Phog Allen, the legendary KU coach, and James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, are buried across the road from each ...

One might expect a steady stream of basketball fans to pass the grave of the game’s inventor: Dr. James Naismith. Not so. “Since I have been working here, there has been nobody to come here ...

On Wednesday, pennies left by visitors were scattered atop Allen’s grave marker and a baby-sized basketball ... Thank you!” James Naismith’s grave marker as March Madness gets underway ...