2004 in basketball

Champions

Olympics

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Professional

• Men
• 2004 NBA Finals: Detroit Pistons over the Los Angeles Lakers 4-1. MVP: Chauncey Billups
• 2003-04 NBA season
• 2004 NBA Playoffs
• 2004 NBA draft
• 2004 NBA All-Star Game
• Eurobasket: None.
• Euroleague:
• Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Skipper Bologna 118-74 in the final
• ULEB Cup
• Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem defeated Real Madrid 83-72
• Women
• WNBA Finals: Seattle Storm over Connecticut Sun 2-1. MVP: Betty Lennox
• 2004 WNBA season
• 2004 WNBA Playoffs
• 2004 WNBA draft
• 2004 WNBA All-Star Game
• Eurobasket Women: None.

College

• Men
• NCAA Division I: Connecticut 82, Georgia Tech 73
• National Invitation Tournament: Michigan 62, Rutgers 55
• NCAA Division II: Kennesaw State 84, Southern Indiana 59
• NCAA Division III: UW-Stevens Point 84, Wiliams 82
• NAIA Division I Mountain State 74, Concordia 70
• NAIA Division II Oregon Tech 81, Bellevue (Neb.) 70
• Women
• NCAA Division I: Connecticut 70, Tennessee 61
• Women's National Invitation Tournament: Creighton 73, UNLV 52
• NCAA Division II: California (Pennsylvania) 75, Drury 72
• NCAA Division III: Wilmington (Ohio) 59, Bowdoin 53
• NAIA Division I: Southern Nazarene 77, Oklahoma City 61
• NAIA Division II Morningside (Iowa) 87, Cedarville (Ohio) 74

Awards and honors

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

• Class of 2003:
• Jerry Colangelo
• Drazen Dalipagic
• Clyde Drexler
• Bill Sharman
• Maurice Stokes
• Lynette Woodard

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

• Class of 2004

* Sylvia Hatchell

* Lurlyne Greer Rogers

* Amy Ruley

* Bev Smith

* William L. Wall

* Marian E. Washington

Professional

• Men
• NBA Most Valuable Player Award: Kevin Garnett
• NBA Rookie of the Year Award: LeBron James
• NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Ron Artest
• NBA Coach of the Year Award: Mike D'Antoni, Phoenix Suns
• Euroscar Award: Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks and
• Mr. Europa: Pau Gasol, Memphis Grizzlies and
• Women
• WNBA Most Valuable Player Award: Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks
• WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks
• WNBA Rookie of the Year Award: Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury
• WNBA Most Improved Player Award: Kelly Miller, Charlotte Sting & Wendy Palmer, Connecticut Sun
• Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award: Teresa Edwards, Minnesota Lynx
• WNBA Coach of the Year Award: Suzie McConnell-Serio, Minnesota Lynx
• WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award: Betty Lennox, Seattle Storm

Collegiate

• Combined
• Legends of Coaching Award: Mike Montgomery, Stanford
• Men
• John R. Wooden Award: Jameer Nelson, Saint Joseph's
• Naismith College Coach of the Year: Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph's
• Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Jameer Nelson, Saint Joseph's
• Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Jameer Nelson, Saint Joseph's
• NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Sean May, North Carolina
• USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Luol Deng, Duke
• Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph's
• Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: George Killian
• Women
• John R. Wooden Award: Alana Beard, Duke
• Naismith College Player of the Year: Diana Taurasi, Connecticut
• Naismith College Coach of the Year: Pat Summitt, Tennessee
• Wade Trophy: Alana Beard, Duke
• Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Erika Valek, Purdue
• Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Alana Beard, Duke
• NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Diana Taurasi, UConn
• Basketball Academic All-America Team: Kelly Mazzante, Penn State
• Carol Eckman Award: Deirdre Kane, West Chester
• USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Tiffany Jackson, Texas
• Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Joe Curl, Houston
• List of Senior CLASS Award women's basketball winners: Alana Beard, Duke
• Nancy Lieberman Award: Diana Taurasi, Connecticut
• Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Sonja Hogg

Deaths

• January 9 — Yinka Dare, Nigerian center for the New Jersey Nets (born 1972)
• January 18 — Hook Dillon, All-American at North Carolina (born 1924)
• January 26 — Stanley Nantais, Canadian Olympic player (1936) (born 1913)
• January 28 — Sox Walseth, American college coach (South Dakota State, Colorado) (born 1926)
• April 11 — Hy Gotkin, All-American at St. John's (born 1922)
• July 30 — Ed Melvin, American BAA player and college coach (St. Bonaventure, Toledo) (born 1916)
• July 24 — Cotton Fitzsimmons, NBA basketball coach (born 1931)
• August 12 — George Yardley, Hall of Fame player for the Fort Wayne Pistons (born 1928)
• September 4 — Alphonso Ford, 3000-point NCAA scorer and Greek A1 League MVP (born 1971)
• December 14 — Anselmo López, Spanish coach and administrator. FIBA Hall of Fame member (born 1910)
• December 18 — Eddie Oram, All-American college player (USC), NBL player (born 1914)
• December 25 — Howie Williams, American AAU player and Olympic gold medalist (1952) (born 1927)

See also

• Timeline of women's basketball

References

External links