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Basketball itself was invented by one man, rather than evolving from a collection of different sports. In 1891, Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian minister on the faculty of YMCA professionals (Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts. Under orders from Dr. Luther Gulick, head of Physical Education at the School for Christian Workers. Naismith was giving 14 days to create an indoor game that would provide an "athletic distraction" for a rowdy class through the brutal New England winter.

At his wits' end, Naismith recalled a childhood game called Duck on a Rock along with other games he had seen. After brainstorming on this new idea, consequently, the game of basketball was born. College basketball came along in 1898 after Naismith became a professor, and the University of Kansas 1rst basketball coach. University of Kansas went on to develop one of the nation's most storied college basketball programs. Naismith himself was very instrumental in establishing the 1rst college game, coaching at University of Kansas for 6 years before handing the reins over to the renowned coach Phog Allen. Amos Alonzo Stagg (Naismith disciple) brought basketball to the University of Chicago, while another student of Naismith Adolph Rupp, at Kansas, enjoyed great success as coach at the University of Kentucky.

The 1rst national championship tournament, was called the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The association plays two tournaments each year: one each spring, with its final rounds in New York City at Madison Square Garden and one each November (the pre-season NIT). The tournament was operated by the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association (MIBA).

In later years College basketball was rocked by many gambling scandals from 1948-1951, when dozens of ball players from top teams were implicated in game fixing & point shaving. Partially spurred by the association of the NIT with many of the cheaters, the NCAA national tournament surpassed the NIT in importance. In 2005, the NCAA purchased the NIT tournament to settle the anti-trust concerns brought by the MIBA. As part of this purchase of the NIT by the NCAA, the MIBA disbanded.