1897 in basketball

none 1897 March 20 – Yale beat Penn in the first "modern" men's intercollegiate basketball game, between teams officially organized by their colleges and featuring five players per side. ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia ESPN 2009 528–529 978-0-345-51392-2 Previous intercollegiate games had occurred, but those games either featured teams of students that were not officially recognized by their schools, or that utilized the sport's original rules allowing nine players per side. November 15 – The U.S. Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) resolves to host the first official national basketball championship, to be held at the end of the 1897–1898 basketball season, as the "grand conclusion" to the season. Official Basket Ball Rules A. G. Spalding & Bros. 1897–1898 9 https://archive.org/details/officialaaubaske00amat References