In 1993, the senior girls basketball team at Western Canada won its record fourth straight 4A provincial high school championship.

Parkland County’s Karen Lasuik officiated women’s hoops at the Rio Summer Games in 2016.

In 1984, Calgary’s Karl Tilleman was picked 79th overall by the Denver, the highest an Albertan has ever been selected in the NBA Draft.

In a historic game in 1989, the MacEwan Griffins men's basketball team and its player Dennis Farn set team and individual ACAC single-game scoring records.

In 1991, Tim Rollingson scores 71 points for Winston Churchill to set the Alberta high school record for most points in a single game.

In 2016, Edmonton twins Katherine and Michelle Plouffe competed together at the Rio Summer Olympics as members of the Canadian women's national basketball team.

In 2001, Calgary Dinos women's basketball star Leighann Doan was named the CIAU women’s athlete of the year.

In 2005, the Alberta Northern Lights won the National Wheelchair Basketball Association Division II Final to become the first team from Canada to capture an NWBA championship.

In 1994, Edmonton hosted the sixth edition of the Gold Cup, the Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.

The year 2016 marked the 50th anniversary of the Sugar Bowl tournament at Raymond High School.