1893 in basketball

Last updated December 22, 2025

The following are the basketball events of the year 1893 throughout the world.

Events

Clara Gregory Baer introduces basket-ball (as it was written at the time) to Sophie Newcomb College (now part of Tulane University)^[1]
February 7 – Vanderbilt University plays against the local YMCA in Nashville, Tennessee – the first recorded instance of a college basketball team facing an outside opponent.^[2]
April 8 – In the second recorded instance of an organized college basketball game, Geneva College faces the New Brighton YMCA in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.^[2]

Births

References

↑ "Historical Timeline 1891-1962". Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2009-06-21. Retrieved 11 Oct 2014.
1 2 Traughber, Bill (March 12, 2008). "VU first college to play basketball". vucommodores.com. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2014.

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[WBHOF_Timeline-1] "Historical Timeline 1891-1962". Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2009-06-21. Retrieved 11 Oct 2014.

[VU-2] 1 2 Traughber, Bill (March 12, 2008). "VU first college to play basketball". vucommodores.com. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2014.

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1893 in basketball

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