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1996 in basketball
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The following are the
basketball
events of the year
1996
throughout the world.
Contents
Championships
1996 Olympics
Professional
College
Awards and honors
Professional 2
Collegiate
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Events
Movies
Deaths
See also
References
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See also
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Championships
1996 Olympics
Men
:
United States of America
96,
Yugoslavia
69
Women
:
United States of America
111,
Australia
87
Professional
Men
1996 NBA Finals
:
Chicago Bulls
over the
Seattle SuperSonics
4-2. MVP:
Michael Jordan
1996 NBA Playoffs
1995-96 NBA season
1996 NBA draft
1996 NBA All-Star Game
Eurobasket
: None.
Women
Eurobasket Women
: None
College
Men
NCAA
Division I
:
Kentucky
76,
Syracuse
67
NIT
:
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
def.
St. Joseph's University
Division II
:
Fort Hays State University
70,
Northern Kentucky University
63
Division III
:
Rowan University
100,
Hope College
93
NAIA
Division I
Oklahoma City University
86,
Georgetown (Ky.)
80
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
[
1
]
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
:
Michael Jordan
NBA Rookie of the Year Award
:
Damon Stoudamire
,
Toronto Raptors
NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
:
Gary Payton
,
Seattle SuperSonics
NBA Coach of the Year Award
:
Phil Jackson
,
Chicago Bulls
Collegiate
Men
John R. Wooden Award
:
Marcus Camby
,
Massachusetts
Naismith College Coach of the Year
:
John Calipari
,
Massachusetts
Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
:
Eddie Benton
,
Vermont
Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year
:
Marcus Camby
,
UMass
NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player
:
Miles Simon
,
Arizona
Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year
:
Gene Keady
,
Purdue
Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball
:
Boris Stankovic
Women
Naismith College Player of the Year
:
Saudia Roundtree
,
Georgia
Naismith College Coach of the Year
:
Andy Landers
,
Georgia
Wade Trophy
:
Jennifer Rizzotti
,
Connecticut
Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
:
Jennifer Rizzotti
,
Connecticut
Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year
:
Jennifer Rizzotti
,
Connecticut
NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player
:
Michelle M. Marciniak
,
Tennessee
Basketball Academic All-America Team
:
Jennifer Rizzotti
,
UConn
Basketball Academic All-America Team
:
Katie Smith
,
Ohio State
Basketball Academic All-America Team
:
Tricia Wakely
,
Drake
Carol Eckman Award
:
Joann Rutherford
,
Missouri
Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year
:
Angie Lee
,
Iowa
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Class of 1996:
[
2
]
Krešimir Ćosić
George Gervin
Gail Goodrich
Nancy Lieberman
David Thompson
George Yardley
Events
The
WNBA
formed.
Movies
Celtic Pride
Space Jam
Sunset Park (film)
Deaths
January 13 —
Dean Kelley
, American national college champion at
Kansas
(
1952
), Olympic gold medalist (
1952
) (born 1931)
May 18 —
Chet Forte
, All-American college player (
Columbia
) (born 1935)
June 14 —
Jack Ragland
, American Olympic gold medalist (
1936
) (born 1913)
July 16 —
Harold E. Foster
, Hall of Fame player and
Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
head coach (born 1906)
July 29 —
Lauren "Laddie" Gale
, Hall of Fame player for the
Oregon Ducks men's basketball
and early professional (born 1917)
August 10 —
Derek Smith
, American NBA player (born 1961)
September 25 —
Red Mihalik
, Hall of Fame NBA, NCAA and Olympic referee (born 1916)
See also
Timeline of women's basketball
References
↑
"NJCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK"
(PDF)
.
NJCAA
. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 2014-10-14
. Retrieved
10 Oct
2014
.
↑
"Hall of Famers"
.
Basketball Hall of Fame
. Retrieved
12 Oct
2014
.
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