1896 Chicago vs. Iowa men's basketball game

1896 Chicago vs. Iowa game
"First modern college basketball game"

Chicago Maroons

Iowa Hawkeyes

(?–?)

Head coach:
None

	1	2	Total
Chicago	15		15
Iowa	12		12

Date

Saturday, January 18, 1896

Arena

Iowa City Armory

Location

Iowa City, Iowa

Attendance

~400

The 1896 Chicago vs. Iowa men's basketball game was the first five-on-five college basketball game played in United States history.^[1] Although the sport had been first played in 1892, seven to nine players had been used on a side. At the urging of the University of Chicago's head football coach, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Chicago's men's club team traveled to Iowa City, Iowa to play the University of Iowa on January 18, 1896 in an experimental game.^[2] The match was played at the Iowa City Armory, and due to seating capacity constraints, only approximately 400 people were able to watch.^[1] Iowa physical education teacher H. F. Kallenberg reduced the teams to five players on a side, and the modern version of basketball was born.^[1] Chicago won, 15–12, to secure modern college basketball's first-ever win.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 "The Game That Developed". Big Ten Men's Basketball History. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
↑ "James Naismith". Robinson Library. February 18, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.

Chicago Maroons men's basketball

Venues	Bartlett Gymnasium (1903–1932) Henry Crown Fieldhouse (1933–2003) Gerald Ratner Athletics Center (2003–present)

Culture & lore	Wave the Flag The Phoenix First 5-on-5 college basketball game

People	Head coaches Consensus All-Americans

Notable seasons	1903–04 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1919–20 1923–24 1960–61 1973–74 1996–97 1997–98 1999–00 2000–01 2002–03 2006–07 2007–08

Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold

Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball

Venues	Close Hall (1901–1904) Iowa Armory (1905–1926) Iowa Field House (1927–1983) Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1983–present)

Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)

Culture & lore	History Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song" First 5-on-5 college basketball game

People	Head coaches Individual honors

Seasons	1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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