Abstract: Moral education， the fundamental task of college education， can be brought to its full play in college basketball course. This paper explores the mechanism of ideological and political education in college basketball course， focusing on the blending of basketball sports characteristics and the ideological and political education， and course ideological and political education system construction and implementation. We conclude that the philosophical nature， the characteristics and improvement of the techniques of basketball sports， are highly consistent with the thought of Marxist philosophy theory. The history of basketball sports in China can stimulate students’ patriotic feelings； the practice of basketball techniques matches the core values of socialism； the principles of sports biomechanics behind basketball technologies can guide and cultivate students’ spirit of scientific inquiry， thus cultivating college students’ core competency in physical education. Teachers of basketball sports are responsible to bring the course ideological and political education to its full play by employing various teaching methods to cultivate students’ spirit of patriotism and collectivism， spirit of scientific inquiry， pioneering and innovation.

Key words: basketball sports, course ideological and political education, accurate ideological and political instruction, teaching reform, sports science