2002 in basketball

World Championship

Men

Gold medal: Yugoslavia

Silver medal: Argentina

Bronze medal: Germany

Final match: Yugoslavia 84, Argentina 77

MVP: Dirk Nowitzki, Germany

All-tournament team: Nowitzki, Pero Cameron (New Zealand), Manu Ginóbili (Argentina), Peja Stojakovic (Yugoslavia), Yao Ming (China)

Women

Gold medal: USA

Silver medal: Russia

Bronze medal: Australia

Final match: USA 79, Russia 74

Professional

Men

2002 NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers over the New Jersey Nets 4-0. MVP: Tim Duncan (More information can be found at 2002-03 NBA season.)

Euroleague: Panathinaikos over Kinder Bologna 89-83 in the final match.

Women

WNBA: Los Angeles Sparks over the New York Liberty 2-0. MVP: Lisa Leslie

College

Men

NCAA Division I: Maryland 64, Indiana 52

National Invitation Tournament: University of Memphis

NCAA Division II: Metropolitan State College of Denver 80, Kentucky Wesleyan College 72

NCAA Division III: Otterbein College 102, Elizabethtown College 83

NAIA Division I Oklahoma Science & Arts 96, Oklahoma Baptist University 79

NAIA Division II Evangel (Mo.) 84, Robert Morris (Ill.) 61

Women

NCAA Division I: University of Connecticut 82, Oklahoma 70

NCAA Division II: Cal Poly Pomona 74, Southeastern Oklahoma 62

NCAA Division III Wis.-Stevens Point 67, St. Lawrence 65

NAIA Division I: Oklahoma City 82, Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 73

NAIA Division II Hastings (Neb.) 73, Cornerstone (Mich.) 69

Professional

Men

NBA Most Valuable Player Award: Tim Duncan

NBA Rookie of the Year Award: Pau Gasol

NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Ben Wallace

NBA Coach of the Year Award: Rick Carlisle, Detroit Pistons

Euroscar Award: Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks and  Germany

Mr. Europa: Peja Stojaković, Sacramento Kings and Serbia and Montenegro

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: Tamika Catchings, Indiana Fever

WNBA Most Improved Player Award: Coco Miller, Washington Mystics

Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award: Jennifer Gillom, Phoenix Mercury

WNBA Coach of the Year Award: Marianne Stanley, Washington Mystics

WNBA All-Star Game MVP: Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award: Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks

Collegiate

Combined

Legends of Coaching Award: Denny Crum, Louisville

Men

John R. Wooden Award: Jay Williams, Duke

Naismith College Coach of the Year: Ben Howland, Pittsburgh

Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Steve Logan, Cincinnati

Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Jay Williams, Duke

NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse

USBWA National Freshman of the Year: T. J. Ford, Texas

Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Ben Howland, Pittsburgh

Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Don Haskins

Women

Naismith College Player of the Year: Sue Bird, Connecticut

Naismith College Coach of the Year: Geno Auriemma, Connecticut

Wade Trophy: Sue Bird, Connecticut

Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Sheila Lambert, Baylor

Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Sue Bird, Connecticut

NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Swin Cash, UConn

Basketball Academic All-America Team: Stacey Dales-Schuman, Oklahoma

Carol Eckman Award: Barbara Stevens, Bentley College

Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Brenda Oldfield, Minnesota

List of Senior CLASS Award women's basketball winners: Sue Bird, Connecticut

Nancy Lieberman Award: Sue Bird, Connecticut

Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Billie Moore

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Class of 2002:

Harlem Globetrotters

Larry Brown

Earvin "Magic" Johnson

Robert "Lute" Olson

Drazen Petrovic

Sandra Kay Yow

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Class of 2002

Cindy Brogdon

Hortência Marcari

Kamie Ethridge

Margaret Sexton Gleaves

Sandra Meadows

Lea Plarski

Marianne Crawford Stanley

Tara VanDerveer

Movies

Double Teamed

Juwanna Mann

Like Mike

Deaths

January 6 — Fred Taylor, Hall of Fame coach of the 1960 National Champion Ohio State Buckeyes (born 1924)

January 7 — Geoff Crompton, American NBA player (born 1955)

January 18 — Alex Hannum, Hall of Fame pro basketball coach (born 1923)

January 26 — Milt Ticco, American NBL player (born 1922)

February 2 — Ed Jucker, American college coach (Cincinnati) (born 1916)

February 13 — Bob Gerber, American NBL player (born 1916)

March 11 — Al Bonniwell, American NBL player (Akron Firestone Non-Skids) (born 1911)

March 18 — Don Betourne, American NBL player and coach (Kankakee Gallagher Trojans) (born 1915)

May 5 — Jimmy Smith, American college All-American (Steubenville) (born 1934)

June 3 — Cecil Hankins, NBA player (St. Louis Bombers, Boston Celtics) (born 1922)

July 7 — Bison Dele, NBA player (born 1969)

July 17 — Ubiratan Pereira Maciel, Hall of Fame Brazilian basketball player (born 1944)

August 8 — Chick Hearn, television and radio announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers (born 1916)

September 2 — Abe Lemons, American college coach (Oklahoma City, Texas) (born 1922)

September 7 — Edward Spotovich, American NBL player (born 1916)

September 14 — Jim Barnes, Former #1 overall NBA Draft pick and 1964 Olympic Gold medalist (born 1941)

September 23 — Jule Rivlin, American NBL player (Akron Goodyear Wingfoots, Toledo Jeeps) and college coach (Marshall) (born 1917)

December 17 — Bobby Joe Hill, American college national champion at Texas Western (1966) (born 1943)

December 17 — Hank Luisetti, college basketball player and inventor of the layup; first player to score 50 points in a game (born 1916)