The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics established in 1940, is a college athletics association for colleges and universities in North America. Most colleges and universities in the NAIA
NAIA headquarters in Downtown Kansas City, pictured in 2008
James Naismith
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James Naismith was a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, Christian chaplain, and sports coach, best known as the inventor of the game of basketball.
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
…formerly called CSTV, serves as the national media outlet for the NAIA. In 2014, ESPNU began carrying the NAIA Football National Championship. In 1937, James Naismith and local leaders, including George Goldman and Emil S. Liston, staged the first National College Basketball Tournament at Municipal Auditorium in…
Naismith holding a basketball and basket
Sculpture in Almonte, Ontario. Identical copies are located in Springfield, Massachusetts, and Lawrence, Kansas.
The original 1891 "Basket Ball" court in Springfield College. It used a peach basket attached to the wall.
1899 University of Kansas basketball team, with James Naismith at the back, right