Orange basketballs made their debut during a college game, a special one, that is. During the 1958 NCAA Finals in Louisville, Kentucky, orange basketballs started to take over the game of basketball.

Spalding changed the color, and college basketball, as well as the NBA, adapted it immediately. That's not the only difference in WNBA and NBA basketballs. The NBA uses size 7 balls, while the ...

The color orange has developed a utilitarian reputation in the United States — except in ... INDIANAPOLIS — This year’s N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament is a metaphorical color wheel.

When I think of Virginia, I think of the orange and the blue. Basketball announcer: The Virginia Cavaliers have done it, it’s over, Virginia has won it. Wally Walker: The beauty of sports is the ...