1993 in basketball
Championships
World Championship
Professional
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
- 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 68
- *NJCAA
- **Division I Kilgore College 104, Louisburg College 99
- **Division II Illinois Central College 76, Kankakee Community College 71 OT
- **Division III Hudson Valley Community College 51, Quinsigamond Community College 50
Awards and honors
Professional
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
Births
Deaths
- January 3 — Johnny Most, Famed announcer for the Boston Celtics
- January 15 — Henry Iba, Hall of Fame college coach and two-time national champion and three-time Olympic coach
- January 18 — Paul Hansen, 64, American college coach.
- January 19 — Chris Street, Iowa Hawkeyes forward
- January 22 — Jim Pollard, Hall of Fame player for the Minneapolis Lakers
- March 8 — Don Barksdale, College basketball's first African-American consensus All-American
- March 9 — Vanya Voynova, Bulgarian women's player and FIBA Hall of Fame member
- April 11 — Malcolm Wiseman, Canadian Olympic silver medalist
- April 28 — Jim Valvano, Coach of the 1983 National Champion NC State Wolfpack
- June 3 — Joe Fortenberry, member of 1936 US Olympic champion team
- June 7 — Mike Bloom, All-American college player, ABL, BAA player
- June 7 — Dražen Petrović, Croatian basketball star of the New Jersey Nets
- June 16 — Arad McCutchan, Hall of Fame coach of the five-time NCAA College Division national champion Evansville Purple Aces
- July 27 — Reggie Lewis, NBA All-Star from the Boston Celtics
- October 17 — Bill Reigel, AAU player and college coach
- October 21 — Irv Torgoff, College All-American, NBL, BAA player
- October 26 — Everett Dean, Hall of Fame coach of the 1942 NCAA Champion Stanford Indians
- November 26 — Tom Scott, American college coach
- November 28 — Robert Hawkins, NBA player
- December 9 — Matt Guokas, Sr., American player and announcer
- December 30 — George Stone, American ABA player