History of Basketball In a winter in December 1891, James Naismith, a Canadian physician and educator at Springfield College, England was ordered to create an indoor game to provide "athletic distraction" to keep students occupied within 14 days. So, it all started with 18 men, two peach baskets hanged to a 10-foot-high railing and a soccer ball in a YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) in Massachusetts. The first basketball game was played in 1891, and in 1892 Naismith published the …showed first 75 words of 723 total…

…showed last 75 words of 723 total…time shall be declared the winner. In the case of a draw the game may, by agreement of the captains, be continued until another goal is made. Until now, most of the rules remain unchanged. Of course, they are some variation such as done by NBA and FIBA, but the main game is still the same from 1880s. Bibliography http://www.hoophall.com/history/original_13rules.htm http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbasketball.htm