1986 in basketball

none January 2018 1986 Player awards (NBA) Regular season MVP Larry Bird, Boston Celtics NBA Finals MVP Larry Bird, Boston Celtics Slam Dunk Contest Spud Webb, Atlanta Hawks Three-point Shootout Larry Bird, Boston Celtics Collegiate awards Men John R. Wooden Award: Walter Berry, St. John's Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Jim Les, Bradley Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Walter Berry, St. John's NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Keith Smart, Indiana Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Eddie Sutton, Kentucky Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Adolph Rupp Women Naismith College Player of the Year: Cheryl Miller, USC Wade Trophy: Kamie Ethridge, Texas Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Kamie Ethridge, Texas NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Clarissa Davis, Texas Carol Eckman Award: Laura Mapp, Bridgewater Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1986: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 Billy Cunningham Tom Heinsohn Red Holzman Fred Taylor Stan Watts Births May 7—Matee Ajavon American college basketball player (Rutgers) and the WNBA (Atlanta Dream) Deaths June 19 – Len Bias, American college player (Maryland) and Boston Celtics draft pick (born 1963) December 1 – Halbert Harvill, American college men's coach (Austin Peay) (born 1893) See also 1986 in sports Sports References