2000 in basketball

2000 Olympics

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Women:

Professional

Men

2000 NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers over the Indiana Pacers 4-2. MVP: Shaquille O'Neal

1999–2000 NBA season, 2000 NBA Finals, 2000 NBA Playoffs, 2000 NBA draft

Women

WNBA Finals: Houston Comets over the New York Liberty 2-0. MVP: Cynthia Cooper

College

Men

NCAA Division I: Michigan State University 89, University of Florida 76

National Invitation Tournament: Wake Forest University 71, University of Notre Dame 61

NCAA Division II: Metropolitan State College of Denver 97, Kentucky Wesleyan College 79

NCAA Division III: Catholic 76, William Paterson College 62

NAIA Division I: Life University (Ga.) 61, Georgetown College (Ky.) 59

NAIA Division II: Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University (Florida) 75, University of the Ozarks (Mo.) 63

NJCAA Division I: Southeastern C.C., W. Burlington, Iowa 84, Calhoun C.C., Decatur, Alabama 70

Women

NCAA Division I: University of Connecticut 71, University of Tennessee 52

NCAA Division II: Northern Kentucky 71, North Dakota State University 62 (OT)

NCAA Division III Washington (Mo.) 77, University of Southern Maine 33

NAIA Division I: Oklahoma City University 64, Simon Fraser (BC) 55

NAIA Division II University of Mary (N.D.) 59, Northwestern (Iowa) 49

Professional

Men

NBA Most Valuable Player Award: Shaquille O'Neal

NBA Rookie of the Year Award: (tie) Elton Brand & Steve Francis

NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Alonzo Mourning

NBA Coach of the Year Award: Doc Rivers, Orlando Magic

Euroscar Award: Gregor Fučka, Fortitudo Bologna and  Italy

Mr. Europa: Gregor Fučka, Fortitudo Bologna and Italy

Women

WNBA Most Valuable Player Award: Sheryl Swoopes, Houston Comets

WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Sheryl Swoopes, Houston Comets

WNBA Rookie of the Year Award: Betty Lennox, Minnesota Lynx

WNBA Most Improved Player Award: Tari Phillips, New York Liberty

Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award: Suzie McConnell Serio, Cleveland Rockers

WNBA Coach of the Year Award: Michael Cooper, Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA All-Star Game MVP: Tina Thompson, Houston Comets

WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award: Cynthia Cooper, Houston Comets

Collegiate

Combined

Legends of Coaching Award: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke

Men

John R. Wooden Award: Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati

Naismith College Coach of the Year: Mike Montgomery, Stanford

Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Scoonie Penn, Ohio State

Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati

NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Shane Battier, Duke

USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Jason Gardner, Arizona

Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Larry Eustachy, Iowa State

Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Bill Wall

Women

Naismith College Player of the Year: Tamika Catchings, Tennessee

Naismith College Coach of the Year: Geno Auriemma, Connecticut

Wade Trophy: Edwina Brown, Texas

Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Helen Darling, Penn State

Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Tamika Catchings, Tennessee

NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Shea Ralph, UConn

Carol Eckman Award: Kathy Delaney-Smith, Harvard University

Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Geno Auriemma, Connecticut

Nancy Lieberman Award: Sue Bird, Connecticut

Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Harley Redin

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Class of 2000:

Daniel "Danny" Biasone

Robert A. McAdoo

Charles Martin Newton

Pat Head Summitt

Isiah L. Thomas

Morgan B. Wootten

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Class of 2000

Events

The Gary Steelheads joins the CBA

January: Mark Cuban becomes owner of the Dallas Mavericks

November 17: For the Phoenix Suns against the New York Knicks, Jason Kidd is debited with an NBA-record 14 turnovers in one game

Movies

Finding Forrester

Love & Basketball

Whatever Happened to Micheal Ray?

Deaths

January 4 — Al Schrecker, American NBL player (Pittsburgh Raiders) (born 1917)

January 12 — Bobby Phills, Cleveland Cavaliers and Charlotte Hornets guard (born 1969)

February 21 — Antonio Díaz-Miguel, Hall of Fame Spanish coach (born 1933)

February 24 — Bernard Opper, All-American college player (Kentucky), NBL and original ABL player (born 1915)

March 7 — Darrell Floyd, American college basketball player and national scoring champion (Furman)

March 8 — Joe Mullaney, American college coach (Providence College) (born 1925)

March 12 — Aleksandar Nikolić, Hall of Fame Serbian coach (born 1924)

April 6 — Stan Watts, Hall of Fame college coach at Brigham Young University (born 1911)

April 9 — Jack Gardner, Hall of Fame college coach at Kansas State and Utah (born 1910)

May 5 — Bill Musselman, ABA, NBA and college coach. The first head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves franchise (born 1940)

May 9 — John Nucatola, Hall of Fame college and professional referee (born 1907)

May 20 — Malik Sealy, Minnesota Timberwolves guard (born 1970)

June 9 — John "Brooms" Abramovic, First college player to score 2000+ points and early professional (born 1919)

June 16 — Mike Silliman, American NBA player (Buffalo Braves) and Olympic gold medalist (1968) (born 1944)

June 28 — Haskell Cohen, former NBA public relations director and creator of Parade High School All-America teams (born 1914)

July 10 — Conrad McRae, Syracuse forward who played in Europe (born 1971)

August 25 — Leo Barnhorst, Two-time NBA All-Star with the Indianapolis Olympians (born 1924)

September 13 — Duane Swanson, American Olympic gold medalist (1936) (born 1913)

October 6 — John Keller, American Olympic gold medalist (1952) (born 1928)

October 7 — Ed Beisser, American college All-American (Creighton) and AAU (Phillips 66ers) player (born 1919)

December 15 — Haris Brkić, Serbian player (Partizan) (born 1974)

December 31 — Wayne Glasgow, American Olympic gold medalist (1952) (born 1926)