ollegiate players. However the ABA went bankrupt in 1976 and disbanded. The NBA took four of the ABA teams. These teams were the Houston Rockets, the San Antonio Spurs, the Indiana Pacers and the New Jersey Nets. This expansion and cable television along with some great players lead the NBA into a golden age in which basketball enjoyed its biggest growth in over fifty years. Some great rivalries such Magic versus Bird and Michael versus Charles along with the greed of other major sporting leagues pushed basketball the the forefront. Pro basketball is not the only popular basketball league. NCAA basketball is one of the most watched sports in the country with the NCAA tournament. The Final Four is such a popular even that a court side ticket at the 1996 Final Four in Madison Square Garden in New York went for ten thousand dollars.In about one hundred years basketball has evolved from nothing into the game it is today. It has grown and prospered through the last hundred years. Its fast pace and high flying aerial displays have made it one of the most popular games in America....
