2006 in basketball explained

Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.

Championships

International

2006 FIBA World Championship

- Gold medal: Spain
- Silver medal: Greece
- Bronze medal: USA
- MVP: Pau Gasol, Spain
- All-tournament team:
  - Pau Gasol
  - Carmelo Anthony (USA)
  - Jorge Garbajosa (Spain)
  - Manu Ginóbili (Argentina)
  - Theodoros Papaloukas (Greece)
2006 FIBA World Championship for Women

- Gold medal: Australia
- Silver medal: Russia
- Bronze medal: USA
- MVP: Penny Taylor, Australia
Basketball at the 2006 Asian Games
- Men's tournament

- - Gold medal: China
  - Silver medal: Qatar
  - Bronze medal: Iran
- Women's tournament

- - Gold medal: China
  - Silver medal: Chinese Taipei
  - Bronze medal: Japan

Professional

Men

NBA season and playoffs:
- 2006 NBA Finals

Miami Heat 4, Dallas Mavericks 2. MVP: Dwyane Wade

- - 2006 NBA draft
  - 2006 NBA All-Star Game
EuroLeague (Europe-wide):
- CSKA Moscow defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 73-69 in the final
Croatian League:
- Cibona defeated Zadar 2-1 in the best-of-three finals
French League:
- Le Mans defeated Nancy 93-88 in the one-off final
German Bundesliga:
- RheinEnergie Köln defeated Alba Berlin 3-1 in the best-of-five finals
Greek League:
- Panathinaikos defeated Olympiakos 3-0 in the best-of-five finals
Iranian Super League, 2005–06 season:
- Saba Battery defeat Petrochimi 3–0 in the best-of-five final.
Israel Premier League:
- Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel Jerusalem 96-66 in the one-off final (the first such final in Israel history)
Italian Serie A:
- Benetton Treviso defeated Climamio Bologna 3-1 in the best-of-five finals
Lithuanian LKL:
- Lietuvos Rytas defeated Žalgiris 4-0 in the best-of-seven finals
Philippine Basketball Association 2005–06 season:
- Red Bull Barako over the Purefoods Chunkee Giants 4-2 in the Fiesta Conference Finals. Finals MVP: Lordy Tugade
- Purefoods Chunkee Giants over Red Bull Barako 4-2 in the Philippine Cup Finals. Finals MVP: Marc Pingris
Polish League:
- Prokom Trefl Sopot over Anwil Włocławek 4-1 in the best-of-seven finals
Russian Super League:
- CSKA Moscow over Khimki 3-0 in the best-of-five finals
Serbia and Montenegro Super League:
- Partizan over Red Star 3-0 in the best-of-five finals
Spanish ACB:
- Unicaja Málaga over TAU Cerámica 3-0 in the best-of-five finals
  - 2005–06 season, 2005–06 playoffs
Turkish Basketball League:
- Ülkerspor over Efes Pilsen 4-0 in the best-of-seven finals. Only three matches were actually played; under Turkish rules, Ülker was granted a 1-0 lead by virtue of its regular-season sweep of Efes.
British Basketball League:
- Newcastle Eagles defeated Scottish Rocks 83-68 in the one-off final
Adriatic League:
- FMP defeated Partizan 73-72 in the one-off final

Women

2006 WNBA Finals: Detroit Shock 3, Sacramento Monarchs 2
- MVP: Deanna Nolan, Detroit

College

Men
- NCAA
  - Division I

Florida 73, UCLA 57

- - National Invitation Tournament

South Carolina 76, Michigan 64

- - Division II

Winona State 73, Virginia Union 61

- - Division III

Virginia Wesleyan 59, Wittenberg 56

- NAIA
  - NAIA Division I

Texas Wesleyan 67, Oklahoma City 65

- - NAIA Division II

College of the Ozarks (Mo.) 74, Huntington (Ind.) 56

- NJCAA
  - Division I

Arkansas-Ft. Smith 68, Tallahassee CC (FL) 59

- - Division II

Cecil CC 9 (MD) 64, Kirkwood CC (IA) 63

- - Division III

North Lake College (TX) 78, Gloucester County College (N.J.) 65

- UAAP Men's: University of Santo Tomas over Ateneo de Manila University, 2 games to 1
- NCAA (Philippines) Seniors': San Beda College over Philippine Christian University, 2 games to 1

Women
- NCAA
  - Division I

Maryland 78, Duke 75 OT

- - WNIT

Kansas State 77, Marquette 65

- - Division II

Grand Valley State 58, American International 52

- - Division III Hope 69, Southern Maine 56
- NAIA
  - NAIA Division I

Union (TN) 79, Lubbock Christian (TX) 62

- - NAIA Division II Hastings (Neb.) 58, College of the Ozarks (Mo.) 39
- NJCAA^[1]
  - Division I

Monroe CC (Rochester, New York) 76, Odessa College (TX) 64

- - Division II

Illinois Central College 71, Kirkwood CC (IA) 54

- - Division III

Monroe College (Bronx, New York) 100, Mohawk Valley CC (NY) 70

- UAAP Women's: University of Santo Tomas over Far Eastern University, 2 games to 1

Prep

USA Today Boys Basketball Ranking #1: Lawrence North High School, Indianapolis, Indiana
USA Today Girls Basketball Ranking #1: Christ the King, Queens, New York
NCAA (Philippines) Juniors: San Sebastian Recoletos High School over Philippine Christian University Union High School, 2 games to 0
UAAP Juniors: Ateneo de Manila High School over Far Eastern University-Nicanor Reyes Educational Foundation, 2 games to 1

Awards and honors

Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks and

- Mr. Europa

Jorge Garbajosa, Toronto Raptors and (also Unicaja Málaga)

Women
- WNBA Most Valuable Player Award

Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks

- WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award

Tamika Catchings, Indiana Fever

- WNBA Rookie of the Year Award

Seimone Augustus, Minnesota Lynx

- WNBA Most Improved Player Award

Erin Buescher, Sacramento Monarchs

- Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award

Dawn Staley, Houston Comets

- WNBA Coach of the Year Award

Mike Thibault, Connecticut Sun

- WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award

Deanna Nolan, Detroit Shock

- FIBA Europe Player of the Year Award

Maria Stepanova, CSKA Samara and

Collegiate

Combined
- Legends of Coaching Award

Jim Boeheim, Syracuse

Men
- John R. Wooden Award

J. J. Redick, Duke

- Naismith College Coach of the Year

Jay Wright, Villanova

- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award

Dee Brown, Illinois

- Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year

J. J. Redick, Duke

- NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player

Corey Brewer, Florida

- USBWA National Freshman of the Year

Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina

- Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year

Roy Williams (coach), North Carolina

- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball

Jerry Colangelo

Women
- John R. Wooden Award

Seimone Augustus, LSU

- Naismith College Player of the Year

Seimone Augustus, LSU

- Naismith College Coach of the Year

Sylvia Hatchell, North Carolina

- Wade Trophy

Seimone Augustus, LSU

- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award

Megan Duffy, Notre Dame

- Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year

Seimone Augustus, LSU

- NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player

Laura Harper, Maryland

- Basketball Academic All-America Team

Lindsay Shearer, Kent State

- Carol Eckman Award

Gail Goestenkors, Duke

- USBWA National Freshman of the Year

Courtney Paris, Oklahoma

- Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year

Sylvia Hatchell, North Carolina

- List of Senior CLASS Award women's basketball winners

Seimone Augustus, LSU

- Nancy Lieberman Award

Ivory Latta, North Carolina

- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball

Val Ackerman

Events

December 13- after a few months in use and complaints from players, the NBA announces it will disuse the new synthetic ball in favor of the classic leather one.
December 16- a brawl erupted at the Madison Square Garden game between the New York Knicks and the Denver Nuggets.

Movies

Deaths

February 11 — Harry Vines, American wheelchair basketball coach (born 1938)
March 17 — Ray Meyer, American Hall of Fame coach of the DePaul University men's team (born 1913)
April 6 — Maggie Dixon, women's coach at Army (born 1977)
April 6 — Price Brookfield, American NBA player (born 1920)
April 19 — Gene Rosenthal, American NBL player (Pittsburgh Pirates) (born 1914)
May 6 — Bob Dro, national champion at Indiana and Indianapolis Kautskys player (born 1918)
May 9 — Grady Wallace, All-American and national scoring champion at South Carolina
May 18 — Irving Meretsky, Canadian Olympic silver medalist (1936) (born 1912)
July 3 — Dick Dickey, NBA player and All-American at NC State (born 1926)
July 4 — Bobby Joe Mason, Harlem Globetrotters player and college All-American at Bradley (born 1936)
July 21 — Alexander Petrenko, Russian player (BC Khimki) (born 1976)
August 18 — Dick Hickox, American college All-American (Miami Hurricanes) (born 1938)
September 7 — Ozell Jones, American NBA player (San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Clippers) (born 1960)
October 5 — Cleveland Buckner, American NBA player (New York Knicks) (born 1938)
October 5 — George King, American NBA player (Syracuse Nationals, Cincinnati Royals) and college coach (West Virginia, Purdue) (born 1928)
October 25 — Johnny Hoekstra, American NBL player (Kankakee Gallagher Trojans) (born 1917)
October 28 — Arnold "Red" Auerbach, Hall of Fame coach and president of the Boston Celtics (born 1917)
November 9 — Mikhail Semyonov, Russian (Soviet) Olympic Silver medalist (1956, 1960) (born 1933)
November 29 — Gary Alcorn, American NBA player (Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Lakers) (born 1936)
December 12 — Paul Arizin, Hall of Famer for the Philadelphia Warriors who twice led the NBA in scoring (born 1928)
December 13 — Lamar Hunt, original ownership partner of the Chicago Bulls (born 1932)
December 21 — Warren Hair, American NBL player (Kankakee Gallagher Trojans) (born 1918)
December 29 — Charlie Tyra, All-American college (Louisville) and NBA player (New York Knicks, Chicago Packers) (born 1935)

Notes and References

Web site: NJCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK. NJCAA. 10 Oct 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141014235109/http://www.njcaa.org/Record%20Books/Basketball%20%28Women%27s%29/Women%27s%20Basketball%20Record%20Book.pdf. 2014-10-14. dead.
Web site: Hall of Famers. Basketball Hall of Fame. 12 Oct 2014.
Web site: Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2006. Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. 12 Oct 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141017192457/http://www.wbhof.com/Class06.html. 17 October 2014. dead. dmy-all.

2006 in basketball explained

Championships

International

Professional

Men

Women

College

Prep

Awards and honors

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Professional

Collegiate

Events

Movies

Deaths

See also

Notes and References