February 22
From Hoopedia
- 1940 - Seven-time NBA All-Star Chet Walker is born in Benton Harbor, Michigan.
- 1943 - Tom and Dick Van Arsdale, the twins who would rack up almost 30,000 NBA points between them, are born in Indianapolis, Indiana.
- 1950 - (Right) Five-time ABA All-Star and eleven-time NBA All-Star Julius "Dr. J" Erving is born in Roosevelt (Long Island), New York.
- 1962 - Thirty years before Hack-a-Shaq gets its name, it is used. Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors attempted an NBA record 34 free throws in a 139-121 Warrior victory over St. Louis.
- 1975 - Madison Square Garden hosts its first women's collegiate basketball game. In a rematch of the 1973 national championship game, the defending national champion Immaculata Mighty Macs turn back Queens College, 65-31 before a crowd of 11,969.
- 1985 - George Gervin of San Antonio scores his 25,000th career point (ABA/NBA combined) in a 118-111 win over Phoenix.
- 1994 - The Schick Rookie Game, showcasing first-year NBA players, is introduced in Minneapolis, replacing the Schick Legends Game.
- 2008 - Indiana University fires Coach Kelvin Sampson amid allegations of five major NCAA violations. IU softens the blow with a $750,000 payout to accompany the pink slip.
