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1976 in basketball 
Summary
The following are the basketball events of the year 1976 throughout the world.
Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.
1976 Olympics edit
- Men:
- Women:
The United States men's team won its eighth Gold medal in nine competitions. This was the first time that Women's basketball was played at the Summer Olympics.[1]
International tournaments edit
Men's tournaments edit
- Winner: Mobilgirgi Varèse
- Runners-up: Real Madrid
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Real Madrid
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 462 | 381 | 10 |
| 2. |  Mobilgirgi Varèse
|
5 | 4 | 1 | 406 | 335 | 9 |
| 3. |  Obras Sanitarias
|
5 | 3 | 2 | 428 | 373 | 8 |
| 4. |  EC Amazonas Franca
|
5 | 2 | 3 | 382 | 355 | 7 |
| 5. |  Missouri Tigers
|
5 | 1 | 4 | 380 | 401 | 6 |
| 6. |  ASFA
|
5 | 0 | 5 | 241 | 454 | 5 |
Women's tournaments edit
- Winner: Sparta Prague
College tournaments edit
- Men
- 1976 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament
- Winner: University of Puget Sound
- 1976 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
- Final Four
| National semifinals | National Championship Game | ||||||||
| E | Rutgers | 70 | |||||||
| MW | Michigan | 86 | |||||||
| MW | Michigan | 68 | |||||||
| ME | Indiana | 86 | |||||||
| ME | Indiana | 65 | |||||||
| W | UCLA | 51 | National third-place game | ||||||
| W | UCLA | 106 | |||||||
| E | Rutgers | 92 | |||||||
- 1976 National Invitation Tournament
- Winner: Kentucky
- 1976 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
- Winner: Coppin State
- Women
ABA edit
- Most Valuable Player: Julius Erving, New York Nets
- Rookie of the Year: David Thompson, Denver Nuggets
- Coach of the Year: Larry Brown, Denver Nuggets
- ABA All-Star Game MVP: Julius Erving
- see also:1976 ABA All-Star Game
- ABA Finals Most Valuable Player Award: Julius Erving
- see also:1976 ABA Playoffs
NAIA edit
NBA edit
- NBA draft
- Most Valuable Player: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers
- Rookie of the Year: Alvan Adams, Phoenix Suns
- Coach of the Year: Bill Fitch, Cleveland Cavaliers
- NBA All-Star Game MVP:Dave Bing
- see also:1976 NBA All-Star Game
- NBA Champion:Boston Celtics
- NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award:Jo Jo White
- see also:1976 NBA Playoffs, 1976 NBA Finals
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame edit
- Class of 1976:[2]
Deaths edit
- March 21 - Joe Fulks, American NBA Hall of Fame player (born 1921)
- June 8 — Bob Feerick, American NBA player and coach (born 1920)
- October 27 — Jerry Bush, American college coach (Toledo, Nebraska) (born 1914)
Births edit
- April 25 - Tim Duncan, American NBA player and a Hall of Famer
- May 19 - Kevin Garnett, American NBA player and a Hall of Famer
- June 12 - Antawn Jamison, American NBA player
- September 25 - Chauncey Billups, American NBA player
References edit
- ^ Official Olympic Report Archived 2006-06-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.
External links edit
- 1976 Intercontinental Cup William Jones