1993 in basketball
The following are the basketball events of the year 1993 throughout the world.
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Championships
World Championship
- None*
Professional
- Men
- 1993 NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls over the Phoenix Suns 4-2.
- 1993 NBA Playoffs
- 1992-93 NBA season
- 1993 NBA Draft
- Eurobasket: Germany
- 1993 NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls over the Phoenix Suns 4-2.
- Women
College
- Men
- NCAA
- Division I: North Carolina 77, Michigan 71
- NIT: University of Minnesota def. Georgetown University
- Division II: California State University-Bakersfield 85, Troy State University 72
- Division III: Ohio Northern University 71, Augustana College (Illinois) 68
- NAIA
- Division I Hawaii Pacific University 88, Oklahoma Baptist University 83
- Division II Willamette University OR 63, Northern State University SD 56
- NJCAA
- Division I Pensacola Junior College 79, Butler Community College - Kansas 74
- Division II Owens Technical College, OH 109, Northeastern Christian Junior College PA 85
- Division III Onondaga Community College 84, Minneapolis CC MN 78
- NCAA
- Women
- NCAA
- Division I: Texas Tech University 84, Ohio State University 74
- Division II: North Dakota State 95, Delta State University 63
- Division III: Central College Iowa 71, Capital 63
- NAIA
- Division I: Arkansas Tech University 76, Union University TN 75
- Division II Montana State University - Northern 71, Northern State University (SD) 68
- NJCAA
- NCAA
Awards and honors
Professional
- Men
Collegiate
- Men
- John R. Wooden Award: Calbert Cheaney, Indiana
- Naismith College Coach of the Year: Dean Smith, North Carolina
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Sam Crawford, New Mexico State
- Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Calbert Cheaney, Indiana
- NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Corliss Williamson, Arkansas
- USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Jason Kidd, California
- Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Eddie Fogler, Vanderbilt
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Dave Gavitt
- Women
- Naismith College Player of the Year: Sheryl Swoopes, Texas Tech
- Naismith College Coach of the Year: C. Vivian Stringer, Iowa
- Wade Trophy: Karen Jennings, Nebraska
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Dena Evans, Virginia
- NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Sheryl Swoopes, Texas Tech
- Carol Eckman Award: C. Vivian Stringer, Iowa
Deaths
- January 3 — Johnny Most, Famed announcer for the Boston Celtics (born 1923)
- January 15 — Henry "Hank" Iba, Hall of Fame coach of the two-time national champion Oklahoma A&M Aggies and three-time Olympic coach (born 1904)
- January 19 — Chris Street, Iowa Hawkeyes forward (born 1972)
- January 22 — Jim Pollard, Hall of Fame player for the Minneapolis Lakers (born 1922)
- March 8 — Don Barksdale, College basketball's first African-American consensus All-American (UCLA) (born 1923)
- March 9 — Vanya Voynova, Bulgarian women's player and FIBA Hall of Fame member (born 1934)
- April 28 — Jim Valvano, Coach of the 1983 National Champion NC State Wolfpack (born 1946)
- June 3 — Joe Fortenberry, member of 1936 US Olympic champion team (born 1911)
- June 7 — Mike Bloom, All-American college player (Temple), ABL, BAA player (born 1915)
- June 7 — Dražen Petrović, Croatian basketball star of the New Jersey Nets (born 1964)
- June 16 — Arad McCutchan, Hall of Fame coach of the five-time NCAA College Division national champion Evansville Purple Aces (born 1912)
- July 27 — Reggie Lewis, NBA All-Star from the Boston Celtics (born 1965)
- October 21 — Irv Torgoff, College All-American (Long Island), NBL, BAA player (born 1917)
- October 26 — Everett Dean, Hall of Fame coach of the 1942 NCAA Champion Stanford Indians (born 1898)
- November 28 — Robert "Bubbles" Hawkins, NBA player (born 1954)
- December 9 — Matt Guokas, Sr., player for the Philadelphia Warriors and basketball announcer. Father of Matt Guokas, NBA head coach (born 1915)