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2. National Basketball Association - Wikipedia

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   Official website. NBA.com. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). It is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier professional basketball league in the world.

3. Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball - Wikipedia

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   The Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball program is the men's college basketball team of the University of Kentucky. It has eight NCAA championships, the best all-time winning percentage, and the most all-time victories. [2] The Wildcats compete in the Southeastern Conference and are coached by Mark Pope.

4. USA Basketball - Wikipedia

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   Website. www.usab.com. USA Basketball (USAB) is a non-profit organization and the governing body for basketball in the United States. The organization represents the United States in FIBA and the men's and women's national basketball teams in the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Its chairman of the board is retired General Martin ...

5. FIBA - Wikipedia

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   Website. fiba.basketball. FIBA headquarters in Mies, Switzerland. The International Basketball Federation (FIBA / ˈfiːbə / FEE-bə; French: Fédération Internationale de Basketball) [a][5] is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. FIBA defines the rules of basketball, specifies the ...

6. History of basketball - Wikipedia

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   Basketball began with its invention in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, by Canadian physical education instructor James Naismith as a less injury-prone sport than football. Naismith was a 31-year-old graduate student when he created the indoor sport to keep athletes indoors during the winters. [1]

7. Basketball - Wikipedia

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   Olympic pictogram for basketball. Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a backboard at each end ...