March 11
From Hoopedia
- 1892 - The first publicly-played game of basketball takes place at the Springfield (Mass.) YMCA. A crowd of 200 watch as the student team crushes the faculty, 5-1. Hall of Famer Amos Alonzo Stagg (right), better known as a football legend, scores the only basket for the losing side.
- 1958 - Manhattan upsets #1-ranked West Virginia, 89-84, in the first round of the NCAA Division I Men's Tournament. Sophomore Jerry West is held to just 10 points in the Mountaineers' second loss of the year.
- 1958 - Notre Dame pulls down 86 rebounds, 42 more than opponent Tennessee Tech, setting NCAA Division I Men's Tournament records for total rebounds and rebound margin.
- 1963 - Not a good date in Tennessee Tech basketball history. Chicago Loyola blows out Tennessee Tech, 111-42, the largest margin of victory (69) in the history of the NCAA Division I Men's Tournament.
- 1977 - WNBA All-Star Becky Hammon (right) is born in Rapid City, South Dakota.
- 1979 - Penn upsets #1-seed North Carolina, 72-71, in the East Regional second round of the NCAA tournament.
- 1995 - The NBA fines Michael Jordan $5,000 for wearing non-conforming shoes (Air Jordans) and fines the Chicago Bulls $25,000 for permitting Jordan to wear uniform #23 instead of his roster #45. The league also warned the Bulls that if Jordan continues to wear #23, the will continue to assesses fines and the infraction will be dealt with "in an appropriate manner" after the playoffs end.
- 1997 - The Columbus Quest defeat the Richmond Rage, 77-64, in the fifth and deciding game of the American Basketball League's first championship series. Valerie Still is named ABL Finals MVP.
- 1999 - North Carolina, the #3-seed, falls to #14-seed Weber State, 76-74, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. It is the Tar Heels' first opening-round loss in 19 years.
- 1999 - Stephon Marbury goes to New Jersey in a three-team, eight-player blockbuster trade that sends Sam Cassell from New Jersey to Milwaukee.
- 2003 - The Connecticut Huskies lose to Villanova, 52-48, ending the Huskies' NCAA Division I women's record consecutive win streak at 70.
