1896 Chicago vs. Iowa men's basketball game

	1896 Chicago vs. Iowa game; "First modern college basketball game"
Chicago Maroons	Iowa Hawkeyes
(?–?)	(?–?)
15	12
Head coach: ; None	Head coach: ; None
Date	Saturday, January 18, 1896
Arena	Iowa City Armory
Location	Iowa City, Iowa
Attendance	~400 ;

The 1896 Chicago vs. Iowa men's basketball game was the first five-on-five college basketball game played in United States history.^[1] Although the sport had been first played in 1892, seven to nine players had been used on a side. At the urging of the University of Chicago's head football coach, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Chicago's men's club team traveled to Iowa City, Iowa to play the University of Iowa on January 18, 1896 in an experimental game.^[2] The match was played at the Iowa City Armory, and due to seating capacity constraints, only approximately 400 people were able to watch.^[1] Iowa physical education teacher H. F. Kallenberg reduced the teams to five players on a side, and the modern version of basketball was born.^[1] Chicago won, 15–12, to secure modern college basketball's first-ever win.^[1]

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v t e Chicago Maroons men's basketball
Venues	Bartlett Gymnasium (1903–1932) Henry Crown Fieldhouse (1933–2003) Gerald Ratner Athletics Center (2003–present)
Culture & lore	Wave the Flag The Phoenix First 5-on-5 college basketball game
People	Head coaches Consensus All-Americans
Notable seasons	1903–04 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1919–20 1923–24 1960–61 1973–74 1996–97 1997–98 1999–00 2000–01 2002–03 2006–07 2007–08
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold

v t e Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Venues	Close Hall (1901–1904) First Iowa Armory (1905–1922) Second Iowa Armory (1922–1926) Iowa Field House (1927–1983) Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1983–present)
Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series) Illinois
Culture & lore	History Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song" First 5-on-5 college basketball game
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1892–93 1893–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–1901 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1896 Chicago vs. Iowa men's basketball game

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