2011 in basketball explained
Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.
Tournaments
Men's tournaments
Olympic qualifiers
Women's tournaments
Olympic qualifiers
Youth tournaments
Club championships
Continental championships
Men:
Women:
Transnational championships
National championships
Men:
The Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters defeat the San Miguel Beermen 4–2 in the best-of-7 finals.
The Texters win their second trophy of the season, defeating the Barangay Ginebra Kings 4–2 in the best-of-7 finals.
The Petron Blaze Boosters deny the Texters a Grand Slam, defeating them 4–3 in the best-of-7 finals.
Regal FC Barcelona
Barça sweep Bizkaia Bilbao 3–0 in the best-of-5 finals.
Women:
College
- Men:
- NCAA
Connecticut 53, Butler 41
Kemba Walker, Connecticut
Wichita State 66, Alabama 57
Oregon defeated Creighton 2–1 in the best-of-3 final.
Santa Clara 76, Iona 69
Bellarmine 71, BYU–Hawaiʻi 68
St. Thomas (MN) 78, Wooster 54
Pikeville 83, Mountain State 76 (OT)
Cornerstone 80, Saint Francis (IN) 71
Lincoln College (Lincoln, Illinois)74, Mott Community College (Flint, Michigan) 67 https://web.archive.org/web/20110912165644/http://njcaa.org/sports_nationalChampionship.cfm?category=National%20Championship&sid=5&divid=2&slid=2
- Women:
- NCAA
Texas A&M 76, Notre Dame 70
Danielle Adams, Texas A&M
Toledo 76, USC 68
UAB 68, Cal State Bakersfield 60
Clayton State 69, Michigan Tech 50
Amherst 64, Washington (MO) 55
North Idaho College 90, Trinity Valley Community College 81
Monroe College 78, Lake Michigan College 73
Anoka-Ramsey Community College 60, Roxbury Community College 55
Prep
Awards and honors
Professional
Derrick Rose, Chicago Bulls
Blake Griffin, Los Angeles Clippers
Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic
Lamar Odom, Los Angeles Lakers
Kevin Love, Minnesota Timberwolves
Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors
Tom Thibodeau, Chicago Bulls
Ron Artest, Los Angeles Lakers
Gar Forman, Chicago Bulls and Pat Riley, Miami Heat
Dirk Nowitzki, and Dallas Mavericks
Dirk Nowitzki, and Dallas Mavericks
Tamika Catchings, Indiana Fever
Sylvia Fowles, Chicago Sky
Maya Moore, Minnesota Lynx
DeWanna Bonner, Phoenix Mercury
Kia Vaughn, New York Liberty
Sue Bird, Seattle Storm and Ruth Riley, San Antonio Silver Stars
Cheryl Reeve, Minnesota Lynx
Swin Cash, Seattle Storm
Seimone Augustus, Minnesota Lynx
Alba Torrens,, Perfumerías Avenida, and Galatasaray Medical Park
Collegiate
- Combined
- Legends of Coaching Award
Tom Izzo, Michigan State
Jimmer Fredette, BYU
Steve Fisher, San Diego State
Jacob Pullen, Kansas State
Jimmer Fredette, BYU
Anthony Davis, Kentucky
Jared Sullinger, Ohio State
Mike Brey, Notre Dame
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball
Dick Enberg
Maya Moore, Connecticut
Maya Moore, Connecticut
Tara VanDerveer, Stanford
Maya Moore, Connecticut
Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga
Maya Moore, Connecticut
Danielle Adams, Texas A&M
Maya Moore, UConn
Matt Bollant, Green Bay
Joanne Boyle, California
Stephanie Glance, Illinois State
Odyssey Sims, Baylor
Geno Auriemma, Connecticut
Katie Meier, Miami (FL)
Tara VanDerveer, Stanford
Maya Moore, Connecticut
Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball
Cheryl Miller
Events
- On June 1, Shaquille O'Neal announced his retirement from basketball after 19 seasons and four world championships. O'Neal made the announcement on his Twitter page.[4]
- On July 1, the collective bargaining agreement between the NBA and its players union expires, and the league immediately imposes a lockout of its players.
- On July 20, Yao Ming officially announced his retirement from basketball after nine seasons and a series of foot and ankle injuries. Yao has been credited with fueling greatly increased interest in the NBA in his home country of China since his selection as the #1 overall pick in the 2002 NBA draft.[5]
- On September 26, New Jersey Nets minority owner Jay-Z announced that the team would change its name to the Brooklyn Nets when it moves to its new arena for the 2012–13 season.[6]
Movies
Deaths
- January 12 — Howard Engleman, All-American player and interim head coach for the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team (born 1919)
- January 16 — Guðmundur Þorsteinsson, Icelandic national team player and coach (born 1942)
- February 2 — Roger Strickland, NBA player (Baltimore Bullets) (born 1940)
- February 4 — Lee Winfield, NBA player (Seattle SuperSonics, Buffalo Braves, Kansas City Kings) (born 1947)
- February 6 — Cesare Rubini, Italian coach and member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (born 1923)
- February 20 — Troy Jackson, better known by his nickname "Escalade", streetball player for the AND1 Mixtape Tour (born 1976)
- March 4 — Ed Manning, NBA and ABA player and father of 1988 #1 overall NBA Draft pick Danny Manning (born 1943)
- March 7 — Rudy Salud, former commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association (born 1938)
- March 22 — Edgar Lacey, ABA player (Los Angeles Stars) and national champion at UCLA (born 1944)
- April 2 — Larry Finch, college coach and player (Memphis) (born 1951)
- April 10 — Bob Shaw, American NBL player (born 1921)
- April 14 — Joe Dan Gold, college player and coach (Mississippi State) (born 1942)
- April 15 — Beryl Shipley, college coach (Southwestern Louisiana) (born 1926)
- May 11 — Robert Traylor, NBL and NBA player (Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Charlotte Hornets) (born 1977)
- May 27 — Margo Dydek, Polish WNBA player (Utah Starzz, San Antonio Silver Stars, Connecticut Sun, Los Angeles Sparks) (born 1974)
- June 6 — Bill Closs, NBA player (Philadelphia Warriors, Fort Wayne Pistons) (born 1922)
- June 9 — Mike Mitchell, NBA player (Cleveland Cavaliers, San Antonio Spurs) (born 1956)
- June 15 — Marshall Rogers, NBA player (Golden State Warriors) and the 1976 NCAA Division I season scoring leader (born 1953)
- June 27 — Lorenzo Charles, NBA player (Atlanta Hawks) famous for hitting the game-winning shot of the 1983 NCAA tournament for NC State (born 1963)
- July 1 — Bob McCann, NBA player (five teams) (born 1964)
- July 5 — Neil Dougherty, college coach (TCU) (born 1961)
- July 5 — Armen Gilliam, NBA player (six teams) (born 1964)
- July 9 — Don Ackerman, NBA player (New York Knicks) (born 1930)
- July 16 — Joe McNamee, NBA player (Rochester Royals, Baltimore Bullets) (born 1926)
- July 30 — Bob Peterson, NBA player (Baltimore Bullets, Milwaukee Hawks, New York Knicks) (born 1932)
- August 3 — Ray Patterson, NBA executive (Milwaukee Bucks, Houston Rockets)
- August 4 — Sherman White, college player at Long Island famous for being indicted in point shaving scandal (born 1928)
- August 8 — Mike Barrett, ABA player and Olympic gold medalist in 1968 (born 1943)
- August 18 — Scotty Robertson, NBA and college coach (born 1930)
- August 27 — Bob Hubbard, American NBL and BAA player (born 1922)
- August 31 — Cal Christensen, NBA player (Milwaukee Hawks, Cincinnati Royals) (born 1927)
- August 31 — Jack Stephens, NBA player (St. Louis Hawks) (born 1933)
- September 14 — Lewis Brown, NBA player (Washington Bullets) (born 1955)
- September 16 — Dave Gavitt, American basketball coach (Providence College) and founder of the Big East Conference; member of the Naismith Hall as a contributor (born 1937)
- September 17 — Fedon Matheou, Greek basketball player and coach (born 1924)
- September 21 — Mickey Rottner, American NBL (Sheboygan Red Skins) and BAA (Chicago Stags) player (born 1919)
- September 22 — John H. Dick, starter on first NCAA championship team (1939 Oregon Ducks) (born 1918)
- September 30 — Peter Gent, standout forward/center for Michigan State from 1962 to 1964 and author of North Dallas Forty (born 1942)
- October 3 — Jim Neal, NBA player (Syracuse Nationals) (born 1930)
- October 9 — Antonis Christeas, Greek basketball player (Panellinios, AEK Athens) (born 1937)
- October 9 — Chauncey Hardy, 23-year-old American playing professionally in Romania (born 1988)
- October 12 — Lewis Mills, college coach (Richmond) and athletic director
- November 2 — Ilmar Kullam, Olympic silver medalist for the Soviet Union in 1952 (born 1922)
- November 8 — Ed Macauley, Hall of Fame player (St. Louis Hawks) (born 1928)
- November 9 — Bob Carney, NBA player (Minneapolis Lakers) (born 1932)
- November 17 — Kurt Budke, women's college basketball coach (Oklahoma State) (born 1961)
- November 18 — Walt Hazzard, NBA player and college coach (UCLA) (born 1942)
- November 22 — Alberto Reynoso, Philippine Basketball Association player (born 1940)
- November 25 — Hoddy Mahon, College basketball coach (Seton Hall)
- November 30 — George McCarty, College coach (New Mexico State, UTEP) (born 1915)
- December 1 — Dick Wehr, BAA player (Indianapolis Jets) and college coach (Georgia State) (born 1925)
See also
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 2011. Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. 12 Oct 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141017213722/http://www.wbhof.com/Class11.html. 17 October 2014. dead. dmy-all.
- Web site: Shaq announces his retirement after 19 seasons. June 2011.
- http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/07/20/yao.ming.retire/ Yao Ming retirement marks end of an era
- News: Jay-Z: Team to be Brooklyn Nets . Associated Press . ESPN.com . September 26, 2011 . September 26, 2011.