1983 in basketball

none January 2018 1983 Player awards (NBA) Regular season MVP Moses Malone, Philadelphia 76ers NBA Finals MVP Moses Malone, Philadelphia 76ers Collegiate awards Men John R. Wooden Award: Ralph Sampson, Virginia Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Ray McCallum, Ball State Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Ralph Sampson, Virginia NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Patrick Ewing, Georgetown Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Guy Lewis, Houston Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: John Wooden Women Naismith College Player of the Year: Anne Donovan, Old Dominion Wade Trophy: LaTaunya Pollard, Long Beach NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Cheryl Miller, USC Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1983: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 Bill Bradley Dave DeBusschere Jack Twyman Dean Smith Births January 29 — Nedžad Sinanović, Bosnian basketball player Deaths May 20 — Clair Bee, American Hall of Fame college coach (Long Island) (born 1896) June 6 — Curly Armstrong, American NBA player (Fort Wayne Pistons) (born 1918) June 19 — Dave Quabius, American NBL player (Sheboygan Red Skins, Oshkosh All-Stars) (born 1916) July 12 — Donald White, All-American player (Purdue) and college coach (Washington University, Connecticut, Rutgers) (born 1898) July 15 — Gary Bradds, American NBA/ABA player, college All-American at Ohio State (born 1942) December 4 — Bruce Drake, American Hall of Fame college coach (Oklahoma Sooners) (born 1905) December 21 — Mark Workman, All-American college player (West Virginia) and NBA player (born 1930) See also 1983 in sports Sports References