Centennial moments,

* 1945-50 -- The following events helped shape the NCAA from 1945 through 1950.n 1946 (July 22-23) — The Conference of Conferences is held in Chicago, resulting in the development of the “Principles for the Conduct of Intercollegiate Athletics.” Five points of the principles — known as the “Sanity Code” — formally were adopted in 1948.

* 1946 (July 23) — A $5,000 grant is made to the National Collegiate Athletic Bureau in New York City for statistics compilation and other record services (directed by Homer F. Cooke Jr.).

* 1947 (January 6) — Research of head and spinal football injuries is funded.

* 1947 (June 20-21) — The first National Collegiate Baseball Championship is played in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where the University of California, Berkeley, defeats a Yale University squad that includes future President George H.W. Bush  (Bush returned to the final with Yale in 1948, where the team again finished second, behind the University of Southern California).

* 1948 (March 18-20) — The first National Collegiate Ice Hockey Championships are conducted at Colorado Springs/Colorado College.

* 1949 (April 7-9) — Chuck Davey of Michigan State University becomes the only four-time National Collegiate Boxing Championships individual titlist.

* 1950 (January 6) — Standard awards for athletes placing in NCAA competition are approved.

* 1950 (March) — City College of New York becomes the only team to win both the National Invitation Tournament and the NCAA basketball championship in the same year.

* 1950 (April 4) — The basketball tournament is expanded from eight to 16 teams; automatic qualification for 10 conferences is approved.