2002 in basketball

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

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See also

Basketball National Basketball Association Euroleague College basketball American Basketball Association: 1967-1976, 2000- Women's National Basketball Association EuroBasket Women 2002 in sports

Sources

Basketball Hall of Fame TSN Basketball Almanac Basketball Through the Years NBA Hoops Online Euroleague Eurobasket NCAA Sports

Contents 1 Championships 1.1 World Championship 1.2 Professional 1.3 College 2 Awards and honors 2.1 Professional 2.2 Collegiate 3 Events 4 Deaths 5 External links

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.)
  • Euroleague: Panathinaikos over Kinder Bologna 89-83 in the final match.
• Women
  • WNBA: Los Angeles Sparks over the New York Liberty 2-0. MVP: Lisa Leslie

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
  • 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
  • WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Sheryl Swoopes
  • WNBA Rookie of the Year Award: Tamika Catchings
  • WNBA Coach of the Year Award: Marianne Stanley Washington Mystics

Collegiate

• Naismith College Player of the Year
  • Men: Jason Williams, Duke
  • Women: Sue Bird, UConn
• John R. Wooden Award: Jason Williams, Duke
• Naismith College Coach of the Year
  • Men: Ben Howland, Pittsburgh
  • Women: Geno Auriemma, UConn
• Nancy Lieberman Award: Sue Bird, UConn
• Wade Trophy: Sue Bird, UConn

Events

Deaths

• January 6 - Fred Taylor, Hall of Fame coach of the 1960 National Champion Ohio State Buckeyes (b. 1924)
• January 18 - Alex Hannum, Hall of Fame pro basketball coach (b. 1923)
• June 3 - Cecil Hankins, NBA player (St. Louis Bombers, Boston Celtics) (b. 1922)
• July 7 - Bison Dele, NBA player (b. 1969)
• July 17 - Ubiratan Pereira Maciel, Hall of Fame Brazilian basketball player (b. 1944)
• August 8 - Chick Hearn, television and radio announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers (b. 1916)
• September 2 - Abe Lemons, Former college coach at Oklahoma City University and Texas (b. 1922)
• September 14 - Jim Barnes, Former #1 overall NBA Draft pick and 1964 Olympic Gold medalist (b. 1941)
• December 17 - Hank Luisetti, college basketball player and inventor of the layup; first player to score 50 points in a game (b. 1916)

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