1984 in basketball

none January 2018 1984 Player awards (NBA) Regular-season MVP Larry Bird, Boston Celtics NBA finals MVP Larry Bird, Boston Celtics Slam Dunk Contest Larry Nance, Phoenix Suns Collegiate awards Men John R. Wooden Award: Michael Jordan, North Carolina Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Ricky Stokes, Virginia Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Michael Jordan, North Carolina NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Ed Pinckney, Villanova Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Ray Meyer, DePaul Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Ray Meyer Women Naismith College Player of the Year: Cheryl Miller, USC Wade Trophy: Janice Lawrence Braxton, Louisiana Tech Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Kim Mulkey, Louisiana Tech NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Cheryl Miller, USC Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1984:Hall of Famers http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers-index/ Basketball Hall of Fame 12 Oct 2014 25 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130325102924/http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers-index/ dead Jack Gardner John Havlicek Sam Jones Births May 28 – Carmelo Anthony December 30 – LeBron James Deaths January 30 – Lloyd Sharrar, All-American college player (West Virginia) (born 1936) March 3 – Jack Moore, American college player (Nebraska) (born 1959) May 30 – Tex Gibbons, American Olympic gold medalist (1936) (born 1907) November 21 – Ben Wilson, American high school player (born 1967) December 11 – Nate Bowman, American NBA/ABA player (born 1943) See also 1984 in sports Sports References