1976 in basketball

Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.

1976 Olympics

 * Men:
 * Women:
 * Women:
 * Women:
 * Women:

The United States men's team won its eighth Gold medal in nine competitions. This was the first time that Women's basketball was played at the Summer Olympics.

Men's tournaments

 * 1975–76 FIBA European Champions Cup
 * Winner: Mobilgirgi Varèse
 * Runners-up: Real Madrid
 * 1976 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

Women's tournaments

 * 1975–76 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
 * Winner: Sparta Prague

College tournaments

 * Men
 * 1976 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament
 * Winner: University of Puget Sound
 * 1976 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
 * Final Four


 * 1976 National Invitation Tournament
 * Winner: Kentucky
 * 1976 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
 * Winner: Coppin State


 * Women
 * AIAW women's basketball tournament
 * Winner: Delta State University

ABA

 * Most Valuable Player: Julius Erving, New York Nets
 * Rookie of the Year: David Thompson, Denver Nuggets
 * Coach of the Year: Larry Brown, Denver Nuggets
 * ABA All-Star Game MVP: Julius Erving
 * see also:1976 ABA All-Star Game
 * ABA Finals Most Valuable Player Award: Julius Erving
 * see also:1976 ABA Playoffs

NAIA

 * 1976 NAIA Basketball Tournament

NBA

 * NBA draft
 * Most Valuable Player: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers
 * Rookie of the Year: Alvan Adams, Phoenix Suns
 * Coach of the Year: Bill Fitch, Cleveland Cavaliers
 * NBA All-Star Game MVP:Dave Bing
 * see also:1976 NBA All-Star Game
 * NBA Champion:Boston Celtics
 * NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award:Jo Jo White
 * see also:1976 NBA Playoffs, 1976 NBA Finals

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

 * Class of 1976:
 * Tom Gola
 * Ed Krause
 * Harry Litwack
 * Bill Sharman

Deaths

 * March 21 - Joe Fulks, American NBA Hall of Fame player (born 1921)
 * June 8 — Bob Feerick, American NBA player and coach (born 1920)
 * October 27 — Jerry Bush, American college coach (Toledo, Nebraska) (born 1914)

Births

 * April 25 - Tim Duncan, American NBA player and a Hall of Famer
 * May 19 - Kevin Garnett, American NBA player and a Hall of Famer
 * June 12 - Antawn Jamison, American NBA player
 * September 25 - Chauncey Billups, American NBA player