I think it depends on its usage. If you are watching a team play that is entirely black, and you derisively call it "jungle ball", that may have racist connotations.
But if you are a Mormon scout leader and you refer to other troops only playing "jungle ball" on scout night, that is free of connotation, I think.
When the guy on cougarboard says "Tell Dave Rose to get rid of the jungle ball, and let's implement the Princeton offense!"
That has race written all over it.
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