2000 in basketball

• Men:

   United States

   France

   Lithuania

• Women:

   United States

   Australia

   Brazil

• Men
  • 2000 NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers over the Indiana Pacers 4-2. MVP: Shaquille O'Neal
    • 1999–2000 NBA season, 2000 NBA Playoffs, 2000 NBA draft, 2000 NBA All-Star Game
• Women
  • WNBA Finals: Houston Comets over the New York Liberty 2-0. MVP: Cynthia Cooper
    • 2000 WNBA season, 2000 WNBA Playoffs, 2000 WNBA draft, 2000 WNBA All-Star Game

• Men
  • NCAA Division I: Michigan State University 89, University of Florida 76
  • National Invitation Tournament: Wake Forest University 71, University of Notre Dame 61
  • NCAA Division II: Metropolitan State College of Denver 97, Kentucky Wesleyan College 79
  • NCAA Division III: Catholic 76, William Paterson College 62
  • NAIA Division I: Life University (Ga.) 61, Georgetown College (Ky.) 59
  • NAIA Division II: Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University (Florida) 75, University of the Ozarks (Mo.) 63
  • NJCAA Division I: Southeastern C.C., W. Burlington, Iowa 84, Calhoun C.C., Decatur, Alabama 70
• Women
  • NCAA Division I: University of Connecticut 71, University of Tennessee 52
  • NCAA Division II: Northern Kentucky 71, North Dakota State University 62 (OT)
  • NCAA Division III Washington (Mo.) 77, University of Southern Maine 33
  • NAIA Division I: Oklahoma City University 64, Simon Fraser (BC) 55
  • NAIA Division II University of Mary (N.D.) 59, Northwestern (Iowa) 49

• Men
  • NBA Most Valuable Player Award: Shaquille O'Neal
  • NBA Rookie of the Year Award: (tie) Elton Brand & Steve Francis
  • NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Alonzo Mourning
  • NBA Coach of the Year Award: Doc Rivers, Orlando Magic
  • Euroscar Award: Gregor Fučka, Fortitudo Bologna and  Italy
  • Mr. Europa: Gregor Fučka, Fortitudo Bologna and Italy
• Women
  • WNBA Most Valuable Player Award: Sheryl Swoopes, Houston Comets
  • WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Sheryl Swoopes, Houston Comets
  • WNBA Rookie of the Year Award: Betty Lennox, Minnesota Lynx
  • WNBA Most Improved Player Award: Tari Phillips, New York Liberty
  • Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award: Suzie McConnell Serio, Cleveland Rockers
  • WNBA Coach of the Year Award: Michael Cooper, Los Angeles Sparks
  • WNBA All-Star Game MVP: Tina Thompson, Houston Comets
  • WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award: Cynthia Cooper, Houston Comets

• Combined
  • Legends of Coaching Award: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke
• Men
  • John R. Wooden Award: Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati
  • Naismith College Coach of the Year: Mike Montgomery, Stanford
  • Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Scoonie Penn, Ohio State
  • Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati
  • NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Shane Battier, Duke
  • USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Jason Gardner, Arizona
  • Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Larry Eustachy, Iowa State
  • Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Bill Wall
• Women
  • Naismith College Player of the Year: Tamika Catchings, Tennessee
  • Naismith College Coach of the Year: Geno Auriemma, Connecticut
  • Wade Trophy: Edwina Brown, Texas
  • Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Helen Darling, Penn State
  • Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Tamika Catchings, Tennessee
  • NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Shea Ralph, UConn
  • Carol Eckman Award: Kathy Delaney-Smith, Harvard University
  • Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Geno Auriemma, Connecticut
  • Nancy Lieberman Award: Sue Bird, Connecticut
  • Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Harley Redin

• Class of 2000:^[1]
  • Daniel "Danny" Biasone
  • Robert A. McAdoo
  • Charles Martin Newton
  • Pat Head Summitt
  • Isiah L. Thomas
  • Morgan B. Wootten

• Class of 2000^[2]

• The Gary Steelheads joins the CBA
• January: Mark Cuban becomes owner of the Dallas Mavericks
• November 17: For the Phoenix Suns against the New York Knicks, Jason Kidd is debited with an NBA-record 14 turnovers in one game^[3]

• Finding Forrester
• Love & Basketball
• Whatever Happened to Micheal Ray?

• January 4 — Al Schrecker, American NBL player (Pittsburgh Raiders) (born 1917)
• January 12 — Bobby Phills, Cleveland Cavaliers and Charlotte Hornets guard (born 1969)
• January 16 — Örlygur Aron Sturluson, Icelandic basketball player (Njarðvík) (born 1981)
• February 21 — Antonio Díaz-Miguel, Hall of Fame Spanish coach (born 1933)
• February 24 — Bernard Opper, All-American college player (Kentucky), NBL and original ABL player (born 1915)
• March 7 — Darrell Floyd, American college basketball player and national scoring champion (Furman)
• March 8 — Joe Mullaney, American college coach (Providence College) (born 1925)
• March 12 — Aleksandar Nikolić, Hall of Fame Serbian coach (born 1924)
• April 6 — Stan Watts, Hall of Fame college coach at Brigham Young University (born 1911)
• April 9 — Jack Gardner, Hall of Fame college coach at Kansas State and Utah (born 1910)
• May 5 — Bill Musselman, ABA, NBA and college coach. The first head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves franchise (born 1940)
• May 9 — John Nucatola, Hall of Fame college and professional referee (born 1907)
• May 20 — Malik Sealy, Minnesota Timberwolves guard (born 1970)
• June 9 — John "Brooms" Abramovic, First college player to score 2000+ points and early professional (born 1919)
• June 16 — Mike Silliman, American NBA player (Buffalo Braves) and Olympic gold medalist (1968) (born 1944)
• June 28 — Haskell Cohen, former NBA public relations director and creator of Parade High School All-America teams (born 1914)
• July 7 — Denny Price, 62, American AAU player (Phillips 66ers) and college coach (Sam Houston State, Phillips).^[4]
• July 10 — Conrad McRae, Syracuse forward who played in Europe (born 1971)
• August 25 — Leo Barnhorst, Two-time NBA All-Star with the Indianapolis Olympians (born 1924)
• September 13 — Duane Swanson, American Olympic gold medalist (1936) (born 1913)
• October 6 — John Keller, American Olympic gold medalist (1952) (born 1928)
• October 7 — Ed Beisser, American college All-American (Creighton) and AAU (Phillips 66ers) player (born 1919)
• December 15 — Haris Brkić, Serbian player (Partizan) (born 1974)
• December 31 — Wayne Glasgow, American Olympic gold medalist (1952) (born 1926)

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