The following are the basketball events of the year 1995 throughout the world.
Championships
Professional
- 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
- Eurobasket: Yugoslavia 96, Lithuania 90
- 1995 NBA Finals: Houston Rockets over the Orlando Magic 4-0. MVP: Hakeem Olajuwon
- Women
- Eurobasket Women: Ukraine def. Italy
College
- 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
- NCAA
- 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
- NCAA
Awards and honors
Professional
- 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
- 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
- Class of 1995:[1]
Movies
Births
- February 25 — Mario Hezonja, Croatian professional basketball player for Orlando Magic
Deaths
- 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
- ^ "Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.