2003_in_basketball Knowpia

The following are the basketball events of the year 2003 throughout the world.

Champions edit

Professional edit

Men
- 2003 NBA Finals: San Antonio Spurs over the New Jersey Nets 4-2. MVP: Tim Duncan (More information can be found at 2003-04 NBA season.)
- Eurobasket: Lithuania 93, Spain 84
Women
- WNBA Finals: Detroit Shock over Los Angeles Sparks 2-1. MVP: Ruth Riley
- Eurobasket Women: Russia def. Czech Republic

College edit

Men
- NCAA Division I: Syracuse University 81, University of Kansas 78
- National Invitation Tournament: University of Michigan
- NCAA Division II: Northeastern State University 75, Kentucky Wesleyan College 64
- NCAA Division III: Williams College 67, Gustavus Adolphus College 65
- NAIA Division I Concordia 88, Mountain State 84 OT
- NAIA Division II Oregon Tech 81, Bellevue (Neb.) 70
Women
- NCAA Division I: University of Connecticut 73, University of Tennessee 68
- Women's National Invitation Tournament: Auburn 64, Baylor 63
- NCAA Division II: South Dakota State 65, Northern Kentucky University 60
- NCAA Division III Trinity University (Tex.) 60, Eastern Connecticut State 58
- NAIA Division I: Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 71, Oklahoma City University 70
- NAIA Division II Hastings (Neb.) 59, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 53

Awards and honors edit

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame edit

Class of 2003:^[1]

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame edit

Class of 2003^[2]

Professional edit

Collegiate edit

Combined
- Legends of Coaching Award: Roy Williams, Kansas
Men
- John R. Wooden Award: T. J. Ford, Texas
- Naismith College Coach of the Year: Tubby Smith, Kentucky
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Jason Gardner, Arizona
- Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: David West, Xavier
- NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Emeka Okafor, Connecticut
- USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse
- Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Tubby Smith, Kentucky
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Charles “Lefty” Driesell
Women

Events edit

Deaths edit

January 20 — Dan King, American NBA player (Baltimore Bullets) (born 1931)
January 29 — John Murphy, American BAA player (Philadelphia Warriors, New York Knicks) (born 1924)
February 9 — John Hyder, American college coach (Georgia Tech) (born 1912)
March 29 — Carl Ridd, Canadian Olympic player (1952) (born 1929)
April 5 — Helgi Jóhannsson, Icelandic basketball player and coach (born 1929)
April 16 — Jewell Young, All-American college player (Purdue), NBL player (Indianapolis Kautskys, Oshkosh All-Stars) (born 1913)
May 14 — Dave DeBusschere, American Hall of Fame NBA player (New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons) (born 1940)
May 14 — Al Fleming, American NBA player (Seattle SuperSonics) (born 1954)
May 23 — Weenie Miller, American college coach (VMI) (born 1922)
May 29 — Anthony Frederick, American NBA player (Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings, Charlotte Hornets) (born 1964)
June 16 — David Polansky, American college coach (CCNY) (born 1919)
June 22 — John Mandic, American NBA player (born 1919)
September 20 — Ernie Calverley, All-American player and coach at Rhode Island (born 1924)
October 16 — Chet Jaworski, All-American player (Rhode Island) (born 1916)
October 23 — Kevin Magee, Former All-American at UC Irvine and Maccabi Tel Aviv player (born 1959)
October 30 — Stan Szukala, American NBL player (Chicago Bruins, Chicago American Gears) (born 1918)
November 21 — Bill Haarlow, American NBL player (Whiting Ciesar All-Americans) (born 1913)
December 8 — Chuck Noe, American college coach (VMI, Virginia Tech, South Carolina, VCU) (born 1924)
December 9 — Norm Sloan, College basketball coach of the 1974 national champion NC State Wolfpack (born 1926)
December 26 — Gale Bishop, All-American college (Washington State) and BAA (Philadelphia Warriors) player (born 1922)

References edit

^ "Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.
^ "Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2003". Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.