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1970 in basketball 
Summary
The following are the basketball events of the year 1970 throughout the world.
The following are the basketball events of the year 1970 throughout the world. Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.
Player awards edit
American Basketball Association edit
National Basketball Association edit
NAIA edit
NCAA edit
- Ken Kowall (Ohio)
NCAA College Division edit
- NCAA College Division basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player
Eastern Professional Basketball League edit
ABA edit
NBA edit
FIBA edit
NAIA edit
NCAA edit
- 1970 National Invitation Tournament
- 1970 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
- 1970 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
Women's tournaments edit
International Competition edit
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame edit
- Class of 1970:[1]
Deaths edit
- January 2 — Edgar Diddle, American college coach (Western Kentucky) (born 1895)
- April 6 — Maurice Stokes, American NBA player (Cincinnati Royals) (born 1933)
- April 29 — Forrest DeBernardi, American Hall of Fame player (born 1899)
- May 27 — Trajko Rajković, Yugoslav professional and Olympic player (born 1937)
- June 4 — Branch McCracken, American Hall of Fame college coach (Indiana Hoosiers) (born 1908)
- August 10 — Joe Lapchick, American Hall of Fame player (Original Celtics) and coach (St. John's, New York Knicks) (born 1900)
Births edit
- February 8 - Alonzo Mourning, American NBA player and a Hall of Famer
- May 9 - Doug Christie, American NBA player
- September 3 - George Lynch, American NBA player
- September 8 - Latrell Sprewell, American NBA player
- October 9 - Kenny Anderson, American NBA player
- November 14 - David Wesley, American NBA player
References edit
- ^ "Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.
External links edit
- Basketball-Reference.com's 1970 NBA Playoffs page
- NBA History