1993 in basketball

The following are the basketball events of the year 1993 throughout the world.

Championships

World Championship

• None*

Professional

• Men
  • 1993 NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls over the Phoenix Suns 4-2.
    • 1993 NBA Playoffs
    • 1992-93 NBA season
    • 1993 NBA draft
    • 1993 NBA All-Star Game
  • Eurobasket: Germany
• Women
  • Eurobasket Women: Spain def. France

College

• Men
  • NCAA
    • Division I: North Carolina 77, Michigan 71
    • NIT: University of Minnesota def. Georgetown University
    • Division II: California State University-Bakersfield 85, Troy State University 72
    • Division III: Ohio Northern University 71, Augustana College (Illinois) 68
  • NAIA
    • Division I Hawaii Pacific University 88, Oklahoma Baptist University 83
    • Division II Willamette University OR 63, Northern State University SD 56
  • NJCAA
    • Division I Pensacola Junior College 79, Butler Community College - Kansas 74
    • Division II Owens Technical College, OH 109, Northeastern Christian Junior College PA 85
    • Division III Onondaga Community College 84, Minneapolis CC MN 78
• Women
  • NCAA
    • Division I: Texas Tech University 84, Ohio State University 74
    • Division II: North Dakota State 95, Delta State University 63
    • Division III: Central College Iowa 71, Capital 63
  • NAIA
    • Division I: Arkansas Tech University 76, Union University TN 75
    • Division II: Montana State University - Northern 71, Northern State University (SD) 68
  • NJCAA
    • Division I Kilgore College 104, Louisburg College 99
    • Division II Illinois Central College 76, Kankakee Community College 71 OT
    • Division III Hudson Valley Community College 51, Quinsigamond Community College 50

Awards and honors

Professional

• Men
  • NBA Most Valuable Player Award: Charles Barkley, Phoenix Suns
  • NBA Rookie of the Year Award: Shaquille O'Neal, Orlando Magic
  • NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets
  • NBA Coach of the Year Award: Pat Riley, New York Knicks

Collegiate

• Men
  • John R. Wooden Award: Calbert Cheaney, Indiana
  • Naismith College Coach of the Year: Dean Smith, North Carolina
  • Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Sam Crawford, New Mexico State
  • Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Calbert Cheaney, Indiana
  • NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Corliss Williamson, Arkansas
  • USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Jason Kidd, California
  • Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Eddie Fogler, Vanderbilt
  • Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Dave Gavitt
• Women
  • Naismith College Player of the Year: Sheryl Swoopes, Texas Tech
  • Naismith College Coach of the Year: C. Vivian Stringer, Iowa
  • Wade Trophy: Karen Jennings, Nebraska
  • Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Dena Evans, Virginia
  • NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Sheryl Swoopes, Texas Tech
  • Carol Eckman Award: C. Vivian Stringer, Iowa

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

• Class of 1993:
  • Walt Bellamy
  • Julius Erving
  • Dan Issel
  • Dick McGuire
  • Ann Meyers
  • Calvin Murphy
  • Uļjana Semjonova
  • Bill Walton

Births

• March 7
  • Özge Kavurmacıoğlu, Turkish basketball player
  • Stefan Popovski-Turanjanin, Serbian basketball player
• May 11 – Maurice Harkless, American-Puerto Rican basketball player
• June 18 – Gianluca Marchetti, Italian professional basketball player

Deaths

• January 3 — Johnny Most, Famed announcer for the Boston Celtics (born 1923)
• January 15 — Henry Iba, Hall of Fame college coach and two-time national champion (Oklahoma A&M) and three-time Olympic coach (born 1904)
• January 18 — Paul Hansen, 64, American college coach (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma State).
• January 19 — Chris Street, Iowa Hawkeyes forward (born 1972)
• January 22 — Jim Pollard, Hall of Fame player for the Minneapolis Lakers (born 1922)
• March 8 — Don Barksdale, College basketball's first African-American consensus All-American (UCLA) (born 1923)
• March 9 — Vanya Voynova, Bulgarian women's player and FIBA Hall of Fame member (born 1934)
• April 11 — Malcolm Wiseman, Canadian Olympic silver medalist (1936) (born 1913)
• April 28 — Jim Valvano, Coach of the 1983 National Champion NC State Wolfpack (born 1946)
• June 3 — Joe Fortenberry, member of 1936 US Olympic champion team (born 1911)
• June 7 — Mike Bloom, All-American college player (Temple), ABL, BAA player (born 1915)
• June 7 — Dražen Petrović, Croatian basketball star of the New Jersey Nets (born 1964)
• June 16 — Arad McCutchan, Hall of Fame coach of the five-time NCAA College Division national champion Evansville Purple Aces (born 1912)
• July 27 — Reggie Lewis, NBA All-Star from the Boston Celtics (born 1965)
• October 17 — Bill Reigel, AAU player and college coach (McNeese State) (born 1932)
• October 21 — Irv Torgoff, College All-American (Long Island), NBL, BAA player (born 1917)
• October 26 — Everett Dean, Hall of Fame coach of the 1942 NCAA Champion Stanford Indians (born 1898)
• November 26 — Tom Scott, American college coach (North Carolina, Davidson) (born 1908)
• November 28 — Robert Hawkins, NBA player (born 1954)
• December 9 — Matt Guokas, Sr., American player (Philadelphia Warriors) and announcer (born 1915)
• December 30 — George Stone, American ABA player (Utah Stars, Carolina Cougars) (born 1946)