2006 in basketball
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following are the basketball events of the year 2006 throughout the world.
2000s |
2009 • 2008 •2007 • 2006 • 2005 |
1990s |
1999 • 1998 • 1997 • 1996 • 1995 |
1980s |
1989 • 1988 • 1987 • 1986 • 1985 |
1970s |
1979 • 1978 • 1977 • 1976 • 1975 |
1960s |
1969 • 1968 • 1967 • 1966 • 1965 |
1950s |
1959 • 1958 • 1957 • 1956 • 1955 |
1940s |
1949 • 1948 • 1947 • 1946 • 1945 |
1930s |
1939 • 1938 • 1937 • 1936 • 1935 |
1920s |
1929 • 1928 • 1927 • 1926 • 1925 |
1910s |
1919 • 1918 • 1917 • 1916 • 1915 |
1900s |
1909 • 1908 • 1907 • 1906 • 1905 |
1890s |
1899 • 1898 • 1897 • 1896 • 1895 |
See also |
|
Sources |
Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.
Contents |
[edit] Championships
[edit] 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 Ginobili (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:
- Women's tournament:
- Gold medal: China
- Silver medal: Chinese Taipei
- Bronze medal: Japan
[edit] Professional
[edit] Men
- NBA season and playoffs:
- 2006 NBA Finals: Miami Heat 4, Dallas Mavericks 2. MVP: Dwyane Wade
- Euroleague (Europe-wide):
- CSKA Moscow defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 73-69 in the final
- Croatian League:
- French League:
- 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
- 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:
- Spanish ACB:
- Unicaja Málaga over TAU Cerámica 3-0 in the best-of-five finals
- 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:
[edit] Women
- 2006 WNBA Finals: Detroit Shock 3, Sacramento Monarchs 2
- MVP: Deanna Nolan, Detroit
[edit] College
- Men
- NCAA
- Division I: University of Florida 73, University of California, Los Angeles 57
- National Invitation Tournament: University of South Carolina 76, University of Michigan 64
- Division II: Winona State University 73, Virginia Union University 61
- Division III: Virginia Wesleyan College 59, Wittenberg University 56
- NAIA
- NAIA Division I: Texas Wesleyan University 67, Oklahoma City University 65
- NAIA Division II: University of the Ozarks (Mo.) 74, Huntington University (Ind.) 56
- NJCAA
- Division I: Arkansas-Ft. Smith 68, Tallahassee Community College (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
- NCAA
- Women
- NCAA
- NAIA
- NAIA Division I: Union University 79, Lubbock Christian University (TX) 62
- NAIA Division II Hastings College (Neb.)58, University of the Ozarks (Mo.) 39
- NJCAA
- Division I: Monroe CC (Rochester, NY) 76, Odessa College (TX) 64
- Division II: Illinois Central College 71, Kirkwood CC (IA) 54
- Division III: Monroe College (Bronx, NY) 100, Mohawk Valley CC (NY) 70
- UAAP Women's: University of Santo Tomas over Far Eastern University, 2 games to 1
[edit] 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
[edit] Awards and Honors
[edit] Professional
- Men
- Women
[edit] Collegiate
- Naismith College Player of the Year
- Men: J. J. Redick, Duke
- Women: Seimone Augustus, LSU
- John R. Wooden Award
- Men: J. J. Redick, Duke
- Women: Seimone Augustus, LSU
- Naismith College Coach of the Year
- Men: Jay Wright, Villanova
- Women: Sylvia Hatchell, North Carolina
- Women's awards:
- Wade Trophy: Seimone Augustus, LSU
- Nancy Lieberman Award: Ivory Latta, North Carolina
[edit] 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.
[edit] Movies
[edit] Deaths
- February 11 - Harry Vines, 67, American wheelchair basketball coach
- March 17 - Ray Meyer 92, Hall of Fame coach of the DePaul University men's team
- April 30 - Harold "Bunny" Levitt, 96, player for the Harlem Globetrotters who once sank 499 consecutive free throws
- April 28 - Ron Mather, 68, Scottish coach
- April 6 - Maggie Dixon, 28, women's coach at Army.
- May 9 - Bob Rogers, former Texas A&M coach
- October 28 - Arnold "Red" Auerbach, 89, Hall of Fame coach and president of the Boston Celtics
- December 12 - Paul Arizin, 78, Hall of Famer for the Philadelphia Warriors who twice led the NBA in scoring
- December 13 - Lamar Hunt, 74, Last remaining original ownership partner of the Chicago Bulls