2006 in basketball

Championships

International

• 2006 FIBA World Championship:
  • Gold medal: Spain Spain
  • Silver medal: Greece Greece
  • Bronze medal: USA USA
  • MVP: Spain Pau Gasol, Spain
  • All-tournament team:
    • Spain Pau Gasol
    • USA Carmelo Anthony (USA)
    • Spain Jorge Garbajosa (Spain)
    • Argentina Manu Ginóbili (Argentina)
    • Greece Theodoros Papaloukas (Greece)
• 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women

• Gold medal: Australia Australia
• Silver medal: Russia Russia
• Bronze medal: USA USA
• MVP: Australia Penny Taylor, Australia
• Basketball at the 2006 Asian Games
  • Men's tournament:
    • Gold medal: China China
    • Silver medal: Qatar Qatar
    • Bronze medal: Iran Iran
  • Women's tournament:
    • Gold medal: China China
    • Silver medal: Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei
    • Bronze medal: Japan Japan

Professional

Men

• USACanada NBA season and playoffs:
  • 2006 NBA Finals: Miami Heat 4, Dallas Mavericks 2. MVP: Dwyane Wade
    • 2006 NBA draft
    • 2006 NBA All-Star Game
• EuroLeague (Europe-wide):
  • CSKA Moscow defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 73–69 in the final
• Croatia Croatian League:
  • Cibona defeated Zadar 2–1 in the best-of-three finals
• France French League:
  • Le Mans defeated Nancy 93–88 in the one-off final
• Germany German Bundesliga:
  • RheinEnergie Köln defeated Alba Berlin 3–1 in the best-of-five finals
• Greece Greek League:
  • Panathinaikos defeated Olympiakos 3–0 in the best-of-five finals
• IRI Iranian Super League, 2005–06 season:
  • Saba Battery defeat Petrochimi 3–0 in the best-of-five final.
• Israel Israel Premier League:
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel Jerusalem 96–66 in the one-off final (the first such final in Israel history)
• Italy Italian Serie A:
  • Benetton Treviso defeated Climamio Bologna 3–1 in the best-of-five finals
• Lithuania Lithuanian LKL:
  • Lietuvos Rytas defeated Žalgiris 4–0 in the best-of-seven finals
• Philippines Philippine Basketball Association 2005–06 season:
  • Red Bull Barako over the Purefoods Chunkee Giants 4–2 in the Fiesta Conference Finals. Finals MVP: Lordy Tugade
  • Purefoods Chunkee Giants over Red Bull Barako 4–2 in the Philippine Cup Finals. Finals MVP: Marc Pingris
• Poland Polish League:
  • Prokom Trefl Sopot over Anwil Włocławek 4–1 in the best-of-seven finals
• Russia Russian Super League:
  • CSKA Moscow over Khimki 3–0 in the best-of-five finals
• Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro Super League:
  • Partizan over Red Star 3–0 in the best-of-five finals
• Spain Spanish ACB:
  • Unicaja Málaga over TAU Cerámica 3–0 in the best-of-five finals
    • 2005–06 season, 2005–06 playoffs
• Turkey Turkish Basketball League:
  • Ülkerspor over Efes Pilsen 4–0 in the best-of-seven finals. Only three matches were actually played; under Turkish rules, Ülker was granted a 1–0 lead by virtue of its regular-season sweep of Efes.
• United Kingdom British Basketball League:
  • Newcastle Eagles defeated Scottish Rocks 83–68 in the one-off final
• Bosnia and HerzegovinaCroatiaSloveniaSerbiaMontenegroMacedonia Adriatic League:
  • FMP defeated Partizan 73–72 in the one-off final

Women

• USA 2006 WNBA Finals: Detroit Shock 3, Sacramento Monarchs 2
  • 2006 WNBA season
  • 2006 WNBA Playoffs
  • 2006 WNBA draft
  • 2006 WNBA All-Star Game
  • MVP: Deanna Nolan, Detroit

College

• Men
  • USA NCAA
    • Division I: Florida 73, UCLA 57
    • National Invitation Tournament: South Carolina 76, Michigan 64
    • Division II: Winona State 73, Virginia Union 61
    • Division III: Virginia Wesleyan 59, Wittenberg 56
  • USA NAIA
    • NAIA Division I: Texas Wesleyan 67, Oklahoma City 65
    • NAIA Division II: College of the Ozarks (Mo.) 74, Huntington (Ind.) 56
  • USA NJCAA
    • Division I: Arkansas-Ft. Smith 68, Tallahassee CC (FL) 59
    • Division II: Cecil CC 9 (MD) 64, Kirkwood CC (IA) 63
    • Division III: North Lake College (TX) 78, Gloucester County College (N.J.) 65
  • PHL UAAP Men's: University of Santo Tomas over Ateneo de Manila University, 2 games to 1
  • PHL NCAA (Philippines) Seniors': San Beda College over Philippine Christian University, 2 games to 1

• Women
  • USA NCAA
    • Division I: Maryland 78, Duke 75 OT
    • WNIT: Kansas State 77, Marquette 65
    • Division II: Grand Valley State 58, American International 52
    • Division III Hope 69, Southern Maine 56
  • USA NAIA
    • NAIA Division I: Union (TN) 79, Lubbock Christian (TX) 62
    • NAIA Division II Hastings (Neb.) 58, College of the Ozarks (Mo.) 39
  • USA NJCAA
    • Division I: Monroe CC (Rochester, New York) 76, Odessa College (TX) 64
    • Division II: Illinois Central College 71, Kirkwood CC (IA) 54
    • Division III: Monroe College (Bronx, New York) 100, Mohawk Valley CC (NY) 70
  • PHL UAAP Women's: University of Santo Tomas over Far Eastern University, 2 games to 1

Prep

• USA USA Today Boys Basketball Ranking #1: Lawrence North High School, Indianapolis, Indiana
• USA USA Today Girls Basketball Ranking #1: Christ the King, Queens, New York
• PHL NCAA (Philippines) Juniors: San Sebastian Recoletos High School over Philippine Christian University Union High School, 2 games to 0
• PHL UAAP Juniors: Ateneo de Manila High School over Far Eastern University-Nicanor Reyes Educational Foundation, 2 games to 1

Awards and honors

[[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]]

• Class of 2006:
  • Geno Auriemma
  • Charles Barkley
  • Joe Dumars
  • Alessandro "Sandro" Gamba
  • Dave Gavitt
  • Jacques Dominique Wilkins

[[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]]

• Class of 2006
  • Geno Auriemma
  • Maria Paula Gonçalves da Silva
  • Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil
  • Janice Lawrence Braxton
  • Katrina McClain Johnson
  • Barbara Stevens

Professional

• Men
  • NBA Most Valuable Player Award: Steve Nash
  • NBA Rookie of the Year Award: Chris Paul
  • NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Ben Wallace
  • NBA Coach of the Year Award: Avery Johnson
  • FIBA Europe Player of the Year Award: Theodoros Papaloukas, CSKA Moscow and
  • Euroscar Award: Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks and
  • Mr. Europa: Jorge Garbajosa, Toronto Raptors and (also Unicaja Málaga)
• Women
  • WNBA Most Valuable Player Award: Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks
  • WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Tamika Catchings, Indiana Fever
  • WNBA Rookie of the Year Award: Seimone Augustus, Minnesota Lynx
  • WNBA Most Improved Player Award: Erin Buescher, Sacramento Monarchs
  • Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award: Dawn Staley, Houston Comets
  • WNBA Coach of the Year Award: Mike Thibault, Connecticut Sun
  • WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award: Deanna Nolan, Detroit Shock
  • FIBA Europe Player of the Year Award: Maria Stepanova, RUS CSKA Samara and

Collegiate

• Combined
  • Legends of Coaching Award: Jim Boeheim, Syracuse
• Men
  • John R. Wooden Award: J. J. Redick, Duke
  • Naismith College Coach of the Year: Jay Wright, Villanova
  • Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Dee Brown, Illinois
  • Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: J. J. Redick, Duke
  • NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Corey Brewer, Florida
  • USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
  • Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Roy Williams (coach), North Carolina
  • Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Jerry Colangelo
• Women
  • John R. Wooden Award: Seimone Augustus, LSU
  • Naismith College Player of the Year: Seimone Augustus, LSU
  • Naismith College Coach of the Year: Sylvia Hatchell, North Carolina
  • Wade Trophy: Seimone Augustus, LSU
  • Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Megan Duffy, Notre Dame
  • Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Seimone Augustus, LSU
  • NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Laura Harper, Maryland
  • Basketball Academic All-America Team: Lindsay Shearer, Kent State
  • Carol Eckman Award: Gail Goestenkors, Duke
  • USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Courtney Paris, Oklahoma
  • Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Sylvia Hatchell, North Carolina
  • List of Senior CLASS Award women's basketball winners: Seimone Augustus, LSU
  • Nancy Lieberman Award: Ivory Latta, North Carolina
  • Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Val Ackerman

Events

• December 13- after a few months in use and complaints from players, the NBA announces it will disuse the new synthetic ball in favor of the classic leather one.
• December 16- a brawl erupted at the Madison Square Garden game between the New York Knicks and the Denver Nuggets.

Movies

• Church Ball
• Crossover (film)
• The Heart of the Game
• Glory Road (film)
• Like Mike 2: Streetball

Deaths

• February 11 — Harry Vines, American wheelchair basketball coach (born 1938)
• March 17 — Ray Meyer, American Hall of Fame coach of the DePaul University men's team (born 1913)
• April 6 — Maggie Dixon, women's coach at Army (born 1977)
• April 6 — Price Brookfield, American NBA player (born 1920)
• April 19 — Gene Rosenthal, American NBL player (Pittsburgh Pirates) (born 1914)
• May 6 — Bob Dro, national champion at Indiana and Indianapolis Kautskys player (born 1918)
• May 9 — Grady Wallace, All-American and national scoring champion at South Carolina
• May 18 — Irving Meretsky, Canadian Olympic silver medalist (1936) (born 1912)
• July 3 — Dick Dickey, NBA player and All-American at NC State (born 1926)
• July 4 — Bobby Joe Mason, Harlem Globetrotters player and college All-American at Bradley (born 1936)
• July 21 — Alexander Petrenko, Russian player (BC Khimki) (born 1976)
• August 18 — Dick Hickox, American college All-American (Miami Hurricanes) (born 1938)
• September 7 — Ozell Jones, American NBA player (San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Clippers) (born 1960)
• October 5 — Cleveland Buckner, American NBA player (New York Knicks) (born 1938)
• October 5 — George King, American NBA player (Syracuse Nationals, Cincinnati Royals) and college coach (West Virginia, Purdue) (born 1928)
• October 25 — Johnny Hoekstra, American NBL player (Kankakee Gallagher Trojans) (born 1917)
• October 28 — Arnold "Red" Auerbach, Hall of Fame coach and president of the Boston Celtics (born 1917)
• November 9 — Mikhail Semyonov, Russian (Soviet) Olympic Silver medalist (1956, 1960) (born 1933)
• November 29 — Gary Alcorn, American NBA player (Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Lakers) (born 1936)
• December 12 — Paul Arizin, Hall of Famer for the Philadelphia Warriors who twice led the NBA in scoring (born 1928)
• December 13 — Lamar Hunt, original ownership partner of the Chicago Bulls (born 1932)
• December 21 — Warren Hair, American NBL player (Kankakee Gallagher Trojans) (born 1918)
• December 29 — Charlie Tyra, All-American college (Louisville) and NBA player (New York Knicks, Chicago Packers) (born 1935)

References

References

1. "NJCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK". NJCAA.
2. "Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame.
3. "Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2006". Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.