Basketball_in_Nova_Scotia_in_the_Past_30_Years

Basketball in Nova Scotia in the Past 30 Years Basketball was first introduced to Nova Scotia as early as 1895 but in the past thirty years the popularity of the sport has really taken off. The high concentration of universities in the province, the tradition and esteem of the high school programs, and the continued support from a large and knowledgeable basketball community have made the game a staple of Nova Scotia life, culminating with the capital city of Halifax becoming known as the basketball capital of Canada. When you talk about basketball in the Maritimes you can break it down into different levels of competition. There are the club systems throughout the province, the regional and provincial teams, then high school basketball, then you have to look at intercollegiate basketball, and finally pro basketball that was here for a short period of time. Another way of looking at how the sport has come along in the past thirty years is by focusing on the people who have been an integral part in its development. People such as Bob Douglas, Mickey Fox, Ritchie Spears, Brian Heaney, Steve Konchalski, and Bill Robinson, who through different roles have made and continue to make an impact on basketball, scotia, nova, province, high, halifax, teams, team, university, st, school, league, players, time, game, first, tournament, people, throughout, support, national, during, canada, won, sport, over, minor, mary’s, level, different, acadia, under, played, one, games, country, community, best, auaa, although, 80’s, years, talent, steve, provincial, part, led, fx, ever, competition