1983 in basketball
The following are the basketball events of the year 1983 throughout the world.
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Player awards (NBA)
Regular Season MVP
NBA Finals MVP
Collegiate awards
- Men
- John R. Wooden Award: Ralph Sampson, Virginia
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Ray McCallum, Ball State
- Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Ralph Sampson, Virginia
- NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Patrick Ewing, Georgetown
- Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Guy Lewis, Houston
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: John Wooden
- Women
Deaths
- May 20 — Clair Bee, American Hall of Fame college coach (Long Island) (born 1896)
- June 6 — Curly Armstrong, American player (Fort Wayne Pistons) (born 1918)
- December 4 — Bruce Drake, American Hall of Fame college coach (Oklahoma Sooners) (born 1905)
See also
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