2002 in basketball

The following are the basketball events of the year 2002 throughout the world.

Years in basketball
2010s 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
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 2002 in basketball 2002 in sports

Championships

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

Awards and honors

Professional

Collegiate

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Class of 2002:^[1]

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Class of 2002^[2]

Cindy Brogdon
Hortência Marcari
Kamie Ethridge
Margaret Sexton Gleaves
Sandra Meadows
Lea Plarski
Marianne Crawford Stanley
Tara VanDerveer

Movies

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)

References

↑ "Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.
↑ "Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2002". Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.

External links

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