1993 in basketball

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The following are the basketball events of the year 1993 throughout the world.

Years in basketball
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2000s 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
1990s 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
1980s 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980
1970s 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970
1960s 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960
1950s 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950
1940s 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940
1930s 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930
1920s 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920
1910s 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 1911 1910
1900s 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 1901 1900
1890s 1899 1898 1897 1896 1895 1894 1893 1892 1891
See also
Current basketball seasons 1993 in basketball 1993 in sports
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Championships

World Championship

None*

Professional

Men
- 1993 NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls over the Phoenix Suns 4-2.
- 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

Collegiate

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Class of 1993:^[1]

Births

March 7
- Özge Kavurmacıoğlu, Turkish basketball player
- Stefan Popovski-Turanjanin, Serbian basketball player
May 11 – Maurice Harkless, American-Puerto Rican basketball player^[2]
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).^[3]
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)

References

^ "Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.
^
- Career statistics from NBA.com and Basketball Reference
^ "Ex-Oklahoma State coach Paul Hansen dies at 64". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. January 19, 1993. p. 32. Retrieved May 30, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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