1970 in basketball
The following are the basketball events of the year 1970 throughout the world.
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The following are the basketball events of the year 1970 throughout the world. Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.
Player awards
[edit]American Basketball Association
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National Basketball Association
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NAIA
[edit]NCAA
[edit]NCAA College Division
[edit]- NCAA College Division basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player
Eastern Professional Basketball League
[edit]ABA
[edit]NBA
[edit]- 1970 NBA draft
- 1970 NBA Finals
- 1970 NBA Playoffs
- 1970 NBA All-Star Game
- 1969–70 NBA season
- 1970–71 NBA season
FIBA
[edit]- 1970 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
- FIBA Africa Championship 1970
- 1969–70 FIBA European Champions Cup
- 1970 FIBA World Championship
- 1970–71 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
NAIA
[edit]NCAA
[edit]- 1970 National Invitation Tournament
- 1970 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
- 1970 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
Women's tournaments
[edit]International Competition
[edit]- Class of 1970:[1]
Deaths
[edit]- January 2 — Edgar Diddle, American college coach (Western Kentucky) (born 1895)
- April 6 — Maurice Stokes, American NBA player (Cincinnati Royals) (born 1933)
- April 29 — Forrest DeBernardi, American Hall of Fame player (born 1899)
- May 27 — Trajko Rajković, Yugoslav professional and Olympic player (born 1937)
- June 4 — Branch McCracken, American Hall of Fame college coach (Indiana Hoosiers) (born 1908)
- August 10 — Joe Lapchick, American Hall of Fame player (Original Celtics) and coach (St. John's, New York Knicks) (born 1900)
Births
[edit]- February 8 - Alonzo Mourning, American NBA player and a Hall of Famer
- May 9 - Doug Christie, American NBA player
- September 3 - George Lynch, American NBA player
- September 8 - Latrell Sprewell, American NBA player
- October 9 - Kenny Anderson, American NBA player
- November 14 - David Wesley, American NBA player
References
[edit]- ^ "Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.