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Basketball was created by James Naismith. He invented it at the YMCA, where he worked. After graduating from McGill college he started working there. His boss wanted him to create a new game for the cold New England winters. He came up with basketball. IN the beginning, players couldn't let the ball hit the ground. When the game was first invented there were more than five players on the court at one time. The original hoop was a peach basket with a hole in the bottom.