Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Egwuregwu bọọlụ ime ụlọ mbụ e dekọrọ edekọ bụ ihe ngosi n'etiti Springfield YMCA Training School na otu ndị otu Yale Senior Class na-egwu na Disemba 12, 1890 na
Madison Square Garden nke Abụọ. James Naismith gbara goolu maka Springfield, n'agbanyeghi na Yale meriri ihe ngosi ahụ 16-10. N'ụbọchị na-eso ya, a gbara egwuregwu ngosi nke abụọ, ebe Pennsylvania meriri Rutgers 20-12. Ubi egwuregwu ahụ dị na Madison Square Garden dị narị mita abụọ na iri isii n'ogologo na otu narị mita n'obosara.