1995 in basketball

none January 2018 1995 National team tournaments FIBA World Under-19 Championship 1995 FIBA Under-19 World Championship 19 GRE 19 AUS 19 ESP Summer Universade Basketball at the 1995 Summer Universiade Men USA JPN CAN Women ITA USA RUS Eurobasket Men EuroBasket 1995 in Greece: FR Yugoslavia LTU CRO Women EuroBasket Women 1995 in the Czech Republic: UKR ITA RUS European Youth Summer Olympic Days Basketball at the 1995 European Youth Summer Olympic Days 1995 European Youth Summer Olympic Days in the United Kingdom: 18 GRE 18 ESP 18 CRO Professional club seasons 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 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 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 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: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 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Anne Donovan John Kundla Vern Mikkelsen Cheryl Miller George Yardley Movies The Basketball Diaries Slam Dunk Ernest 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