Famously invented by Dr. James Naismith, the first basketball game was played on December 21, 1891 in Springfield, ... 1892. On January 15, 1892, ...

The program's prefatory essay, "The Women's Game Comes of Age," imagines a courtside gathering all of the significant figures in the history of women's basketball. First among these pioneers, it ...

The first public basketball game was held in Springfield on March 11, 1892, in front of 200 spectators. The players were teachers (including Naismith) versus students.

USA Women's Basketball Highlights Women's basketball is the team sport of basketball played by women. It was first played in 1892, one year after men's basketball, at Smith College in Massachusetts.