In modern college basketball teaching, competition teaching method emphasizes the combination of practice and skills by simulating the real competition environment, improving students basketball comprehensive quality. Competition teaching method pays more attention to students sense of participation, prompting them to explore and solve problems themselves in confrontation. By this way, students can use their learned skills in actual competitions, and cultivate their sense of teamwork and tactical thinking. The effectiveness of this teaching method has been verified in the practice of many colleges and universities, showing great value. Therefore, by analyzing the theoretical basis of competition teaching method, this paper studies the application of competition teaching method in college basketball teaching.