by the 1996 USA Basketball Women's National Team at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, the WNBA began its first season on June 21, 1997 to little fanfare.

Buck also broadcast for the St. Louis Hawks and Rochester Royals of the National Basketball Association, and called professional wrestling, boxing, and bowling at various times in his career.

Haarlem is known for hosting several international sports tournaments as well: the Haarlemse Honkbalweek ( Haarlem Baseball Week ), a baseball event held every two years at the Pim Mulier Stadium ( named after Pim Mulier ), and the Haarlem Basketball Classic, a basketball event.

The International Basketball Federation, which is the governing body of international basketball, used the 1936 tournament to experiment with outdoor basketball.

* Men's Basketball Tournament Championships ( 1989 – 90, 1987 – 88, 1976 – 77, 1936 – 37, 1927 – 28, 1926 – 27, 1925 – 26 )

The Basketball Association of the Philippines ( BAP ) was founded in 1936, and became a part of FIBA later that year.

Basketball at the Summer Olympics has been a sport for men consistently since 1936.

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* Bill Bradley ( born 1943 ), Olympic Gold Medal Winner at the 1964 Summer Olympics, professional basketball player for the New York Knicks, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, US Senator from New Jersey, and 2000 Presidential hopeful.

* Shannon Johnson " Pee Wee "-Former Professional Basketball Player, WNBA All Star, & member of gold medal winning USA Basketball team in 2004 Summer Olympics

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Basketball contests at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico from October 13 to October 25 1968.

* Summer 2000: After 20 years of using the CBA as its developmental league, the NBA announces it will form its own minor-league feeder system, creating the National Basketball Development League ( later the NBA Development League ).

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