The Genealogue: Basketball Rules in Naismith Family skip to main skip to sidebar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Basketball Rules in Naismith Family] Reference

Several members of the Naismith family attended the ceremony, held on what is now known as Naismith Green.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reader - MassLive.com] Reference

Also, the name Naismith is being bandied about.    From Wordnik.com.  [Considering the Tenth Doctor's finale isn't until Christmas 2009...] Reference

Surely Mr. Naismith is still of a mind to sell!.    From Wordnik.com.  [CHAPTER XVIII] Reference

Won the Naismith and Wooden Awards his senior season.    From Wordnik.com.  [Center player profiles] Reference

Naismith award, entered the game averaging 17.7 points.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

Simien also was one of four finalists for the Naismith Award.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

Naismith Award winner and AP Player of the Year after leading.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

James Naismith, the inventor of the game, was its first coach.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rock, chalk ... champs: Kansas wins third title] Reference

The Naismith Player of the Year in each of the last two seasons.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

A preseason candidate for the Naismith Player of the Year Award.    From Wordnik.com.  [NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball - North Carolina vs. Georgia Tech] Reference

Naismith winner after perfect 39-0 season at Connecticut in 2002.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

Naismith himself overcame great tragedy and adversity early in life.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Spiritual Pathway to March Madness] Reference

Naismith and Gulick held the sport and its players to a high standard.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Spiritual Pathway to March Madness] Reference

This week he was named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.    From Wordnik.com.  [NBA legends paying their dues as coaches] Reference

Elected to the Naismith Hall of Fame (2002); member of the gold medal U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Friends for life but Finals foes for now] Reference

Naismith Award candidate, finished his collegiate career with 10 turnovers.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

But James Naismith himself probably couldn't have helped 'Nova out of this one.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

Another award for Augustus LSU guard wins Naismith Trophy as player of the year.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

Richardson, a second-team All-American and a finalist for the Wooden and Naismith.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Wizards, Brown make NBA history] Reference

Also to be enshrined Sept. 10-12 at the Naismith Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jordan at head of Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2009] Reference

Just the facts: Earned the Naismith Award as the high school girls coach of the year.    From Wordnik.com.  [All-USA girls hoops team stands tall] Reference

From Naismith to Allen to Smith to Brown to Williams - the connections are way too numerous.    From Wordnik.com.  [did somebody step on a duck] Reference

Jared Sullinger won the Naismith Award as the nation's top high school basketball player.    From Wordnik.com.  [Big Ten Conference] Reference

It's the kind of series that would make Naismith vomit and wish he'd invented Boggle instead.    From Wordnik.com.  [Adam McKay: White Argentinean Men Can Jump] Reference

Won the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award as the best college player in the nation under six feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Point guard player profiles] Reference

The Bruins prevailed in all of their 10 championship games with the Naismith Memorial Basketball.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - All-time All-NCAA Tournament team] Reference

McLendon learned the game from Naismith himself while a grad student at the University of Kansas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dan Klores: Basketball Hall of Fame Ignores Its True Pioneers] Reference

Before the planes obliged by sinking, the zeppelin was overhead and Naismith was forced to crash-dive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Castles of Steel]

He was the first person elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach.    From Wordnik.com.  [Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, winner of 10 national titles, dies at 99] Reference

T.J. Ford, 5-10, 165, Texas: Early entry who won Naismith and Wooden Awards as college player of the year.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Dwyane may Wade into lottery thanks to NCAAs] Reference

DAYTON, Ohio On the court, Connecticut's Diana Taurasi, the Naismith player of the year, looks supremely confident.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Connecticut has little problem with Boston College] Reference

So will his induction this September into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame -- if, that is, he stays retired.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pat Riley Factor] Reference

Encouraged by his director, Luther Gulick, Naismith set out to create an indoor activity for students during the winter months.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Spiritual Pathway to March Madness] Reference

DURHAM, North Carolina (Ticker) -- A trio of Naismith Award finalists led No. 12 Duke its fifth straight season-opening victory.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

Amazingly, Naismith never profited from the sport he invented, nor did he accept speaker fees when he spoke publicly about basketball.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Spiritual Pathway to March Madness] Reference

He was named to the 2005 USA Men's Junior National Select Team and was named one of 10 finalists for the 2005 national Naismith Trophy.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference