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Basketball was invented
In 1891 basketball was invented by Dr. James Naismith. He invented basketball for his students at the YMCA in Springfeild Mass. -
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History of Womens Basketball
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1st Women's Basketball Game
The 1st women's college basketball game was played at Smith College for girls. The freshman class went up against the sophmore class. No men were allowed to watch because it was an all girl school. -
Women's basketball rules are published
Clara Gregory Baer pulishes the first official women's basketball rules (called basquette). -
first intercollegiate game
The very first intercollegiate game is played by Stanford University and the UIniversty of California. This game was played at Berkeley. -
The AAU
The AAU decided that women were not allowed to play basketball for an audience. -
No coaching!
Coaches were only allowed to coach during haltime, not during the game. -
Caoching Allowed
Coaches were aloowed to coach throughout the whole game. -
1st Championship
The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women held its first women's basketball championship played by Immaculata College and West Chester State. -
Top 20
Mel Greenberg complies and releases the first women's basketball top 20 national poll. -
1st televised game
the 1st ALAW national televised Basketball Championship game, UCLA beat Maryland in front of a record crowd of 9,351. -
Olympic debute
Womens basketball has its olympic debut at Montreal Olympics. -
WBL
1st game of women's proffesional basketball league played by Chicago Hustle and Milwakee Does. -
USA National team vs USSR
USA National team beats USSR team. -
Louisiana Tech become 1st champs
Louisiana Tech defeats Cheney State and wins the 1st NCAA Women's Championship. -
NIT
a 16-team Women's preseaon National Invitation Tournament is held. -
WNBA
The WNBA was founded as a counter part to the NBA. Seasons run from June-September. Playoffs start mid September.
