It was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the men's basketball head coach for the University of Kansas.
[1] Formation of the NABC began when Joint Basketball Rules Committee, then the central governing authority of the game, announced without notice that it had adopted a change in the rules which virtually eliminated dribbling.
Allen, a student of basketball founder James Naismith, organized a nationwide protest which ultimately resulted in the dribble remaining part of the game.
[2] In 1939, the NABC held the first national basketball tournament in Evanston, Illinois at the Northwestern Fieldhouse.
NABC annually names its All-District Teams, which honors the top Division I players in each district.