2015 in basketball

The following are the basketball events of the year 2015 throughout the world.

The following are the basketball events that are expected to take place in 2015 throughout the world. Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.

Continental seasons

Men:

• Euroleague:
• Eurocup:
• EuroChallenge:
• Americas League: Bauru def. Pioneros de Quintana Roo 86–72

Women:

• EuroLeague Women:

Transnational seasons

Men:

• NBA
  • Regular season:

National seasons

• French Pro A League, 2014–15:
• German Bundesliga, 2014–15:
• Greek Basket League, 2014–15:
• Israeli Super League, 2014–15:
• Lega Basket Serie A, 2014–15:
• Dutch Basketball League, 2014–15:
• Philippine Basketball Association, 2014–15:
  • Philippine Cup: The San Miguel Beermen defeat the Alaska Aces 4–3 in the best-of-7 final.
  • Commissioner's Cup:
  • Governors' Cup:
• Liga ACB, 2014–15:

College

Men

• NCAA
  • Division I: Duke 68, Wisconsin 63
  • National Invitation Tournament: Stanford 66, Miami (FL) 64 OT
  • Division II: Florida Southern 77, Indiana (PA) 62
  • Division III: Wisconsin–Stevens Point 70, Augustana (IL) 54
• NAIA
  • Division I: Dalton State 71, Westmont 53
    • Notably, the Roadrunners won the championship in their first season of NAIA postseason eligibility after reinstating their program, shuttered in 1980, in 2013.^[1]
  • Division II: Cornerstone 66, Dakota Wesleyan 45

Women

• NCAA
  • Division I: Connecticut 63, Notre Dame 53
  • Women's National Invitation Tournament: UCLA 62, West Virginia 60
  • Division II: California (PA) 86, California Baptist 69
  • Division III: Thomas More 83, George Fox 63
• NAIA
  • Division I: Oklahoma City 80, Campbellsville 63
  • Division II: Morningside 59, Concordia (NE) 57

Notable events

• January 25 – Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski becomes the first NCAA Division I men's coach with 1,000 career wins, following the Blue Devils' 77–68 win over St. John's at Madison Square Garden.^[2]
• February 3
  • Connecticut women's coach Geno Auriemma becomes the fastest coach to 900 wins in college basketball history at any level, following the Huskies' 96–36 home blowout of Cincinnati. Auriemma reached 900 wins in 1,034 games; the previous record was 1,072 by Pat Summitt, while the record in men's basketball is 1,183 games by Krzyzewski.^[3] Auriemma also becomes the first man ever to reach the 900-win mark in NCAA women's basketball; the previous six coaches to do so are all women.^[4]
  • WNBA star Diana Taurasi announces that she will sit out the 2015 season at the behest of her Russian club, UMMC Ekaterinburg. The club, which already has her under contract for about US$1.5 million a season, is reportedly paying her more than the WNBA maximum salary of $107,000 as a bonus to skip the WNBA season.^[5]
• February 7 – Herb Magee, coach at NCAA Division II Philadelphia University since 1967, becomes the second NCAA men's coach with 1,000 career wins following the Rams' 80–60 win over Post.^[6]

Hall of Fame

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

• Players: Louie Dampier, Spencer Haywood, John Isaacs, Lisa Leslie, Dikembe Mutombo, Jo Jo White
• Coaches: John Calipari, Lindsay Gaze, Tom Heinsohn
• Referees: Dick Bavetta
• Contributors: George Raveling^[7]

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

• Lisa Leslie^[8]
• Janeth Arcain
• Janet Harris
• Gail Goestenkors (coach)
• Brad Smith (coach)
• Kurt Budke (coach)^[9]

Deaths

• January 4 — Jack Parr, American NBA player (Cincinnati Royals) (born 1936)
• January 4 — Stuart Scott, American NBA television studio host (born 1965)
• January 9 — Roy Tarpley, American NBA player (Dallas Mavericks) (born 1964)
• January 14 — Bob Boyd, American college coach (Seattle, USC, Mississippi State) (born 1930)
• January 16 — Ray Lumpp, American NBA player (New York Knicks) and Olympic champion (born 1923)
• January 18 — Milt Schoon, American NBL player (Sheboygan Red Skins) (born 1922)
• January 30 — Carl Boldt, American college player (San Francisco) who won an NCAA national championship in 1955–56 (born 1932)
• February 1 — Ron Johnson, American NBA player (Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Lakers) (born 1938)
• February 6 — Norm Drucker, American NBA and ABA official (born 1920)
• February 7 — Dean Smith, American Hall of Fame college coach (North Carolina) (born 1931)
• February 11 — Jerry Tarkanian, American Hall of Fame college and NBA coach (Long Beach State, UNLV, San Antonio Spurs, Fresno State) (born 1930)
• February 18 — Jerome Kersey, American NBA player (Portland Trail Blazers and others) (born 1962)
• February 20 — Dick Triptow, American NBA player (born 1922)
• February 26 — Earl Lloyd, American NBA player and coach, first African-American to play in the NBA, Hall of Fame member as a contributor (born 1928)
• February 28 — Anthony Mason, American NBA player (born 1966)
• March 1 — Guram Minashvili, Georgian Olympic silver medalist (1960) (born 1935)
• March 1 — Chris Welp, German NBA and Euroleague player (born 1964)
• March 6 — Enrique "Coco" Vicéns, Puerto Rican player (born 1926)
• March 16 — Chet Giermak, All-American college player (William & Mary) (born 1928)
• March 16 — Jack Haley, American NBA player (born 1964)
• March 23 — Bobby Lowther, American NBL player (Tri-Cities Blackhawks, Waterloo Hawks) (born 1923)
• March 23 — Warren Womble, American AAU and Olympic coach (1952) (born 1920)
• March 25 — Loy Young, American college coach (Chadron State) (born 1923)
• March 27 — Hot Rod Hundley, American NBA player (Los Angeles Lakers) and announcer (born 1934)
• April 7 — Torrey Ward, American player and coach (born 1978)
• April 10 — Lauren Hill, American college basketball player and pediatric cancer advocate who died of brain cancer during her freshman season at Mount St. Joseph (born 1995)
• April 13 — Gerald Calabrese, American NBA player (Syracuse Nationals) (born 1925)
• April 25 — Mike Phillips, American Liga ACB player (FC Barcelona) and college national champion (1978 Kentucky) (born 1956)

See also

• Timeline of women's basketball

References