The game of Basketball can be played outside. The science behind the game in Dr. Naismith layed a foundational set with the first 13 rules to the game has evolved. However the Science and Nature behind the Naismith cup is a Sociological one of remembrance and nationalism induced paraphernalia with mediated coverage of it on CBC throughout the early part of the new millennium.
Dr. James Naismith and the ex-Naismith Cup 