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1995 in basketball

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

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Professional

  • 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
  • Eurobasket: Yugoslavia 96, Lithuania 90
  • Women
  • Eurobasket Women: Ukraine def. Italy

    • 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

    • 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

    • Movies

  • The Basketball Diaries
  • Slam Dunk Ernest

    • Deaths

  • January 7 — Art Stoefen, American NBL player (born 1914)
  • January 18 — Clifford 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)

    • References

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