1970 in basketball
The following are the basketball events of the year 1970 throughout the world.
Tournaments include international, professional and amateur and collegiate levels.
Player awards
American Basketball Association
;Most Valuable Player Award;ABA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
;ABA Playoffs Most Valuable Player Award
;ABA Rookie of the Year Award
National Basketball Association
;NBA Most Valuable Player Award;NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
;NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
;NBA Rookie of the Year Award
NAIA
;NAIA Basketball Tournament Most Valuable PlayerNCAA
;Naismith College Player of the Year;Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year
;Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year
;UPI College Basketball Player of the Year
;USBWA College Player of the Year
;Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year
;Haggerty Award
;Robert V. Geasey Trophy
;NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player
;Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
;Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
;Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
- Ken Kowall
;Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
;Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Player of the Year
;Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
;Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
;Southern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
;Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
;West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
NCAA College Division
;NCAA College Division basketball tournament Most Outstanding PlayerEastern Professional Basketball League
;EPBL Most Valuable PlayerABA
NBA
- 1970 NBA draft
- 1970 NBA Finals
- 1970 NBA Playoffs
- 1970 NBA All-Star Game
- 1969–70 NBA season
- 1970–71 NBA season
FIBA
- 1970 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
- FIBA Africa Championship 1970
- 1969–70 FIBA European Champions Cup
- 1970 FIBA World Championship
- 1970–71 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
NAIA
NCAA
- 1970 National Invitation Tournament
- 1970 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
- 1970 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
Women's tournaments
International Competition
[Naismith Memorial [Basketball Hall of Fame]]
- Class of 1970:
- *Ben Carnevale
- *Bob Davies
Deaths
- January 2 — Edgar Diddle, American college coach
- April 6 — Maurice Stokes, American NBA player
- April 29 — Forrest DeBernardi, American Hall of Fame player
- May 27 — Trajko Rajković, Yugoslav professional and Olympic player
- June 4 — Branch McCracken, American Hall of Fame college coach
- August 10 — Joe Lapchick, American Hall of Fame player and coach
Births
- February 8 - Alonzo Mourning, American NBA player and a Hall of Famer
- May 9 - Doug Christie, American NBA player
- September 3 - George Lynch, American NBA player
- September 8 - Latrell Sprewell, American NBA player
- October 9 - Kenny Anderson, American NBA player
- November 14 - David Wesley, American NBA player