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[h=3]Collegiate firsts[/h] The first known college to field a basketball team against an outside opponent was Vanderbilt University, which played against the local YMCA in Nashville, Tennessee, on February 7, 1893.[SUP][4][/SUP] The second recorded instance of an organized college basketball game was Geneva College's game against the New Brighton YMCA on April 8, 1893, in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, which Geneva won 3–0.[SUP][4][/SUP]
The first recorded game between two college teams occurred on February 9, 1895, when Hamline University faced Minnesota A&M (which later became a part of the University of Minnesota).[SUP][4][/SUP][SUP][5][/SUP] Minnesota A&M won the game, which was played under rules allowing nine players per side, 9–3.[SUP][5][/SUP] The first intercollegiate match using the modern rule of five players per side is often credited as a game between the University of Chicago and the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, Iowa, on January 18, 1896.[SUP][4][/SUP][SUP][6][/SUP] The Chicago team won the game 15-12, under the coaching of Amos Alonzo Stagg, who had learned the game from James Naismith at the Springfield YMCA.[SUP][5][/SUP][SUP][6][/SUP] (Some sources state the first "true" five-on-five intercollegiate match was a game in 1897 between Yale and Penn, because the Iowa team that played Chicago in 1896 was composed of University of Iowa students, but did not officially represent the University of Iowa – rather being organized through a YMCA.)[SUP][5][/SUP] By 1900 the game of basketball had spread to colleges across the country.
The first recorded game between two college teams occurred on February 9, 1895, when Hamline University faced Minnesota A&M (which later became a part of the University of Minnesota).[SUP][4][/SUP][SUP][5][/SUP] Minnesota A&M won the game, which was played under rules allowing nine players per side, 9–3.[SUP][5][/SUP] The first intercollegiate match using the modern rule of five players per side is often credited as a game between the University of Chicago and the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, Iowa, on January 18, 1896.[SUP][4][/SUP][SUP][6][/SUP] The Chicago team won the game 15-12, under the coaching of Amos Alonzo Stagg, who had learned the game from James Naismith at the Springfield YMCA.[SUP][5][/SUP][SUP][6][/SUP] (Some sources state the first "true" five-on-five intercollegiate match was a game in 1897 between Yale and Penn, because the Iowa team that played Chicago in 1896 was composed of University of Iowa students, but did not officially represent the University of Iowa – rather being organized through a YMCA.)[SUP][5][/SUP] By 1900 the game of basketball had spread to colleges across the country.
