2004 in basketball

The following are the basketball events of the year 2004 throughout the world.

Champions

Olympics

• Men

   Argentina

   Italy

   United States

• Women

   United States

   Australia

   Russia

Professional

• Men
  • 2004 NBA Finals: Detroit Pistons over the Los Angeles Lakers 4-1. MVP: Chauncey Billups
    • 2003-04 NBA season
    • 2004 NBA Playoffs
    • 2004 NBA draft
    • 2004 NBA All-Star Game
  • Eurobasket: None.
  • Euroleague:
    • Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Skipper Bologna 118-74 in the final
  • ULEB Cup
    • Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem defeated Real Madrid 83-72
• Women
  • WNBA Finals: Seattle Storm over Connecticut Sun 2-1. MVP: Betty Lennox
    • 2004 WNBA season
    • 2004 WNBA Playoffs
    • 2004 WNBA draft
    • 2004 WNBA All-Star Game
  • Eurobasket Women: None.

College

• Men
  • NCAA Division I: Connecticut 82, Georgia Tech 73
  • National Invitation Tournament: Michigan 62, Rutgers 55
  • NCAA Division II: Kennesaw State 84, Southern Indiana 59
  • NCAA Division III: UW-Stevens Point 84, Wiliams 82
  • NAIA Division I Mountain State 74, Concordia 70
  • NAIA Division II Oregon Tech 81, Bellevue (Neb.) 70
• Women
  • NCAA Division I: Connecticut 70, Tennessee 61
  • Women's National Invitation Tournament: Creighton 73, UNLV 52
  • NCAA Division II: California (Pennsylvania) 75, Drury 72
  • NCAA Division III: Wilmington (Ohio) 59, Bowdoin 53
  • NAIA Division I: Southern Nazarene 77, Oklahoma City 61
  • NAIA Division II Morningside (Iowa) 87, Cedarville (Ohio) 74

Awards and honors

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

• Class of 2003:^[1]
  • Jerry Colangelo
  • Drazen Dalipagic
  • Clyde Drexler
  • Bill Sharman
  • Maurice Stokes
  • Lynette Woodard

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

• Class of 2004^[2]

• Sylvia Hatchell
• Lurlyne Greer Rogers
• Amy Ruley
• Bev Smith
• William L. Wall
• Marian E. Washington

Professional

• Men
  • NBA Most Valuable Player Award: Kevin Garnett
  • NBA Rookie of the Year Award: LeBron James
  • NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Ron Artest
  • NBA Coach of the Year Award: Mike D'Antoni, Phoenix Suns
  • Euroscar Award: Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks and  Germany
  • Mr. Europa: Pau Gasol, Memphis Grizzlies and  Spain
• Women
  • WNBA Most Valuable Player Award: Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks
  • WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks
  • WNBA Rookie of the Year Award: Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury
  • WNBA Most Improved Player Award: Kelly Miller, Charlotte Sting & Wendy Palmer, Connecticut Sun
  • Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award: Teresa Edwards, Minnesota Lynx
  • WNBA Coach of the Year Award: Suzie McConnell-Serio, Minnesota Lynx
  • WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award: Betty Lennox, Seattle Storm

Collegiate

• Combined
  • Legends of Coaching Award: Mike Montgomery, Stanford
• Men
  • John R. Wooden Award: Jameer Nelson, Saint Joseph's
  • Naismith College Coach of the Year: Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph's
  • Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Jameer Nelson, Saint Joseph's
  • Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Jameer Nelson, Saint Joseph's
  • NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Sean May, North Carolina
  • USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Luol Deng, Duke
  • Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph's
  • Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: George Killian
• Women
  • John R. Wooden Award: Alana Beard, Duke
  • Naismith College Player of the Year: Diana Taurasi, Connecticut
  • Naismith College Coach of the Year: Pat Summitt, Tennessee
  • Wade Trophy: Alana Beard, Duke
  • Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Erika Valek, Purdue
  • Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Alana Beard, Duke
  • NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Diana Taurasi, UConn
  • Basketball Academic All-America Team: Kelly Mazzante, Penn State
  • Carol Eckman Award: Deirdre Kane, West Chester
  • USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Tiffany Jackson, Texas
  • Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Joe Curl, Houston
  • List of Senior CLASS Award women's basketball winners: Alana Beard, Duke
  • Nancy Lieberman Award: Diana Taurasi, Connecticut
  • Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Sonja Hogg

Deaths

• January 9 — Yinka Dare, Nigerian center for the New Jersey Nets (born 1972)
• January 18 — Hook Dillon, All-American at North Carolina (born 1924)
• January 26 — Stanley Nantais, Canadian Olympic player (1936) (born 1913)
• January 28 — Sox Walseth, American college coach (South Dakota State, Colorado) (born 1926)
• April 11 — Hy Gotkin, All-American at St. John's (born 1922)
• July 30 — Ed Melvin, American BAA player and college coach (St. Bonaventure, Toledo) (born 1916)
• July 24 — Cotton Fitzsimmons, NBA basketball coach (born 1931)
• August 12 — George Yardley, Hall of Fame player for the Fort Wayne Pistons (born 1928)
• September 4 — Alphonso Ford, 3000-point NCAA scorer and Greek A1 League MVP (born 1971)
• December 14 — Anselmo López, Spanish coach and administrator. FIBA Hall of Fame member (born 1910)
• December 18 — Eddie Oram, All-American college player (USC), NBL player (born 1914)
• December 25 — Howie Williams, American AAU player and Olympic gold medalist (1952) (born 1927)

See also

• Timeline of women's basketball