A nationally known women’s basketball team, the All American Red Heads formed in 1936 in Cassville, Missouri...

Longtime women’s basketball coach Karen Aston first had a successful high school and college playing career....

Velvet James (Jim) “Bad News” Barnes was an American basketball player and Olympic gold medalist originall...

Basketball, a uniquely American invention in the history of sports, is one of the most popular sports in Arkan...

Arkansas native Franklin Burgess earned All-American honors in basketball at Washington State’s Gonzaga Univ...

Joe Barry Carroll had an eleven-year career with the National Basketball Association (NBA), playing on the NBA...

Nathaniel “Sweetwater” Clifton was an early pioneer in professional basketball, playing in the National Ba...

Bettye Fiscus Dickey was the first true female college basketball star at the University of Arkansas (UA) in F...

Dodson v. Arkansas Activities Association (1979) was a federal court decision concerning the rules for girls�...

Margaret Downing was a pioneer in women’s sports, especially basketball, in Arkansas in the second half of t...

Basketball coach Don Dyer, with 601 collegiate victories to his name, became the winningest college coach in A...

Bennie Fuller became the all-time leading scorer in Arkansas boys’ high school basketball history and was ra...

Joe Marcus Johnson is a professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets. In the 2012–13 season, Johnso...

The King Cotton Holiday Classic is an invitational high school basketball tournament played annually in Pine B...

Carolyn Moffatt was a pioneering women’s basketball coach in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Serving as coach a...

Sidney Alvin Moncrief is one of the greatest basketball players ever to come out of Arkansas. While playing gu...

Scottie Pippen is one of the most talented and successful athletes from the state of Arkansas. An essential me...

Glen Anthony Rice was a professional basketball player from Jacksonville (Pulaski County). Rice played for the...

Nolan Richardson is one of the most famous coaches to have served the University of Arkansas (UA) in Fayettevi...

Lurlyne Greer Rogers was known as a gifted basketball player and all-around athlete in high school at Des Arc ...

Paul Silas was an All-Star player and then coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA) over a period fr...

Eddie Sutton was a men’s college basketball coach who led four schools, including the University of Arkansa...

Sonja Patrice Tate, who played basketball at Arkansas State University (ASU) in Jonesboro (Craighead County) ...

Reece “Goose” Tatum excelled at two sports, baseball and basketball, but is most famous for his basketball...

Elliott van Zandt was a pioneering figure in international athletics. A physical education instructor, he serv...

Harry D. Vines was one of the most successful basketball coaches in the history of Arkansas. As the volunteer ...

Tina Webb became one of the finest women’s basketball players ever to come out of Arkansas. A high school st...

Corliss Mondari Williamson is a retired National Basketball Association (NBA) player from Russellville (Pope C...

Wendy Scholtens Wood, who later became an attorney in Little Rock (Pulaski County), was one of the greatest wo...

Texas native Warren B. Woodson was an innovative basketball and football coach who coached at Arkansas State T...