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The competition that would become March Madness dates back to the NCAA's first Division...
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Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls leaping into the air during the slam-dunk competition...
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Basketball inventor James Naismith holding a ball and a peach basket, the first basketball...
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Players shooting into a closed-bottom peach basket in an outdoor game of basketball,...
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Female students playing basketball in a gymnasium, Western High School, Washington,...
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“Dr. J” led the 76ers to the NBA Finals four times in seven years, including their...
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American basketball player Wilt Chamberlain (right) battling Bill Russell (center),...
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Pete Maravich running the offense for the LSU Tigers during a 1970 game against the...
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American basketball player Ben Bluitt of Loyola University Chicago foiling a basket...
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Reece (“Goose”) Tatum of the Harlem Globetrotters holding the ball, 1952.
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Maryland's Kristi Toliver (20) shooting over Duke's Abby Waner in the 2006 NCAA women's...
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Sabrina Ionescu (right) of the New York Liberty during a WNBA game against the Las...
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American basketball player Anne Donovan (center) of the United States attempting...
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Players competing in a FIBA 3x3 basketball World Tour Masters tournament in Debrecen,...
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Diagram showing the dimensions of an NBA basketball court and ball.
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Naismith created the game of basketball as a way to make physical education more...
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When a basketball player shoots a jump shot, the ball always follows an arcing path....
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The U.S. professional court is shown. The U.S. college court has similar dimensions...
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