1996 in basketball

Championships

1996 Olympics

• Men: United States of America 96, Yugoslavia 69
• Women: United States of America 111, Australia 87

Professional

• Men
• 1996 NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls over the Seattle SuperSonics 4-2. MVP: Michael Jordan
• 1996 NBA Playoffs
• 1995-96 NBA season
• 1996 NBA draft
• 1996 NBA All-Star Game
• Eurobasket: None.
• Women
• Eurobasket Women: None

College

• Men
• NCAA
• Division I: Kentucky 76, Syracuse 67
• NIT: University of Nebraska–Lincoln def. St. Joseph's University
• Division II: Fort Hays State University 70, Northern Kentucky University 63
• Division III: Rowan University 100, Hope College 93
• NAIA
• Division I Oklahoma City University 86, Georgetown (Ky.) 80
• Division II Albertson (Idaho) 81, Whitworth (Wash.) 72 OT
• NJCAA
• Division I Sullivan College, Louisville, KY 103, Allegany CC, Cumberland, MD 98 O/T
• Division II Penn Valley CC, Mo. 93, Kishwukee CC, Ill. 88
• Division III Sullivan County CC 74, Gloucester County College 63
• Women
• NCAA
• Division I: University of Tennessee 83, University of Georgia 65
• Division II: North Dakota State 104, Shippensburg 78
• Division III: Wis.-Oshkosh 66 Mount Union 50
• NAIA
• Division I: Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 80, Southeastern Oklahoma State University 79
• Division II Western Oregon 80, Huron (S.D.) 77
• NJCAA
• Division I Trinity Valley CC 69, Independence CC 55
• Division II Lansing CC 74, Kankakee CC 68
• Division III Central Lakes College-Brainerd 71, Monroe CC 57

Awards and honors

Professional

• Men
• NBA Most Valuable Player Award: Michael Jordan
• NBA Rookie of the Year Award: Damon Stoudamire, Toronto Raptors
• NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Gary Payton, Seattle SuperSonics
• NBA Coach of the Year Award: Phil Jackson, Chicago Bulls

Collegiate

• Men
• John R. Wooden Award: Marcus Camby, Massachusetts
• Naismith College Coach of the Year: John Calipari, Massachusetts
• Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Eddie Benton, Vermont
• Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Marcus Camby, UMass
• NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Miles Simon, Arizona
• Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Gene Keady, Purdue
• Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Boris Stankovic
• Women
• Naismith College Player of the Year: Saudia Roundtree, Georgia
• Naismith College Coach of the Year: Andy Landers, Georgia
• Wade Trophy: Jennifer Rizzotti, Connecticut
• Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Jennifer Rizzotti, Connecticut
• Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Jennifer Rizzotti, Connecticut
• NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Michelle M. Marciniak, Tennessee
• Basketball Academic All-America Team: Jennifer Rizzotti, UConn
• Basketball Academic All-America Team: Katie Smith, Ohio State
• Basketball Academic All-America Team: Tricia Wakely, Drake
• Carol Eckman Award: Joann Rutherford, Missouri
• Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Angie Lee, Iowa

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

• Class of 1996:
• KreÅ¡imir Ćosić
• George Gervin
• Gail Goodrich
• Nancy Lieberman
• David Thompson
• George Yardley

Events

• The WNBA formed.

Movies

• Celtic Pride
• Space Jam
• Sunset Park (film)

Deaths

• January 13 — Dean Kelley, American national college champion at Kansas (1952), Olympic gold medalist (1952) (born 1931)
• May 18 — Chet Forte, All-American college player (Columbia) (born 1935)
• June 14 — Jack Ragland, American Olympic gold medalist (1936) (born 1913)
• July 16 — Harold E. Foster, Hall of Fame player and Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball head coach (born 1906)
• July 29 — Lauren "Laddie" Gale, Hall of Fame player for the Oregon Ducks men's basketball and early professional (born 1917)
• August 10 — Derek Smith, American NBA player (born 1961)
• September 25 — Red Mihalik, Hall of Fame NBA, NCAA and Olympic referee (born 1916)

See also

• Timeline of women's basketball

References