2000 in basketball

Championships

2000 Olympics">Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics">2000 Olympics

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Professional

Men
*2000 NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers over the Indiana Pacers 4-2. MVP: Shaquille O'Neal
**1999–2000 NBA season, 2000 NBA Playoffs, 2000 NBA draft, 2000 NBA All-Star Game
Women
*WNBA Finals: Houston Comets over the New York Liberty 2-0. MVP: Cynthia Cooper
**2000 WNBA season, 2000 WNBA Playoffs, 2000 WNBA draft, 2000 WNBA All-Star Game

College

Men
*NCAA Division I: Michigan State University 89, University of Florida 76
*National Invitation Tournament: Wake Forest University 71, University of Notre Dame 61
*NCAA Division II: Metropolitan State College of Denver 97, Kentucky Wesleyan College 79
*NCAA Division III: Catholic 76, William Paterson College 62
*NAIA Division I: Life University 61, Georgetown College 59
*NAIA Division II: Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University 75, University of the Ozarks 63
*NJCAA Division I: Southeastern C.C., W. Burlington, Iowa 84, Calhoun C.C., Decatur, Alabama 70
Women
*NCAA Division I: University of Connecticut 71, University of Tennessee 52
*NCAA Division II: Northern Kentucky 71, North Dakota State University 62
*NCAA Division III Washington 77, University of Southern Maine 33
*NAIA Division I: Oklahoma City University 64, Simon Fraser 55
*NAIA Division II University of Mary 59, Northwestern 49

Awards and honors

Professional

Collegiate

Combined
*Legends of Coaching Award: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke
Men
*John R. Wooden Award: Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati
*Naismith College Coach of the Year: Mike Montgomery, Stanford
*Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Scoonie Penn, Ohio State
*Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati
*NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Shane Battier, Duke
*USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Jason Gardner, Arizona
*Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Larry Eustachy, Iowa State
*Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Bill Wall
Women
*Naismith College Player of the Year: Tamika Catchings, Tennessee
*Naismith College Coach of the Year: Geno Auriemma, Connecticut
*Wade Trophy: Edwina Brown, Texas
*Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Helen Darling, Penn State
*Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Tamika Catchings, Tennessee
*NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Shea Ralph, UConn
*Carol Eckman Award: Kathy Delaney-Smith, Harvard University
*Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Geno Auriemma, Connecticut
*Nancy Lieberman Award: Sue Bird, Connecticut
*Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Harley Redin

[Naismith Memorial [Basketball Hall of Fame]]

[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]

Events

The Gary Steelheads joins the CBA
January: Mark Cuban becomes owner of the Dallas Mavericks
November 17: For the Phoenix Suns against the New York Knicks, Jason Kidd is debited with an NBA-record 14 turnovers in one game

Movies

Deaths

January 4 — Al Schrecker, American NBL player
January 12 — Bobby Phills, Cleveland Cavaliers and Charlotte Hornets guard
January 16 — Örlygur Aron Sturluson, Icelandic basketball player
February 21 — Antonio Díaz-Miguel, Hall of Fame Spanish coach
February 24 — Bernard Opper, All-American college player, NBL and original ABL player
March 7 — Darrell Floyd, American college basketball player and national scoring champion
March 8 — Joe Mullaney, American college coach
March 12 — Aleksandar Nikolić, Hall of Fame Serbian coach
April 6 — Stan Watts, Hall of Fame college coach at Brigham Young University
April 9 — Jack Gardner, Hall of Fame college coach at Kansas State and Utah
May 5 — Bill Musselman, ABA, NBA and college coach. The first head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves franchise
May 9 — John Nucatola, Hall of Fame college and professional referee
May 20 — Malik Sealy, Minnesota Timberwolves guard
June 9 — John "Brooms" Abramovic, First college player to score 2000+ points and early professional
June 16 — Mike Silliman, American NBA player and Olympic gold medalist
June 28 — Haskell Cohen, former NBA public relations director and creator of Parade High School All-America teams
July 7 — Denny Price, 62, American AAU player and college coach.
July 10 — Conrad McRae, Syracuse forward who played in Europe
August 25 — Leo Barnhorst, Two-time NBA All-Star with the Indianapolis Olympians
September 13 — Duane Swanson, American Olympic gold medalist
October 6 — John Keller, American Olympic gold medalist
October 7 — Ed Beisser, American college All-American and AAU player
December 15 — Haris Brkić, Serbian player
December 31 — Wayne Glasgow, American Olympic gold medalist