2002 in basketball

The following are the basketball events of the year 2002 throughout the world.

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  Germany
  • 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:[1]
  • Harlem Globetrotters
  • Larry Brown
  • Earvin "Magic" Johnson
  • Robert "Lute" Olson
  • Drazen Petrovic
  • Sandra Kay Yow

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

• Class of 2002[2]

• Cindy Brogdon
• Hortência Marcari
• Kamie Ethridge
• Margaret Sexton Gleaves
• Sandra Meadows
• Lea Plarski
• Marianne Crawford Stanley
• Tara VanDerveer

Events

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).[3]
• 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).[4]
• 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)

References

1. "Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.
2. "Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2002". Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
3. "Former Clemson basketball coach Bobby Roberts passes". Clemson Tigers. June 22, 2002. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
4. "Former Virginia Men's Basketball Coach Billy McCann Dies In South Carolina". Virginia Cavaliers. August 1, 2002. Retrieved January 2, 2019.

External links

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