1989 in basketball
Winners of major team competitions 1988-1989
Men
Player awards (NBA)
Regular Season MVP
NBA Finals MVP
Collegiate awards
- Men
- John R. Wooden Award: Sean Elliott, Arizona
- Naismith College Coach of the Year: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Tim Hardaway, UTEP
- Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Sean Elliott, Arizona
- NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Anderson Hunt, UNLV
- USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Chris Jackson, LSU
- Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Bob Knight, Indiana
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Nat Holman
- Women
- Naismith College Player of the Year: Clarissa Davis, Texas
- Naismith College Coach of the Year: Pat Summitt, Tennessee
- Wade Trophy: Clarissa Davis, Texas
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Paulette Backstrom, Bowling Green
- NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Bridgette Gordon, Tennessee
- Carol Eckman Award: Linda Hill-MacDonald, Minnesota
Deaths
- April 8 â Horia Demian, Romanian club player (U Cluj) (born 1942)
- April 16 â Sam "Boom Boom" Wheeler, American professional player (Harlem Globetrotters, Harlem Magicians) (born 1923)
- April 23 â Norm Baker, Canadian BBA and PCPBL player (born 1923)
- July 26 â Bob Spessard, All-American college player and coach (Washington and Lee) (born 1915)
- August 14 â Ricky Berry, American NBA player (Sacramento Kings) (born 1964)
- August 21 â Scott Fenton, Australian player (Perth Wildcats) (born 1964)
- September 7 â Valery Goborov, Soviet player (born 1966)
- September 22 â Bob Calihan, All-American college player and coach (Detroit), NBL player (born 1918)
- October 7 â Earl Thomas, American NBL player (born 1915)
- October 8 â Oscar Moglia, Uruguayan Olympic and club player (Club Atlético Welcome) (born 1935)
- October 12 â Rolando Bacigalupo, Peruvian Olympic player (born 1914)
- October 30 â Douglas Legg, British Olympic player (born 1914)
- October 30 â Raymond Offner, French Olympic player (born 1927)
- December 3 â Fernando MartÃÂn Espina, Spanish player (Real Madrid, Portland Trail Blazers) (born 1962)
- Date unknown â Liviu Naghy, Romanian Olympic player (born 1929)
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