Beşiktaş men's basketball section started out in the year 1933, before being halted in 1936, and then resuming once again in 1940.

The club won the Turkish Basketball Super League, under the management of Ateş Çubukçu and Tom Davis, in the 1974–75 season.

An American physical education teacher laid the foundations of this sport in Turkey.

7 years later, Ahmet Robenson, a physical education teacher in Galatasaray High School decided to introduce a new game to students in 1911.

Former president of the club, Özhan Canaydın was a former player of basketball team.