1988 in basketball
The following are the basketball events of the year 1988 throughout the world.
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Player awards (NBA)
Regular Season MVP
NBA Finals MVP
Slam Dunk Contest
Three-point Shootout
Collegiate awards
- Men
- John R. Wooden Award: Danny Manning, Kansas
- Naismith College Coach of the Year: Larry Brown (basketball), Kansas
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Jerry Johnson (basketball player), Florida Southern
- Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Hersey Hawkins, Bradley
- NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Glen Rice, Michigan
- Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: John Chaney (basketball, born 1932), Temple
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Red Auerbach
- Women
- Naismith College Player of the Year: Sue Wicks, Rutgers
- Naismith College Coach of the Year: Leon Barmore, Louisiana Tech
- Wade Trophy: Teresa Weatherspoon, Louisiana Tech
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Suzie McConnell, Penn State
- NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Erica Westbrooks, Louisiana Tech
- Carol Eckman Award: Kay Yow, NC State
Deaths
- January 5 — Pete Maravich, American Hall of Fame NBA player (Atlanta Hawks, New Orleans Jazz) (born 1947)
- February 9 — Joe Reiff, All-American college player (Northwestern) (born 1911)
- April 5 — Swede Halbrook, American NBA player (Syracuse Nationals) (born 1933)