1927 in basketball

Events

 * The Harlem Globetrotters play their first game.

Championships

 * Men:
 * 🇺🇸 AAU
 * Hillyard Chemical 29, Ke-Nash-A 10

Births

 * March 11 — Vince Boryla, NBA player, coach and executive (died 2016)
 * December 2 — Ralph Beard, All-American at Kentucky. Two-time National Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist (died 2007)