# 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)