2001_in_basketball Knowpia

The following are the basketball events of the year 2001 throughout the world.

Championships edit

Professional edit

Men
- 2001 NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers over the Philadelphia 76ers 4-1. MVP: Shaquille O'Neal
  - 2000–01 NBA season, 2001 NBA Playoffs, 2001 NBA draft, 2001 NBA All-Star Game
- Eurobasket: Yugoslavia 78, Turkey 69
Women
- WNBA Finals: Los Angeles Sparks over the Charlotte Sting 2-0. MVP: Lisa Leslie
  - 2001 WNBA season, 2001 WNBA Playoffs, 2001 WNBA draft, 2001 WNBA All-Star Game
- Eurobasket Women: France def. Russia

College edit

Men
- NCAA Division I: Duke University 82, Arizona 72
- National Invitation Tournament: University of Tulsa 79, University of Alabama 60
- NCAA Division II: Kentucky Wesleyan College 72, Washburn University 63
- NCAA Division III: Catholic 76, William Paterson College 62
- NAIA Division I: Faulkner University 63, Oklahoma Science & Arts 59
- NAIA Division II: Northwestern (Iowa) 82, MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.) 78
Women
- NCAA Division I: University of Notre Dame 68, Purdue University 66
- NCAA Division II: Cal Poly Pomona 87, North Dakota State University 80 (OT)
- NCAA Division III Washington (Mo.) 67, Messiah College 45
- NAIA Division I: Oklahoma City University 69, Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) 52
- NAIA Division II Hastings College (Neb.) 73, Cornerstone University (Mich.) 69

Awards and honors edit

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame edit

Class of 2001^[2]

Events edit

Movies edit

Pistol Pete: The Life and Times of Pete Maravich

Deaths edit

January 7 — Ken Durrett, American NBA player and All-American at La Salle University (born 1948)
January 17 — Garland O'Shields, American NBA player (Chicago Stags, Syracuse Nationals) (born 1921)
January 26 — Al McGuire, Hall of Fame coach at Marquette and famed college basketball announcer (born 1928)
February 3 — Bobby Colburn, American NBL player for the Dayton Metropolitans (born 1911)
February 19 — Guy Rodgers, Hall of Fame player for the Philadelphia and San Francisco Warriors (born 1935)
February 20 — Harry Boykoff, former St. John's and early NBA player (born 1922)
April 25 — Clovis Stark, American NBL for the Dayton Metropolitans (born 1914)
April 29 — Andy Phillip, Hall of Fame NBA player (born 1922)
May 15 — Ralph Miller, Hall of Fame college coach at Wichita State, Iowa and Oregon State (born 1919)
June 26 — George Senesky, NBA player and coach for the Philadelphia Warriors (born 1922)
August 1 — Dwight Eddleman, All-American at Illinois and two-time NBA All-Star (born 1922)
September 5 — Cawood Ledford, American radio announcer (Kentucky Wildcats) (born 1926)
September 14 — George Ireland, coach of the 1963 NCAA national champion Loyola Ramblers (born 1913)
October 13 — B. L. Graham, All-American college player and head coach (Ole Miss Rebels) (born 1914)
October 20 — Nebojša Popović, Serbian player, coach and administrator and FIBA Hall of Fame member (born 1923)
November 18 — Renato Righetto, Brazilian referee and FIBA Hall of Fame member (born 1921)
November 23 — Gus Broberg, two-time All-American forward at Dartmouth College (born 1920)
November 28 — Bob Cope, American college coach (Montana) (born 1928)
December 8 — Mirza Delibašić, FIBA Hall of Fame player from Bosnia and 1980 Olympic Gold Medalist (born 1954)
December 10 — Gus Doerner, American NBL player (Fort Wayne Pistons, Indianapolis Kautskys) (born 1922)
December 13 – Larry Costello, American All-Star NBA player (Philadelphia 76ers) (born 1931)

References edit

^ "Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.
^ "Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2001". Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.