1989 in basketball
Winners of major team competitions 1988-1989
Men
Player awards (NBA">National Basketball Association">NBA)
Collegiate awards
- Men
- *John R. Wooden Award: Sean Elliott, Arizona
- *Naismith College Coach of the Year: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke
- *Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Tim Hardaway, UTEP
- *Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Sean Elliott, Arizona
- *NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Anderson Hunt, UNLV
- *USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Chris Jackson, LSU
- *Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Bob Knight, Indiana
- *Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Nat Holman
- Women
- *Naismith College Player of the Year: Clarissa Davis, Texas
- *Naismith College Coach of the Year: Pat Summitt, Tennessee
- *Wade Trophy: Clarissa Davis, Texas
- *Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Paulette Backstrom, Bowling Green
- *NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Bridgette Gordon, Tennessee
- *Carol Eckman Award: Linda Hill-MacDonald, Minnesota
Deaths
- April 8 — Horia Demian, Romanian club player
- April 16 — Sam "Boom Boom" Wheeler, American professional player
- April 23 — Norm Baker, Canadian BBA and PCPBL player
- July 26 — Bob Spessard, All-American college player and coach
- August 14 — Ricky Berry, American NBA player
- August 21 — Scott Fenton, Australian player
- September 7 — Valery Goborov, Soviet player
- September 22 — Bob Calihan, All-American college player and coach, NBL player
- October 7 — Earl Thomas, American NBL player
- October 8 — Oscar Moglia, Uruguayan Olympic and club player
- October 12 — Rolando Bacigalupo, Peruvian Olympic player
- October 30 — Douglas Legg, British Olympic player
- October 30 — Raymond Offner, French Olympic player
- December 3 — Fernando Martín Espina, Spanish player
- Date unknown — Liviu Naghy, Romanian Olympic player