# 1995 in basketball

The following are the basketball events of the year 1995 throughout the world.

## National team tournaments
### FIBA World Under-19 Championship

* Greece
* Australia
* Spain

### Summer Universade
#### Men

* United States
* Japan
* Canada

#### Women

* Italy
* United States
* Russia

### European Youth Summer Olympic Days

* 1995 European Youth Summer Olympic Days in the United Kingdom:
    Greece
    Spain
    Croatia

## Professional club seasons

* Men
** 1995 NBA Finals: Houston Rockets over the Orlando Magic 4-0. MVP: Hakeem Olajuwon
*** 1995 NBA Playoffs
*** 1994–95 NBA season
*** 1995 NBA draft
*** 1995 NBA All-Star Game

### College

* Men
** NCAA
*** Division I: UCLA 89, Arkansas 79
*** NIT: Virginia Tech def. Marquette University
*** Division II: University of Southern Indiana 71, UC Riverside 63
*** Division III: Wis.-Platteville 69, Manchester 55
** NAIA
*** Division I Birmingham-Southern College AL 92, Pfeiffer University NC 76
*** Division II Albertson (Idaho) 81, Whitworth (Wash.) 72 OT
** NJCAA
*** Division I Sullivan College, Louisville, KY 103, Allegany CC, Cumberland, MD 98 O/T
*** Division II Penn Valley CC, Mo. 93, Kishwukee CC, Ill. 88
*** Division III Sullivan County CC 74, Gloucester County College 63
* Women
** NCAA
*** Division I: University of Tennessee 83, University of Georgia 65
*** Division II: North Dakota State 104, Shippensburg 78
*** Division III: Wis.-Oshkosh 66 Mount Union 50
** NAIA
*** Division I: Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 80, Southeastern Oklahoma State University 79
*** Division II Western Oregon 80, Huron (S.D.) 77
** NJCAA
*** Division I Trinity Valley CC 69, Independence CC 55
*** Division II Lansing CC 74, Kankakee CC 68
*** Division III Central Lakes College-Brainerd 71, Monroe CC 57

## Awards and honors
### Professional

* Men
** NBA Most Valuable Player Award: David Robinson, San Antonio Spurs
** NBA Rookie of the Year Award: Grant Hill, Detroit Pistons ; Jason Kidd, Dallas Mavericks (tie)
** NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Dikembe Mutombo, Denver Nuggets
** NBA Coach of the Year Award: Del Harris, Los Angeles Lakers

### Collegiate

* Men
** John R. Wooden Award: Ed O'Bannon, UCLA
** Naismith College Coach of the Year: Jim Harrick, UCLA
** Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Tyus Edney, UCLA
** Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Joe Smith, Maryland
** NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Tony Delk, Kentucky
** Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Kelvin Sampson, Oklahoma
** Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Victor Bubas
* Women
** Naismith College Player of the Year: Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut
** Naismith College Coach of the Year: Geno Auriemma, Connecticut
** Wade Trophy: Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut
** Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Amy Dodrill, Johns Hopkins
** Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut
** NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Rebecca Lobo, UConn
** Basketball Academic All-America Team: Rebecca Lobo, UConn
** Carol Eckman Award: Ceal Barry, Colorado
** Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Geno Auriemma, Connecticut

### Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

* Class of 1995:
** Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
** Anne Donovan
** John Kundla
** Vern Mikkelsen
** Cheryl Miller
** George Yardley

## Movies

* The Basketball Diaries
* Slam Dunk Ernest

## Births

* February 25 — Mario Hezonja, Croatian professional basketball player for Orlando Magic

## Deaths

* January 7 — Art Stoefen, American NBL player (born 1914)
* January 18 — Cliff Fagan, former president of the Basketball Hall of Fame (born 1911)
* February 12 — Nat Holman, Hall of Fame player for the Original Celtics and coach of the 1950 NCAA and NIT champion CCNY Beavers (born 1896)
* February 20 — Margaret Wade, women's player and coach at Delta State University (born 1912)
* March 16 — Art Mollner, member of 1936 US Olympic championship team (born 1912)
* April 4 — Joe Richey, All-American at BYU (born 1931)
* April 13 — Mal McMullen, American NBA player (Indianapolis Olympians) (born 1927)
* April 17 — Jay McCreary, American college coach (LSU) (born 1918)
* April 28 — Walter Devlin, American NBA player (Fort Wayne Pistons, Minneapolis Lakers) (born 1931)
* May 25 — Krešimir Ćosić, Hall of Fame Croatian player. First foreign player to earn collegiate All-American status while at Brigham Young University (born 1911)
* June 12 — Pierre Russell, American ABA player (Kentucky Colonels) (born 1949)
* July 21 — Tarzan Woltzen, American NBL player (born 1905)
* July 23 — Chuck Hanger, America AAU player (born 1924)
* August 21 — Hal Cihlar, American NBL player (born 1914)
* August 25 — John Mills, American BAA player (Pittsburgh Ironmen) (born 1919)
* November 3 — Cookie Cunningham, American college coach (Washington and Lee, North Dakota) (born 1905)
* December 12 — Jack Friel, American college coach (Washington State) (born 1898)