Template:September 22
From Hoopedia
- 1916 - Hall of Fame referee Red Mihalik, considered one of the best basketball referees in history, is born in Ford City, Pennsylvania.
- 1934 - Right: Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson, who has had 28 20-win seasons as a college coach, is born in Mayville, North Dakota.
- 1942 - NBA Commissioner David Stern is born in New York City.
- 1997 - The NBA breaks historic ground, hiring their first female referees, Dee Kanter and Violet Palmer.
- 1998 - The NCAA bans the University of Louisville basketball team from post-season competition for one year and puts the school on probation for three years for numerous violations by the men's basketball team and the women's volleyball team.
