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The following are the basketball events of the year 1892 throughout the world.

• January 15 – James Naismith's rules for basketball are published for the first time in the Springfield YMCA International Training School's newspaper, in an article titled "A New Game."
• January 20 – The first official basketball game is played in the YMCA gymnasium in Springfield, Massachusetts.^{[ citation needed][ dubious – discuss]}
• March 11 – First basketball game played in public, between students and faculty at the Springfield YMCA. ^[1] The final score was 5–1 in favor of the students, with the only goal for the faculty being scored by Amos Alonzo Stagg. ^[1] A crowd of 200 spectators watched the game. ^[1]
• June 1 – Senda Berenson appointed athletic director at Smith College.

• July 9 – Elmer Oliphant, All-American at Purdue (died 1975)