Across
- 4. Where was the first international basketball match held?
- 5. What was the very first ball that was used until 1840?
- 6. What is basketball?
- 9. How big is the hoop?
- 11. What year did the BAA merge with the NBL to form the NBA?
- 13. How high is the basketball net?
- 15. What league did the ABA merge with?
- 16. Who invented basketball?
- 17. How many players are on each team?
- 18. What shape is a basketball court?
- 19. What was the original name of the NBA?
Down
- 1. What league was founded as an alternative to the NBA?
- 2. Who were the first champions of the NBL?
- 3. What was the first basketball league founded (in 1898)?
- 7. Who was the first basketball coach of the Kansas Jayhawks?
- 8. What was the first basket used for basketball?
- 9. In what year was the backboard invented?
- 10. What year was it invented?
- 12. In what month of 1932 was the International Basketball Federation formed?
- 14. What is the objective of basketball?
- 15. Where was the NBA founded?
- 16. Who was the leading player in the ABA?