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HOW IT WORKS
1995 in basketball
Summary
The following are the
basketball
events of the year
1995
throughout the world.
Championships
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Professional
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Men
1995 NBA Finals
:
Houston Rockets
over the
Orlando Magic
4-0. MVP:
Hakeem Olajuwon
1995 NBA Playoffs
1994–95 NBA season
1995 NBA draft
1995 NBA All-Star Game
Eurobasket
: Yugoslavia 96, Lithuania 90
Women
Eurobasket Women
: Ukraine def. Italy
College
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Men
NCAA
Division I
:
UCLA
89,
Arkansas
79
NIT
:
Virginia Tech
def.
Marquette University
Division II
:
University of Southern Indiana
71,
UC Riverside
63
Division III
:
Wis.-Platteville
69,
Manchester
55
NAIA
Division I
Birmingham-Southern College
AL 92,
Pfeiffer University
NC 76
Division II
Albertson (Idaho)
81,
Whitworth (Wash.)
72 OT
NJCAA
Division I
Sullivan College, Louisville, KY 103, Allegany CC, Cumberland, MD 98 O/T
Division II
Penn Valley CC, Mo. 93, Kishwukee CC, Ill. 88
Division III
Sullivan County CC 74, Gloucester County College 63
Women
NCAA
Division I
:
University of Tennessee
83,
University of Georgia
65
Division II
: North Dakota State 104, Shippensburg 78
Division III
:
Wis.-Oshkosh
66
Mount Union
50
NAIA
Division I
: Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 80,
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
79
Division II
Western Oregon 80, Huron (S.D.) 77
NJCAA
Division I
Trinity Valley CC 69, Independence CC 55
Division II
Lansing CC 74, Kankakee CC 68
Division III
Central Lakes College-Brainerd 71, Monroe CC 57
Awards and honors
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Professional
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Men
NBA Most Valuable Player Award
:
David Robinson
,
San Antonio Spurs
NBA Rookie of the Year Award
:
Grant Hill
,
Detroit Pistons
;
Jason Kidd
,
Dallas Mavericks
(tie)
NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
:
Dikembe Mutombo
,
Denver Nuggets
NBA Coach of the Year Award
:
Del Harris
,
Los Angeles Lakers
Collegiate
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Men
John R. Wooden Award
:
Ed O'Bannon
,
UCLA
Naismith College Coach of the Year
:
Jim Harrick
,
UCLA
Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
:
Tyus Edney
,
UCLA
Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year
:
Joe Smith
,
Maryland
NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player
:
Tony Delk
,
Kentucky
Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year
:
Kelvin Sampson
,
Oklahoma
Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Victor Bubas
Women
Naismith College Player of the Year
:
Rebecca Lobo
,
Connecticut
Naismith College Coach of the Year
:
Geno Auriemma
,
Connecticut
Wade Trophy
:
Rebecca Lobo
,
Connecticut
Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
: Amy Dodrill,
Johns Hopkins
Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year
:
Rebecca Lobo
,
Connecticut
NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player
:
Rebecca Lobo
,
UConn
Basketball Academic All-America Team
:
Rebecca Lobo
,
UConn
Carol Eckman Award
:
Ceal Barry
,
Colorado
Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year
:
Geno Auriemma
,
Connecticut
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
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Class of 1995:
[1]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Anne Donovan
John Kundla
Vern Mikkelsen
Cheryl Miller
George Yardley
Movies
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The Basketball Diaries
Slam Dunk Ernest
Births
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February 25 —
Mario Hezonja
, Croatian professional basketball player for
Orlando Magic
Deaths
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January 7 —
Art Stoefen
, American
NBL
player (born 1914)
January 18 —
Cliff Fagan
, former president of the
Basketball Hall of Fame
(born 1911)
February 12 —
Nat Holman
, Hall of Fame player for the
Original Celtics
and coach of the 1950 NCAA and NIT champion
CCNY Beavers
(born 1896)
February 20 —
Margaret Wade
, women's player and coach at
Delta State University
(born 1912)
March 16 —
Art Mollner
, member of 1936 US Olympic championship team (born 1912)
April 4 —
Joe Richey
, All-American at
BYU
(born 1931)
April 13 —
Mal McMullen
, American NBA player (
Indianapolis Olympians
) (born 1927)
April 17 —
Jay McCreary
, American college coach (
LSU
) (born 1918)
April 28 —
Walter Devlin
, American NBA player (
Fort Wayne Pistons
,
Minneapolis Lakers
) (born 1931)
May 25 —
Krešimir Ćosić
, Hall of Fame Croatian player. First foreign player to earn collegiate All-American status while at
Brigham Young University
(born 1911)
June 12 —
Pierre Russell
, American
ABA
player (
Kentucky Colonels
) (born 1949)
July 21 —
Tarzan Woltzen
, American NBL player (born 1905)
July 23 —
Chuck Hanger
, America AAU player (born 1924)
August 21 —
Hal Cihlar
, American NBL player (born 1914)
August 25 —
John Mills
, American BAA player (
Pittsburgh Ironmen
) (born 1919)
November 3 —
Cookie Cunningham
, American college coach (
Washington and Lee
,
North Dakota
) (born 1905)
December 12 —
Jack Friel
, American college coach (
Washington State
) (born 1898)
References
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^
"Hall of Famers".
Basketball Hall of Fame
. Retrieved
12 Oct
2014
.