A KU basketball fan has left his March Madness bracket picks at the gravesite of James Naismith ... an homage to how the game, when Naismith invented it, was first played using peach baskets ...

The award is named after Dr. James Naismith, the creator of basketball. The Naismith Awards ... have made meaningful contributions to the game. The first Naismith Trophy was given to Lew Alcindor ...