The following are the basketball events of the year 1996 throughout the world.
Championships
- Men: United States of America 96, Yugoslavia 69
- Women: United States of America 111, Australia 87
Professional
- Men
- Women
- Eurobasket Women: None
College
- Men
- NCAA
- NAIA
- 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[1]
- 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
- NCAA
Awards and honors
Professional
- Men
Collegiate
- Men
- John R. Wooden Award: Marcus Camby, Massachusetts
- Naismith College Coach of the Year: John Calipari, Massachusetts
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Eddie Benton, Vermont
- Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Marcus Camby, UMass
- NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Miles Simon, Arizona
- Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Gene Keady, Purdue
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Boris Stankovic
- Women
- Naismith College Player of the Year: Saudia Roundtree, Georgia
- Naismith College Coach of the Year: Andy Landers, Georgia
- Wade Trophy: Jennifer Rizzotti, Connecticut
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Jennifer Rizzotti, Connecticut
- Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Jennifer Rizzotti, Connecticut
- NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Michelle M. Marciniak, Tennessee
- Basketball Academic All-America Team: Jennifer Rizzotti, UConn
- Basketball Academic All-America Team: Katie Smith, Ohio State
- Basketball Academic All-America Team: Tricia Wakely, Drake
- Carol Eckman Award: Joann Rutherford, Missouri
- Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Angie Lee, Iowa
Events
- The WNBA formed.
Movies
Deaths
- January 13 — Dean Kelley, American national college champion at Kansas (1952), Olympic gold medalist (1952) (born 1931)
- May 18 — Chet Forte, All-American college player (Columbia) (born 1935)
- June 14 — Jack Ragland, American Olympic gold medalist (1936) (born 1913)
- July 16 — Harold E. Foster, Hall of Fame player and Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball head coach (born 1906)
- July 29 — Lauren "Laddie" Gale, Hall of Fame player for the Oregon Ducks men's basketball and early professional (born 1917)
- August 10 — Derek Smith, American NBA player (born 1961)
- September 25 — Red Mihalik, Hall of Fame NBA, NCAA and Olympic referee (born 1916)
See also
References
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