The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, is an American organization of college men's basketball coaches. It was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the University of Kansas basketball coach.[1] NABC initiatives include establishing the original Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, the format of today's NCAA Basketball Tournament, and the College Basketball Experience and National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame at the Sprint Center arena in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. This facility was completed on October 10, 2007.