1994 in basketball
Championships
World Championship
- Men
- *United States 137, Russia 91
- Women
- *United States 100, Australia 95
Professional
- Men
- *1994 NBA Finals: Houston Rockets over the New York Knicks 4-3. MVP: Hakeem Olajuwon
- ** 1994 NBA Playoffs
- **1993-94 NBA season
- **1994 NBA draft
- **1994 NBA All-Star Game
- *Eurobasket: None
- Women
- *Eurobasket Women: None
College
- Men
- *NCAA
- **Division I: Arkansas 76, Duke 72
- **NIT: Villanova University def. Vanderbilt University
- **Division II: California State University-Bakersfield 92, University of Southern Indiana 86
- **Division III: Lebanon Valley College 66, 59 New York University OT
- *NAIA
- **Division I Oklahoma City University 86, Georgetown College KY 80
- **Division II Eureka College IL 98, Northern State University SD 95 OT
- *NJCAA
- **Division I Hutchinson Community College 78, Three Rivers Community College 74
- **Division II Joliet Junior College IL 85, Owens Technical College OH 80
- **Division III Gloucester County College 71, Sullivan County CC 69
- Women
- *NCAA
- **Division I: North Carolina 60, Louisiana Tech University 59
- **Division II: North Dakota State 89, Cal State San Bernardino 56
- **Division III: Capital 82, Washington (Mo.) 63
- *NAIA
- **Division I: Southern Nazarene 97, David Lipscomb 74
- **Division II Northern State University 48, Western Oregon 45
- *NJCAA
- **Division I Trinity Valley CC 104, Westark Community College, Ark. 95
- **Division II Southwestern Michigan College 81, Chattahoochee Valley CC 72
- **Division III Anoka-Ramsey Community College 69, Triton College 62
Awards and honors
Professional
- Men
- *NBA Most Valuable Player Award: Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets
- *NBA Rookie of the Year Award: Chris Webber Golden State Warriors
- *NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets
- *NBA Coach of the Year Award: Lenny Wilkens, Atlanta Hawks
Collegiate
- Naismith College Player of the Year
- * Men: Glenn Robinson, Purdue
- * Women: Lisa Leslie, USC
- Naismith College Coach of the Year
- * Men: Nolan Richardson Arkansas
- * Women: Pat Summitt Tennessee
[Naismith Memorial [Basketball Hall of Fame]]
- Class of 1994:
- *Carol Blazejowski
- *Denny Crum
- *Chuck Daly
- *Buddy Jeannette
- *Cesare Rubini
Movies
Births
- March 6 — Awa Sissoko, French basketball player
Deaths
- March 13 — Sam Ranzino, All-American at NC State
- May 3 — Vladimir Kostin, FIBA Hall of Fame Russian referee
- June 25 — Katrín Axelsdóttir, Icelandic national team player
- July 10 — Earl Strom, Hall of Fame NBA and ABA referee
- September 3 — Glen Rose, American college player and coach
- November 11 — Frank McGuire, Hall of Fame coach of the undefeated 1957 National Champion North Carolina Tar Heels
- November 20 — Jānis Krūmiņš, Latvian Olympic Silver medalist