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Why is it called basketball?
For the first game of basketball in 1891, two half-bushel peach baskets were used as the goals, which gave the sport its name.
How many 3 liter baskets of tomatoes to a bushel?
8
Where can you get cheap bushel baskets for vegetables?
4
Was an old company named Universal that made laundry liners for bushel baskets?
Yes, and I am hunting for one for my old bushel basket
What kind of baskets were used for goals?
I believe that peach baskets were the first ones used. The bottom was cut out.
What do basket sharks eat?
they prefer peach baskets, but they will eat picnic baskets too if that's the only one available
Who was the janitor that cut the bottoms out of the peach baskets?
They never cut holes in the bottom of peach baskets. Every time a shot was amde they had to climb a ladder and get the ball down. They had to continue to do this until rims were created.
What was used as the basketball goals?
When James Naismith invented the game, the hoop was a peach basket WITH the bottom still in it.
When James Naismith invented basketball what resceptacles did he use as goals?
Peach baskets
What did people use for basketball hoops before basketball hoop?
They used peach baskets
How have basketball goals changed since 1882?
all i know is that they used to be peach baskets.
Where were basketball goals first used?
The basketball was first discovered by a man named Dr. James Naismith. He taught at the YMCA training school in Springfield Massachusetts. He used peach baskets as the goals. The peach baskets then had the bottoms of them removed so that the ball could swish through the baskets instead of hitting the bottom.
