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1998 in basketball
Summary
The following are the
basketball
events of the year
1998
throughout the world.
Championships
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World Championships
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Men
Yugoslavia
64,
Russia
62
Women
USA
71,
Russia
65
Professional
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Men
1998 NBA Finals
:
Chicago Bulls
over the
Utah Jazz
4-2. MVP:
Michael Jordan
1998 NBA Playoffs
,
1997-98 NBA season
,
1998 NBA draft
,
1998 NBA All-Star Game
Philippine Basketball Association
1998 season
:
Alaska Milkmen
over the
San Miguel Beermen
4-3 in the All-Filipino Cup Finals
Alaska Milkmen
over the
San Miguel Beermen
4-2 in the Commissioner's Finals
Formula Shell Zoom Masters
over the
Mobiline Phone Pals
4-3 in the Governor's Finals
Women
WNBA Finals
:
Houston Comets
over the
Phoenix Mercury
2-1. MVP:
Cynthia Cooper
1998 WNBA Playoffs
,
1998 WNBA season
,
1998 WNBA draft
College
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Men
NCAA Division I
:
University of Kentucky
78,
University of Utah
69
National Invitation Tournament
:
University of Minnesota
def.
Penn State University
NCAA Division II
:
University of California-Davis
83,
Kentucky Wesleyan College
77
NCAA Division III
:
University of Wisconsin-Platteville
69,
Hope College
53
NAIA Division I
:
Georgetown College
(KY) 83,
Southern Nazarene University
(OK) 69
NAIA Division II
:
Bethel College (Indiana)
(IN) 89,
Oregon Institute of Technology
87
NJCAA Division I
: Indian Hills CC,
Ottumwa, Iowa
83, Shelby State CC,
Memphis, Tennessee
68
Women
NCAA Division I
:
Purdue University
62,
Duke University
45
NCAA Division II
:
North Dakota State University
92,
Emporia State University
76
NCAA Division III
Washington
(Mo.) 77,
University of Southern Maine
69
NAIA Division I
:
Union College
(TN) 73-70
Southern Nazarene University
(OK) 70
NAIA Division II
Walsh University
(OH)) 73,
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
(TX) 66
Preps
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USA Today
Boys Basketball #1 Ranking:
St. John's at Prospect Hall
,
Frederick, Maryland
(25-0) Led by
Jason Capel
and
Damien Wilkins
.
USA Today
Girls Basketball #1 Ranking: Christ the King,
Queens, New York
(27-0) Won the New York Federation Class A title, led by
Sue Bird
.
Awards and honors
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Professional
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Men
NBA Most Valuable Player Award
:
Michael Jordan
NBA Rookie of the Year Award
:
Tim Duncan
NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
:
Dikembe Mutombo
NBA Coach of the Year Award
:
Larry Bird
,
Indiana Pacers
Women
WNBA Most Valuable Player Award
:
Cynthia Cooper
,
Houston Comets
WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
:
Teresa Weatherspoon
,
New York Liberty
WNBA Rookie of the Year Award
:
Tracy Reid
,
Charlotte Sting
Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award
:
Suzie McConnell Serio
,
Cleveland Rockers
WNBA Coach of the Year Award
:
Van Chancellor
,
Houston Comets
WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
:
Cynthia Cooper
,
Houston Comets
Collegiate
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Men
John R. Wooden Award
:
Antawn Jamison
,
North Carolina
Naismith College Coach of the Year
:
Bill Guthridge
,
North Carolina
Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
:
Earl Boykins
,
Eastern Michigan
Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year
:
Antawn Jamison
,
North Carolina
NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player
:
Richard Hamilton
,
Connecticut
USBWA National Freshman of the Year
:
Larry Hughes
,
Saint Louis
Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year
:
Tom Izzo
,
Michigan State
Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball:
Dean Smith
Women
Naismith College Player of the Year
:
Chamique Holdsclaw
,
Tennessee
Naismith College Coach of the Year
:
Pat Summitt
,
Tennessee
Wade Trophy
:
Ticha Penicheiro
,
Old Dominion
Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
: Angie Arnold,
Johns Hopkins
Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year
:
Chamique Holdsclaw
,
Tennessee
NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player
:
Chamique Holdsclaw
,
Tennessee
Basketball Academic All-America Team
: Lisa Davies,
Missouri State
Carol Eckman Award
:
Kay James
,
Southern Mississippi
Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year
:
Pat Summitt
,
Tennessee
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
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Class of 1998:
[1]
Larry Bird
Jody Conradt
Alex Hannum
Marques Haynes
Aleksandar Nikolić
Arnie Risen
Lenny Wilkens
Events
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Movies
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BASEketball
He Got Game
Deaths
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March 11 —
Buddy Jeannette
, Hall of Fame NBA, NBL and BAA player (born 1917)
March 17 —
Cliff Barker
, American basketball player (born
1921
)
May 15 —
Earl "Goat" Manigault
, legendary street player (born 1944)
June 8 —
McCoy Ingram
, 67, American player (
Minneapolis Lakers
,
Harlem Globetrotters
).
[2]
July 4 —
Jay Taylor
, American NBA player (
New Jersey Nets
) (born 1967)
August 8 —
Sam Balter
, member of 1936 US Olympic team (born 1909)
November 6 —
Jack Hartman
, American
Kansas State University
coach (born 1925)
November 6 —
Fred Pralle
, All-American college player (
Kansas
) (born 1916)
November 13 —
Red Holzman
, American
Basketball Hall of Fame
coach who won two NBA championships with the
New York Knicks
(born 1920)
December 6 —
Radomir Shaper
, Serbian player and administrator and FIBA Hall of Fame member (born 1925)
References
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^
"Hall of Famers".
Basketball Hall of Fame
. Retrieved
12 Oct
2014
.
^
"Ingram, Joel McKoy".
Los Angeles Times
. June 10, 1998. p. 20
. Retrieved
May 13,
2020
– via
Newspapers.com
.