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Devised by James Naismith in 1891 in Massachusetts, basketball was played in YMCAs throughout North Carolina by the end of that decade. Soon physical education professors at the North Carolina schools of higher learning began introducing the game. At Wake Forest, Professor Richard Crozier formed a basketball team in 1906, and in February of the same year, Wake Forest played Guilford College in the state's first intercollegiate basketball game. Other schools, including Trinity College, UNC, and NC Agriculture & Mechanic Arts, soon fielded teams. Facilities were poor. Players had to buy and maintain their uniforms. Spectators were few. The players persisted however, and the game gained a foothold on the campuses. Basketball was still second fiddle to football until the end of World War II. Then the sport took off.
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The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIAA), which is observing its 90th year, is one of the nation's oldest collegiate athletic conferences and the first historically black college conference. It is also a conference known for its basketball players and tournament. Rich discusses the history of the CIAA basketball tournament, innovations to the game, famous players and legendary coaches.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 19 Issue 9, Feb 2002,
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Conceived by North Carolina State University basketball coach C. Everett Case, the Dixie Classic was a three-day, eight-team basketball tournament extravaganza, featuring North Carolina teams against other national basketball powers. Begun in the then new Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh in December 1949, the tournament lasted another twelve years and was a tremendous success. The Dixie Classic was canceled in 1960, after several players were involved in a point shaving scandal.
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The state is home to four of the nation's top basketball teams - those of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, Duke, and Wake Forest. A few of the players and coaches are profiled.
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In the fall of 1925, New Bern High School's basketball team achieved an impressive accomplishment. They held Beaufort's basketball team, considered one of the best in eastern North Carolina, to zero points. New Bern's head coach, Vance Swift, learned of a new defense earlier that summer that incorporated a five-man zone defense. The defense was designed to limit inside shooting while also reducing fouls. It worked well as Beaufort failed to score any points in their game against New Bern. Swift's team finished the 1925-26 season with eight wins and four losses.
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North Carolina has long been a center for great college basketball. A major reason for this came from the creation of the North Carolina Coaching Clinic in 1949. The coaching clinic drew coaches from across the state to learn from the game's best minds. These coaches then used their knowledge in coaching their players. In this article Smith Barrier creates North Carolina's collegiate all-star basketball team. In order to be included on the all-star team players had to be born in North Carolina. A major problem quickly rises, however, when comparing the teams of today with those of the past. Barrier separates basketball history into two eras, with the incorporation of black athletes in the mid-1960s acting as the break between the two eras. Included on the Era I team were players such as Dickie Hemric, Walt Bellamy, and Lou Hudson who played between 1920 and 1964. Era II team members include players such as David Thompson, Phil Ford, Walter Davis, James Worthy, and Michael Jordan. Two coaches are included in Barrier's all-star list: Bones McKinney and Terry Holland.
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