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YMCA Association Men cover, June 1919. In 1891 James Naismith, a Canadian American, invented Basketball while studying at YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts (later to be named Springfield College). Naismith had been asked to invent a new game in an attempt to interest pupils in physical exercise.
The first intercollegiate men's basketball game involving an Ohio University team was played in Athens in 1907 against the Parkersburg YMCA.Under the direction of coach James Jones, the Bobcats won the game by a score of 46–9 and continued their victories with a 5-game winning streak to start the season.
Ohio is home to major professional sports teams in baseball, basketball, football, hockey, volleyball, and soccer.The state's major professional sporting teams include: Cincinnati Reds (Major League Baseball), [1] Cleveland Guardians (Major League Baseball), [2] Cincinnati Bengals (National Football League), [3] Cleveland Browns (National Football League), [3] Cleveland Cavaliers (National ...
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Greater Columbus Convention Center has hosted several basketball events, including the Mid-American Conference men’s basketball tournament in 1993 and 1994, The Basketball Tournament and girls ...
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YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches worldwide. [1] It was founded in London on 6 June 1844 by George Williams as the Young Men's Christian Association.
The 2024–25 Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball team represents Youngstown State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.The Penguins, led by first-year head coach Ethan Faulkner, play their home games at the Beeghly Center located in Youngstown, Ohio as members of the Horizon League.