Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kutanga mukutanga kwema1900, kirabhu yeamateur basketball timu, maBlue Diamonds, yakava simba rinozivikanwa munyika, kunyanya mushure mekukunda maBuffalo maGerman muna 1905 - "de facto" yenyika basketball shasha uyo akakunda mukwikwidzi ku
1904 World's Fair muSt. Louis. Phog Allen akanga ari mumwe wevatambi vechikwata chechikwata chechikwata. Blue Diamonds yakakunda zvose University of Kansas mumwaka wayo wokutanga we1898-99 uye University of Missouri mumwaka wayo wokutanga we1906-07.