2002 in basketball

Championships

World Championship

• Men
• Gold medal: Yugoslavia
• Silver medal: Argentina
• Bronze medal: Germany
• Final match: Yugoslavia 84, Argentina 77
• MVP: Dirk Nowitzki, Germany
• All-tournament team: Nowitzki, Pero Cameron (New Zealand), Manu Ginóbili (Argentina), Peja Stojakovic (Yugoslavia), Yao Ming (China)
• Women
• Gold medal: USA
• Silver medal: Russia
• Bronze medal: Australia
• Final match: USA 79, Russia 74

Professional

• Men
• 2002 NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers over the New Jersey Nets 4–0. MVP: Tim Duncan (More information can be found at 2002-03 NBA season.)
• 2002 NBA Playoffs, 2002 NBA draft, 2001-02 NBA season, 2002 NBA All-Star Game
• Philippine Basketball Association 2002 season:
• Purefoods TJ Hotdogs over the Alaska Aces 4–3 in the Governor's Cup Finals
• Red Bull Thunder over the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 4–3 in the Commissioner's Finals
• Coca-Cola Tigers over the Alaska Aces 3–1 in the All-Filipino Cup Finals
• Euroleague: Panathinaikos over Kinder Bologna 89–83 in the final match.
• Women
• WNBA Finals: Los Angeles Sparks over the New York Liberty 2–0. MVP: Lisa Leslie
• 2002 WNBA season, 2002 WNBA Playoffs, 2002 WNBA draft, 2002 WNBA All-Star Game

College

• Men
• NCAA Division I: Maryland 64, Indiana 52
• National Invitation Tournament: University of Memphis
• NCAA Division II: Metropolitan State College of Denver 80, Kentucky Wesleyan College 72
• NCAA Division III: Otterbein College 102, Elizabethtown College 83
• NAIA Division I Oklahoma Science & Arts 96, Oklahoma Baptist University 79
• NAIA Division II Evangel (Mo.) 84, Robert Morris (Ill.) 61
• Women
• NCAA Division I: University of Connecticut 82, Oklahoma 70
• Women's National Invitation Tournament: University of Oregon
• NCAA Division II: Cal Poly Pomona 74, Southeastern Oklahoma 62
• NCAA Division III Wis.-Stevens Point 67, St. Lawrence 65
• NAIA Division I: Oklahoma City 82, Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 73
• NAIA Division II Hastings (Neb.) 73, Cornerstone (Mich.) 69

Awards and honors

Professional

• Men
• NBA Most Valuable Player Award: Tim Duncan
• NBA Rookie of the Year Award: Pau Gasol
• NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Ben Wallace
• NBA Coach of the Year Award: Rick Carlisle, Detroit Pistons
• Euroscar Award: Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks and
• Mr. Europa: Peja Stojaković, Sacramento Kings and Serbia and Montenegro
• Women
• WNBA Most Valuable Player Award: Sheryl Swoopes, Houston Comets
• WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Sheryl Swoopes, Houston Comets
• WNBA Rookie of the Year Award: Tamika Catchings, Indiana Fever
• WNBA Most Improved Player Award: Coco Miller, Washington Mystics
• Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award: Jennifer Gillom, Phoenix Mercury
• WNBA Coach of the Year Award: Marianne Stanley, Washington Mystics
• WNBA All-Star Game MVP: Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks
• WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award: Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks

Collegiate

• Combined
• Legends of Coaching Award: Denny Crum, Louisville
• Men
• John R. Wooden Award: Jay Williams, Duke
• Naismith College Coach of the Year: Ben Howland, Pittsburgh
• Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Steve Logan, Cincinnati
• Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Jay Williams, Duke
• NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse
• USBWA National Freshman of the Year: T. J. Ford, Texas
• Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Ben Howland, Pittsburgh
• Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Don Haskins
• Women
• Naismith College Player of the Year: Sue Bird, Connecticut
• Naismith College Coach of the Year: Geno Auriemma, Connecticut
• Wade Trophy: Sue Bird, Connecticut
• Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Sheila Lambert, Baylor
• Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Sue Bird, Connecticut
• NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Swin Cash, UConn
• Basketball Academic All-America Team: Stacey Dales-Schuman, Oklahoma
• Carol Eckman Award: Barbara Stevens, Bentley College
• Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Brenda Oldfield, Minnesota
• List of Senior CLASS Award women's basketball winners: Sue Bird, Connecticut
• Nancy Lieberman Award: Sue Bird, Connecticut
• Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Billie Moore

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

• Class of 2002:
• Harlem Globetrotters
• Larry Brown
• Earvin "Magic" Johnson
• Robert "Lute" Olson
• Drazen Petrovic
• Sandra Kay Yow

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

• Class of 2002

* Cindy Brogdon

* Hortência Marcari

* Kamie Ethridge

* Margaret Sexton Gleaves

* Sandra Meadows

* Lea Plarski

* Marianne Crawford Stanley

* Tara VanDerveer

Movies

• Double Teamed
• Juwanna Mann
• Like Mike

Deaths

• January 6 — Fred Taylor, Hall of Fame coach of the 1960 National Champion Ohio State Buckeyes (born 1924)
• January 7 — Geoff Crompton, American NBA player (born 1955)
• January 18 — Alex Hannum, Hall of Fame pro basketball coach (born 1923)
• January 26 — Milt Ticco, American NBL player (born 1922)
• February 2 — Ed Jucker, American college coach (Cincinnati) (born 1916)
• February 13 — Bob Gerber, American NBL player (born 1916)
• February 21 — Gene Sullivan, American college coach (Loyola (Illinois)) (born 1931)
• March 11 — Al Bonniwell, American NBL player (Akron Firestone Non-Skids) (born 1911)
• March 18 — Don Betourne, American NBL player and coach (Kankakee Gallagher Trojans) (born 1915)
• May 5 — Jimmy Smith, American college All-American (Steubenville) (born 1934)
• June 3 — Cecil Hankins, NBA player (St. Louis Bombers, Boston Celtics) (born 1922)
• June 22 — Bobby Roberts, American college coach (Clemson).
• July 7 — Bison Dele, NBA player (born 1969)
• July 17 — Ubiratan Pereira Maciel, Hall of Fame Brazilian basketball player (born 1944)
• July 27 — Billy McCann, 82, American college coach (Hampden–Sydney, Washington and Lee, Virginia).
• August 8 — Chick Hearn, television and radio announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers (born 1916)
• September 2 — Abe Lemons, American college coach (Oklahoma City, Texas) (born 1922)
• September 7 — Edward Spotovich, American NBL player (born 1916)
• September 14 — Jim Barnes, Former #1 overall NBA draft pick and 1964 Olympic Gold medalist (born 1941)
• September 23 — Jule Rivlin, American NBL player (Akron Goodyear Wingfoots, Toledo Jeeps) and college coach (Marshall) (born 1917)
• December 17 — Bobby Joe Hill, American college national champion at Texas Western (1966) (born 1943)
• December 17 — Hank Luisetti, college basketball player and inventor of the layup; first player to score 50 points in a game (born 1916)

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