2001 in basketball explained
Championships
Professional
Los Angeles Lakers over the Philadelphia 76ers 4-1. MVP: Shaquille O'Neal
Yugoslavia 78, Turkey 69
Los Angeles Sparks over the Charlotte Sting 2-0. MVP: Lisa Leslie
France def. Russia
College
Duke University 82, Arizona 72
University of Tulsa 79, University of Alabama 60
Kentucky Wesleyan College 72, Washburn University 63
Catholic 76, William Paterson College 62
Faulkner University 63, Oklahoma Science & Arts 59
Northwestern (Iowa) 82, MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.) 78
University of Notre Dame 68, Purdue University 66
Cal Poly Pomona 87, North Dakota State University 80 (OT)
Oklahoma City University 69, Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) 52
Awards and honors
Professional
Allen Iverson
Mike Miller
Ben Wallace
Larry Brown, Philadelphia 76ers
Peja Stojaković, Sacramento Kings and FR Yugoslavia
Peja Stojaković, Sacramento Kings and FR Yugoslavia
Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks
Debbie Black, Miami Sol
Jackie Stiles, Portland Fire
Janeth Arcain, Houston Comets
Sue Wicks, New York Liberty
Dan Hughes, Cleveland Rockers
Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks
Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks
Collegiate
- Combined
- Legends of Coaching Award
Lute Olson, Arizona
Shane Battier, Duke
Rod Barnes, Mississippi
Rashad Phillips, Detroit
Shane Battier, Duke
Juan Dixon, Maryland
Eddie Griffin, Seton Hall
Matt Doherty, North Carolina
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball
Tex Winter
Ruth Riley, Notre Dame
Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame
Jackie Stiles, Missouri State
Niele Ivey, Notre Dame
Ruth Riley, Notre Dame
Ruth Riley, Notre Dame
Ruth Riley, Notre Dame
Juliene B. Simpson, East Stroudsburg University
Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame
Sue Bird, Connecticut
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball
Cathy Rush
Deaths
- January 7 — Ken Durrett, American NBA player and All-American at La Salle University (born 1948)
- January 17 — Garland O'Shields, American NBA player (Chicago Stags, Syracuse Nationals) (born 1921)
- January 26 — Al McGuire, Hall of Fame coach at Marquette and famed college basketball announcer (born 1928)
- February 3 — Bobby Colburn, American NBL player for the Dayton Metropolitans (born 1911)
- February 19 — Guy Rodgers, Hall of Fame player for the Philadelphia and San Francisco Warriors (born 1935)
- February 20 — Harry Boykoff, former St. John's and early NBA player (born 1922)
- April 25 — Clovis Stark, American NBL for the Dayton Metropolitans (born 1914)
- April 29 — Andy Phillip, Hall of Fame NBA player (born 1922)
- May 15 — Ralph Miller, Hall of Fame college coach at Wichita State, Iowa and Oregon State (born 1919)
- June 26 — George Senesky, NBA player and coach for the Philadelphia Warriors (born 1922)
- August 1 — Dwight Eddleman, All-American at Illinois and two-time NBA All-Star (born 1922)
- September 5 — Cawood Ledford, American radio announcer (Kentucky Wildcats) (born 1926)
- September 14 — George Ireland, coach of the 1963 NCAA national champion Loyola Ramblers (born 1913)
- October 13 — B. L. Graham, All-American college player and head coach (Ole Miss Rebels) (born 1914)
- October 20 — Nebojša Popović, Serbian player, coach and administrator and FIBA Hall of Fame member (born 1923)
- November 18 — Renato Righetto, Brazilian referee and FIBA Hall of Fame member (born 1921)
- November 23 — Gus Broberg, two-time All-American forward at Dartmouth College (born 1920)
- November 28 — Bob Cope, American college coach (Montana) (born 1928)
- December 8 — Mirza Delibašić, FIBA Hall of Fame player from Bosnia and 1980 Olympic Gold Medalist (born 1954)
- December 10 — Gus Doerner, American NBL player (Fort Wayne Pistons, Indianapolis Kautskys) (born 1922)
- December 13 – Larry Costello, American All-Star NBA player (Philadelphia 76ers) (born 1931)
Notes and References
- Web site: Hall of Famers. Basketball Hall of Fame. 12 Oct 2014.
- Web site: Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2001. Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. 12 Oct 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141017184240/http://www.wbhof.com/Class01.html. 17 October 2014. dead. dmy-all.
