1. A Look At Basketball In America

2. Basketball: From the Beginning

3. Dr. James Naismith

6. Role of the YMCA and HBCUs African American Basketball

7. YMCA

8. Howard University

9. BLACK BASKETBALL: COLLEGE/PROFESSIONAL (1)African American Colleges began playing basketball in 1909. (2) Hampton Institute was the first African American College with its own basketball gymnasium. (3) The Rens were the first African American team to win a professional world's championship (March 28,1939 in Chicago).

11. 1927: Globetrotters (Chicago)

12. Globetrotters: Barnstorming

13. Basketball Cage

14. (4)The first African American player to gain prominence in a predominantly white college was Wilbur S. Woods (lettered at Nebraska in 1908,1909, and 1910). (5) Charles (Chuck) Cooper of Duquesne University was the first African American signed by the NBA (1950). 1950-1951 season -66 games, 615 points, 9.3 average. (6) Nat (Sweetwater) Clifton signed in the summer of 1950 (New York Knickerbockers).

15. Wilber Woods: 1909-1910

17. (7)Earl Lloyd ( 1950)(West Virginia State College) - First African American Assistant Coach and first African American Chief Scout in the NBA. (He was purchased from the Syracuse Nationals by the Detroit Pistons in the summer of 1958.) Earl retired at the end of the 1959-60 season. (8) Prairie View (Texas) team was the first African American College to lead Associated Press and UPI polls (1961-1962). Prairie View won the NAIA Basketball Championship.

18. Earl Lloyd: “Big Cat” #44  WVA. State  First Played NBA: Oct. 31,1950 (Washington Capitols)  Played 560 games, 9 seasons

19. Charles Cooper  Grad of Westinghouse H.S. (Pittsburg, a.)  Attended WVA. State before going to Navy.  After WWII, attended Duquesne University  Drafted by Boston Celtics

20. Wilt Chamberlain  9 field goal titles  2 NBA titles  9 field goal % titles  Hall of Fame: 1978

21. (9)1961-1962 - NBA - Wilt Chamberlain of Philadelphia Warriors became the first player to score 4000 or more points in a single season (4029).  1961-1962 - Scored 100 Points in a game.  1961-1962 - Scored 100 Points in a game.  Prior Record - 71 Points scored by Elgin Baylor (Lakers)  Prior Record - 71 Points scored by Elgin Baylor (Lakers) (10) John McLendon - First Black Coach (Spring, 1960) to lead an American basketball team on an overseas tour. (Coach of Cleveland Pipers--National Industrial Basketball League--integrated league.)

22. (11)Pipers joined ABL - 1961-1962. McLendon became first African American to coach in major league professional basketball. (12)Record (McLendon) Won Lost Lawrence (Kansas) Memorial H.S.102 North Carolina College27461 Hampton Institute3214 Tennessee State College14018 Cleveland Pipers (1959-60)1817 Cleveland Pipers (1960-61)2410 U.S. Amateur Team in Russia (1961)90 (13)Don Barksdale - UCLA and Boston Celtics elected to Helms Hall Amateur Basketball Hall of Fame (1962) (Culver City, CA)

23. (14)Bill Russell (Boston) Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia) First Two Black Superstars in the NBA (15)First Black Elected to All NBA First Team: (15)First Black Elected to All NBA First Team: Elgin Baylor (Minneapolis Lakers) and Bill Russell (1958-1959) (16)1960-1961 - Black Members of All NBA First Team: Baylor, Chamberlain, Robertson (Note: Russell named to Second Team) (16)1960-1961 - Black Members of All NBA First Team: Baylor, Chamberlain, Robertson (Note: Russell named to Second Team) (17)1953-William (Daily) King (played at Long Island University) became the first black member of the Collegiate Basketball Officials Association. (17)1953-William (Daily) King (played at Long Island University) became the first black member of the Collegiate Basketball Officials Association.

24. (18)March, 1955 - Missouri Arledge of Philander Smith College of Arkansas became first African American female basketball All American (5'10"). She was called "Big Mo." Made National AAU Team--21 points per game.

25. ABA Basketball  1967: Same year, NBA added 13 new teams  11 teams: Pitt., Minneapolis, Indiana, Kentucky, Oakland, Anaheim, Houston, Denver, Dallas, New Orleans  Players: Connie Hawkins, Spencer Haywood, Dr. J, George Gervin, Maurice Lucas, David Thompson  ABA- NBA competition: salary explosions  1976 ABA All-Star game : slam- dunk (Dr. J)

26. NBA Coaches: 1970s  Lenny Wilkens: 1969 palyer-caoch, Seattle  Earl Lloyd and Ray Scott: Detroit  John McLendon: Denver  Al Attles: Golden State  K.C. Jones: San Diego and Washington Bullets  Elgin Baylor: New Orleans

27. Basketball and The Olympic Games

28. BASKETBALL YMCA Gave Birth to Basketball 1936 Olympic Games - Basketball (Dirt Court) 1948 (London) Don Barksdale (6'5" Tall - All American UCLA) Gold Medal USA Team 1956 GamesMelbourne, Australia - Bill Russell and K.C. Jones (Undefeated Team) 1960 Games (Rome)Oscar Robertson and Jerry West (Team Averaged 100 Points Per Game) 1964 (5 Black Players) Walt Hazzard -Leader 1968 (Mexico) Spencer Haywood (University of Detroit) Jo Jo White (University of Kansas) Black Player Boycott - Bob Lanier, Elvin Hayes, Wes Unseld, Mike Warren, Lucius Allen, Lew Alcindor, Coach Hank IBA called "Bad Citizen."

29. 1972 (Munich) USA lost to Soviet Union team. Refused to accept 51-50 loss and did not show up to receive Silver Medals. 1976 Walter Davis and Phil Ford from UNC and Scott May and Quinn Buckner from Indiana University - Soviet women win Gold - U.S. women win Silver 1984 (LA Games)Michael Jordan, Sam Perkins, Patrick Ewing Black Women- Cheryl Miller, Lynette Woodard (1st Female Member of the Globetrotters), Pam McGree (Gold Medal) 1988David Robinson, Hersey Hawkins, Stacey Augman. U.S. loss to Soviet Squad (82-76). U.S. failed to win basketball Gold Medal for the second time since 1936. U.S. women win Gold Medal (Defeated Yugoslavia 77- 70) Teresa Edwards, Katrina McClain

30. College and Pro Basketball Today Hoop Dreams!!!!!