_Retired Basketball
_No League Basketball | International
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Founded: 1891
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Manager: N/A
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About _Retired Basketball
Basketball is a non-contact team sport played on a on a rectangular court by two teams of five players each. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter and 10 feet (3.048 m) high that is mounted to a backboard at each end of the court. The game was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, who would be the first basketball coach of the Kansas Jayhawks, one of the most successful programs in the game's history.