2001 in basketball

none 2001 Championships Professional Men 2001 NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers over the Philadelphia 76ers 4-1. MVP: Shaquille O'Neal 2000–01 NBA season, 2001 NBA Playoffs, 2001 NBA draft, 2001 NBA All-Star Game Eurobasket: Yugoslavia 78, Turkey 69 Women WNBA Finals: Los Angeles Sparks over the Charlotte Sting 2-0. MVP: Lisa Leslie 2001 WNBA season, 2001 WNBA Playoffs, 2001 WNBA draft, 2001 WNBA All-Star Game Eurobasket Women: France def. Russia College Men NCAA Division I: Duke University 82, Arizona 72 National Invitation Tournament: University of Tulsa 79, University of Alabama 60 NCAA Division II: Kentucky Wesleyan College 72, Washburn University 63 NCAA Division III: Catholic 76, William Paterson College 62 NAIA Division I: Faulkner University 63, Oklahoma Science & Arts 59 NAIA Division II: Northwestern (Iowa) 82, MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.) 78 Women NCAA Division I: University of Notre Dame 68, Purdue University 66 NCAA Division II: Cal Poly Pomona 87, North Dakota State University 80 (OT) NCAA Division III Washington (Mo.) 67, Messiah College 45 NAIA Division I: Oklahoma City University 69, Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) 52 NAIA Division II Hastings College (Neb.) 73, Cornerstone University (Mich.) 69 Awards and honors Professional Men NBA Most Valuable Player Award: Allen Iverson NBA Rookie of the Year Award: Mike Miller NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Ben Wallace NBA Coach of the Year Award: Larry Brown, Philadelphia 76ers Euroscar Award: Peja Stojaković, Sacramento Kings and FR Yugoslavia Mr. Europa: Peja Stojaković, Sacramento Kings and FR Yugoslavia Women WNBA Most Valuable Player Award: Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Debbie Black, Miami Sol WNBA Rookie of the Year Award: Jackie Stiles, Portland Fire WNBA Most Improved Player Award: Janeth Arcain, Houston Comets Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award: Sue Wicks, New York Liberty WNBA Coach of the Year Award: Dan Hughes, Cleveland Rockers WNBA All-Star Game MVP: Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award: Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks Collegiate Combined Legends of Coaching Award: Lute Olson, Arizona Men John R. Wooden Award: Shane Battier, Duke Naismith College Coach of the Year: Rod Barnes, Mississippi Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Rashad Phillips, Detroit Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Shane Battier, Duke NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Juan Dixon, Maryland USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Eddie Griffin, Seton Hall Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Matt Doherty, North Carolina Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Tex Winter Women Naismith College Player of the Year: Ruth Riley, Notre Dame Naismith College Coach of the Year: Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame Wade Trophy: Jackie Stiles, Missouri State Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Niele Ivey, Notre Dame Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Ruth Riley, Notre Dame NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Ruth Riley, Notre Dame Basketball Academic All-America Team: Ruth Riley, Notre Dame Carol Eckman Award: Juliene B. Simpson, East Stroudsburg University Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame Nancy Lieberman Award: Sue Bird, Connecticut Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Cathy Rush Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2001: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 John Chaney Michael "Mike" Krzyzewski Moses E. Malone Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2001Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2001 http://www.wbhof.com/Class01.html Women's Basketball Hall of Fame 12 Oct 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141017184240/http://www.wbhof.com/Class01.html 17 October 2014 dead dmy-all Van Chancellor Theresa Grentz Phyllis Holmes LaTaunya Pollard Linda K. Sharp C. Vivian Stringer Vanya Voynova Hazel Walker Rosie Walker Holly Warlick Movies Pistol Pete: The Life and Times of Pete Maravich Deaths January 7 — Ken Durrett, American NBA player and All-American at La Salle University (born 1948) January 17 — Garland O'Shields, American NBA player (Chicago Stags, Syracuse Nationals) (born 1921) January 26 — Al McGuire, Hall of Fame coach at Marquette and famed college basketball announcer (born 1928) February 3 — Bobby Colburn, American NBL player for the Dayton Metropolitans (born 1911) February 19 — Guy Rodgers, Hall of Fame player for the Philadelphia and San Francisco Warriors (born 1935) February 20 — Harry Boykoff, former St. John's and early NBA player (born 1922) April 25 — Clovis Stark, American NBL for the Dayton Metropolitans (born 1914) April 29 — Andy Phillip, Hall of Fame NBA player (born 1922) May 15 — Ralph Miller, Hall of Fame college coach at Wichita State, Iowa and Oregon State (born 1919) June 26 — George Senesky, NBA player and coach for the Philadelphia Warriors (born 1922) August 1 — Dwight Eddleman, All-American at Illinois and two-time NBA All-Star (born 1922) September 5 — Cawood Ledford, American radio announcer (Kentucky Wildcats) (born 1926) September 14 — George Ireland, coach of the 1963 NCAA national champion Loyola Ramblers (born 1913) October 13 — B. L. Graham, All-American college player and head coach (Ole Miss Rebels) (born 1914) October 20 — Nebojša Popović, Serbian player, coach and administrator and FIBA Hall of Fame member (born 1923) November 18 — Renato Righetto, Brazilian referee and FIBA Hall of Fame member (born 1921) November 23 — Gus Broberg, two-time All-American forward at Dartmouth College (born 1920) November 28 — Bob Cope, American college coach (Montana) (born 1928) December 8 — Mirza Delibašić, FIBA Hall of Fame player from Bosnia and 1980 Olympic Gold Medalist (born 1954) December 10 — Gus Doerner, American NBL player (Fort Wayne Pistons, Indianapolis Kautskys) (born 1922) December 13 – Larry Costello, American All-Star NBA player (Philadelphia 76ers) (born 1931) References