1995 in basketball

National team tournaments

FIBA World Under-19 Championship

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Summer Universade

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Women

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Eurobasket

Men

Women

EuroBasket Women 1995 in the Czech Republic:
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European Youth Summer Olympic Days

1995 European Youth Summer Olympic Days in the United Kingdom:
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Professional club seasons

Men
*1995 NBA Finals: Houston Rockets over the Orlando Magic 4-0. MVP: Hakeem Olajuwon
** 1995 NBA Playoffs
**1994–95 NBA season
**1995 NBA draft
**1995 NBA All-Star Game

College

Men
*NCAA
**Division I: UCLA 89, Arkansas 79
**NIT: Virginia Tech def. Marquette University
**Division II: University of Southern Indiana 71, UC Riverside 63
**Division III: Wis.-Platteville 69, Manchester 55
*NAIA
**Division I Birmingham-Southern College AL 92, Pfeiffer University NC 76
**Division II Albertson (Idaho) 81, Whitworth (Wash.) 72 OT
*NJCAA
**Division I Sullivan College, Louisville, KY 103, Allegany CC, Cumberland, MD 98 O/T
**Division II Penn Valley CC, Mo. 93, Kishwukee CC, Ill. 88
**Division III Sullivan County CC 74, Gloucester County College 63
Women
*NCAA
**Division I: University of Tennessee 83, University of Georgia 65
**Division II: North Dakota State 104, Shippensburg 78
**Division III: Wis.-Oshkosh 66 Mount Union 50
*NAIA
**Division I: Southern Nazarene 80, Southeastern Oklahoma State University 79
**Division II Western Oregon 80, Huron 77
*NJCAA
**Division I Trinity Valley CC 69, Independence CC 55
**Division II Lansing CC 74, Kankakee CC 68
**Division III Central Lakes College-Brainerd 71, Monroe CC 57

Awards and honors

Professional

Collegiate

Men
*John R. Wooden Award: Ed O'Bannon, UCLA
*Naismith College Coach of the Year: Jim Harrick, UCLA
*Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Tyus Edney, UCLA
*Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Joe Smith, Maryland
*NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Tony Delk, Kentucky
*Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Kelvin Sampson, Oklahoma
*Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Victor Bubas
Women
*Naismith College Player of the Year: Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut
*Naismith College Coach of the Year: Geno Auriemma, Connecticut
*Wade Trophy: Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut
*Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Amy Dodrill, Johns Hopkins
*Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut
*NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Rebecca Lobo, UConn
*Basketball Academic All-America Team: Rebecca Lobo, UConn
*Carol Eckman Award: Ceal Barry, Colorado
*Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Geno Auriemma, Connecticut

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Movies

Births

February 25 — Mario Hezonja, Croatian professional basketball player for Orlando Magic

Deaths

January 7 — Art Stoefen, American NBL player
January 18 — Cliff Fagan, former president of the Basketball Hall of Fame
February 12 — Nat Holman, Hall of Fame player for the Original Celtics and coach of the 1950 NCAA and NIT champion CCNY Beavers
February 20 — Margaret Wade, women's player and coach at Delta State University
March 16 — Art Mollner, member of 1936 US Olympic championship team
April 4 — Joe Richey, All-American at BYU
April 13 — Mal McMullen, American NBA player
April 17 — Jay McCreary, American college coach
April 28 — Walter Devlin, American NBA player
May 25 — Krešimir Ćosić, Hall of Fame Croatian player. First foreign player to earn collegiate All-American status while at Brigham Young University
June 12 — Pierre Russell, American ABA player
July 21 — Tarzan Woltzen, American NBL player
July 23 — Chuck Hanger, America AAU player
August 21 — Hal Cihlar, American NBL player
August 25 — John Mills, American BAA player
November 3 — Cookie Cunningham, American college coach
December 12 — Jack Friel, American college coach