Championships
Professional
College
- Men
- NCAA Division I: University of Connecticut 77, Duke University 74
- National Invitation Tournament: University of California, Berkeley 61, Clemson University 60
- NCAA Division II: Kentucky Wesleyan College 75, Metropolitan State College of Denver 60
- NCAA Division III: University of Wisconsin-Platteville 76, Hampden-Sydney College 75 2 OTs
- NAIA Division I: Life University (GA) 63, Mobile (AL) 60
- NAIA Division II: Cornerstone University(MI) 113, Bethel College (Indiana) (IN) 109 OT
- NJCAA Division I: Indian Hills CC, Ottumwa, Iowa 100, Barton County CC Great Bend, Kansas 88
- Women
- NCAA Division I: Purdue University 62, Duke University 45
- NCAA Division II: North Dakota State University 80, Arkansas Tech University 63
- NCAA Division III Washington (Mo.) 74, St. Benedict 65
- NAIA Division I: Oklahoma City University 72, Simon Fraser (BC) 55
- NAIA Division II Shawnee State University (OH) 80, University of St. Francis 65
Preps
Awards and honors
Professional
Collegiate
- Combined
- Legends of Coaching Award: Dean Smith, North Carolina
- Men
- John R. Wooden Award: Elton Brand, Duke
- Naismith College Coach of the Year: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Shawnta Rogers, George Washington
- Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Elton Brand, Duke
- NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State
- USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Quentin Richardson, DePaul
- Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Cliff Ellis, Auburn
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: C.M. Newton
- Women
- Naismith College Player of the Year: Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee
- Naismith College Coach of the Year: Carolyn Peck, Purdue
- Wade Trophy: Stephanie White, Purdue
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Becky Hammon, Colorado State
- Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee
- NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Ukari Figgs, Purdue
- Carol Eckman Award: Susan Summons, Miami-Dade Community College
- Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Carolyn Peck, Purdue
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Margaret Wade
Events
The Hall of Fame opened in 1999 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
Deaths
- May 8 â John Kotz, 1941 NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player and player for the Sheboygan Red Skins (born 1919)
- May 31 â Vic Rouse, American college player, national champion at Loyola-Illinois (1963) (born 1943)
- July 8 â Frank Lubin, member of 1936 US Olympic championship team (born 1910)
- August 7 â John Dee, American college coach (Alabama, Notre Dame) (born 1923)
- August 7 â Harry Litwack, Hall of fame college coach of the Temple Owls (born 1907)
- August 19 â Kim Perrot, WNBA Player for the Houston Comets (born 1967)
- October 4 â Ted Strain, American NBL player and national champion at Wisconsin (1941) (born 1917)
- October 8 â John McLendon, Hall of Fame college and ABA coach (born 1915)
- October 12 â Wilt Chamberlain, player and member of Basketball Hall of Fame. Many believe him to have been the best basketball player in the history of the game (born 1936)
- October 14 â Jim Jordan, All-American at North Carolina (born 1925)
- October 25 â Forddy Anderson, Final Four college coach at both Bradley and Michigan State. NBA scout for the Boston Celtics (born 1919)
- December 1 â William "Pop" Gates, Hall of Fame Harlem Renaissance and Harlem Globetrotters player (born 1917)
- December 23 â Vladimir Kondrashin, FIBA Hall of Fame Russian coach (born 1929)
- December 24 â Reggie Carter, American NBA player (New York Knicks) (born 1957)
- December 31 â Bob McKeen, All-American college player (California) (born 1933)
References