2000 in basketball

Championships

[[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 (Ga.) 61, Georgetown College (Ky.) 59
  • NAIA Division II: Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University (Florida) 75, University of the Ozarks (Mo.) 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 (OT)
  • NCAA Division III Washington (Mo.) 77, University of Southern Maine 33
  • NAIA Division I: Oklahoma City University 64, Simon Fraser (BC) 55
  • NAIA Division II University of Mary (N.D.) 59, Northwestern (Iowa) 49

Awards and honors

Professional

• Men
  • NBA Most Valuable Player Award: Shaquille O'Neal
  • NBA Rookie of the Year Award: (tie) Elton Brand & Steve Francis
  • NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Alonzo Mourning
  • NBA Coach of the Year Award: Doc Rivers, Orlando Magic
  • Euroscar Award: Gregor Fučka, Fortitudo Bologna and
  • Mr. Europa: Gregor Fučka, Fortitudo Bologna and Italy
• Women
  • WNBA Most Valuable Player Award: Sheryl Swoopes, Houston Comets
  • WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Sheryl Swoopes, Houston Comets
  • WNBA Rookie of the Year Award: Betty Lennox, Minnesota Lynx
  • WNBA Most Improved Player Award: Tari Phillips, New York Liberty
  • Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award: Suzie McConnell Serio, Cleveland Rockers
  • WNBA Coach of the Year Award: Michael Cooper, Los Angeles Sparks
  • WNBA All-Star Game MVP: Tina Thompson, Houston Comets
  • WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award: Cynthia Cooper, Houston Comets

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]]

• Class of 2000:
  • Daniel "Danny" Biasone
  • Robert A. McAdoo
  • Charles Martin Newton
  • Pat Head Summitt
  • Isiah L. Thomas
  • Morgan B. Wootten

[[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]]

• Class of 2000 :* Alline Banks Sprouse :* Mildred Barnes :* Barbara "Breezy" Bishop :* E. Wayne Cooley :* Nancy Dunkle :* Olga Sukharnova :* Borislav Stankovic :* Fran Garmon
• Dorothy Gaters
• Sue Gunter
• Rita Horky
• Betty Jaynes
• George E. Killian
• Kim Mulkey-Robertson
• Cindy Noble Hauserman
• Lorene Ramsey
• Patricia (Trish) Roberts
• Sue Rojcewicz
• Cathy Rush
• Juliene Brazinski Simpson
• Katherine Washington
• Dean Weese
• Marcy Weston
• Kay Yow

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

• Finding Forrester
• Love & Basketball
• Whatever Happened to Micheal Ray?

Deaths

• January 4 — Al Schrecker, American NBL player (Pittsburgh Raiders) (born 1917)
• January 12 — Bobby Phills, Cleveland Cavaliers and Charlotte Hornets guard (born 1969)
• January 16 — Örlygur Aron Sturluson, Icelandic basketball player (Njarðvík) (born 1981)
• February 21 — Antonio Díaz-Miguel, Hall of Fame Spanish coach (born 1933)
• February 24 — Bernard Opper, All-American college player (Kentucky), NBL and original ABL player (born 1915)
• March 7 — Darrell Floyd, American college basketball player and national scoring champion (Furman)
• March 8 — Joe Mullaney, American college coach (Providence College) (born 1925)
• March 12 — Aleksandar Nikolić, Hall of Fame Serbian coach (born 1924)
• April 6 — Stan Watts, Hall of Fame college coach at Brigham Young University (born 1911)
• April 9 — Jack Gardner, Hall of Fame college coach at Kansas State and Utah (born 1910)
• May 5 — Bill Musselman, ABA, NBA and college coach. The first head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves franchise (born 1940)
• May 9 — John Nucatola, Hall of Fame college and professional referee (born 1907)
• May 20 — Malik Sealy, Minnesota Timberwolves guard (born 1970)
• June 9 — John "Brooms" Abramovic, First college player to score 2000+ points and early professional (born 1919)
• June 16 — Mike Silliman, American NBA player (Buffalo Braves) and Olympic gold medalist (1968) (born 1944)
• June 28 — Haskell Cohen, former NBA public relations director and creator of Parade High School All-America teams (born 1914)
• July 7 — Denny Price, 62, American AAU player (Phillips 66ers) and college coach (Sam Houston State, Phillips).
• July 10 — Conrad McRae, Syracuse forward who played in Europe (born 1971)
• August 25 — Leo Barnhorst, Two-time NBA All-Star with the Indianapolis Olympians (born 1924)
• September 13 — Duane Swanson, American Olympic gold medalist (1936) (born 1913)
• October 6 — John Keller, American Olympic gold medalist (1952) (born 1928)
• October 7 — Ed Beisser, American college All-American (Creighton) and AAU (Phillips 66ers) player (born 1919)
• December 15 — Haris Brkić, Serbian player (Partizan) (born 1974)
• December 31 — Wayne Glasgow, American Olympic gold medalist (1952) (born 1926)

References

References

1. "Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame.
2. "Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2000". Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.
3. [https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/tov_game.html Game record for turnovers]
4. (July 8, 2000). "Price dies of heart attack". [[The Daily Oklahoman]].