1986 in basketball

Player awards (NBA)

Regular Season MVP

• Larry Bird, Boston Celtics

NBA Finals MVP

• Larry Bird, Boston Celtics

Slam Dunk Contest

• Spud Webb, Atlanta Hawks

Three-point Shootout

• Larry Bird, Boston Celtics

Collegiate awards

• Men
• John R. Wooden Award: Walter Berry, St. John's
• Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Jim Les, Bradley
• Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Walter Berry, St. John's
• NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Keith Smart, Indiana
• Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Eddie Sutton, Kentucky
• Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Adolph Rupp
• Women
• Naismith College Player of the Year: Cheryl Miller, USC
• Wade Trophy: Kamie Ethridge, Texas
• Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Kamie Ethridge, Texas
• NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Clarissa Davis, Texas
• Carol Eckman Award: Laura Mapp, Bridgewater

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

• Class of 1986:
• Billy Cunningham
• Tom Heinsohn
• Red Holzman
• Fred Taylor
• Stan Watts

Births

• May 7—Matee Ajavon American college basketball player (Rutgers) and the WNBA (Atlanta Dream)

Deaths

• June 19 Ã¢Â€Â“ Len Bias, American college player (Maryland) and Boston Celtics draft pick (born 1963)
• December 1 Ã¢Â€Â“ Halbert Harvill, American college men's coach (Austin Peay) (born 1893)

See also

• 1986 in sports

References