Basketball

Basketball

Terms of or pertaining to the game of basketball which involves two teams of five players trying to work together to accumulate points by shooting or dunking a ball through a basket. The team with the most points by the end of the game wins.

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Man-to-man defence

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(basketball term) the defensive style where each defensive player is responsible for guarding one opponent.

MVP

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(basketball term) most Valuable Player; an award recognising the NBA player who contributed most to the regular season or to the Finals.

NBA

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(basketball term) National Basketball Association; a professional league created in 1949 that now has 27 teams in the U.S. and is adding 2 Canadian teams in 1995.

NCAA

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(basketball term) National Collegiate Athletic Association; a voluntary association of over 1,200 colleges and universities in the U.S. whose role is to establish standards and protect the integrity ...

NCAA Tournament

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(basketball term) an annual competition between 64 college teams to crown a national champion; also called March Madness because the three-week-long event is held during March; see also Final Four.

NIT

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(basketball term) National Invitational Tournament; the oldest college tournament, in which 32 teams not selected to the NCAA Tournament compete each year.

Personal foul

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(basketball term) contact between players that may result in injury or provide one team with an unfair advantage; players may not push, hold, trip, hack, elbow, restrain or charge into an opponent; ...