1993 in basketball

World Championship

 * None*

Professional

 * Men
 * 1993 NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls over the Phoenix Suns 4-2.
 * 1993 NBA Playoffs
 * 1992-93 NBA season
 * 1993 NBA draft
 * 1993 NBA All-Star Game
 * Eurobasket: Germany
 * Women
 * Eurobasket Women: Spain def. France

College

 * Men
 * NCAA
 * Division I: North Carolina 77, Michigan 71
 * NIT: University of Minnesota def. Georgetown University
 * Division II: California State University-Bakersfield 85, Troy State University 72
 * Division III: Ohio Northern University 71, Augustana College (Illinois) 68
 * NAIA
 * Division I Hawaii Pacific University 88, Oklahoma Baptist University 83
 * Division II Willamette University OR 63, Northern State University SD 56
 * NJCAA
 * Division I Pensacola Junior College 79, Butler Community College - Kansas 74
 * Division II Owens Technical College, OH 109, Northeastern Christian Junior College PA 85
 * Division III Onondaga Community College 84, Minneapolis CC MN 78
 * Women
 * NCAA
 * Division I: Texas Tech University 84, Ohio State University 74
 * Division II: North Dakota State 95, Delta State University 63
 * Division III: Central College Iowa 71, Capital 63
 * NAIA
 * Division I: Arkansas Tech University 76, Union University TN 75
 * Division II: Montana State University - Northern 71, Northern State University (SD) 68
 * NJCAA
 * Division I Kilgore College 104, Louisburg College 99
 * Division II Illinois Central College 76, Kankakee Community College 71 OT
 * Division III Hudson Valley Community College 51,	Quinsigamond Community College 50

Professional

 * Men
 * NBA Most Valuable Player Award:  Charles Barkley, Phoenix Suns
 * NBA Rookie of the Year Award: Shaquille O'Neal, Orlando Magic
 * NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets
 * NBA Coach of the Year Award: Pat Riley, New York Knicks

Collegiate

 * Men
 * John R. Wooden Award: Calbert Cheaney, Indiana
 * Naismith College Coach of the Year: Dean Smith, North Carolina
 * Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Sam Crawford, New Mexico State
 * Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Calbert Cheaney, Indiana
 * NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Corliss Williamson, Arkansas
 * USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Jason Kidd, California
 * Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Eddie Fogler, Vanderbilt
 * Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Dave Gavitt
 * Women
 * Naismith College Player of the Year: Sheryl Swoopes, Texas Tech
 * Naismith College Coach of the Year: C. Vivian Stringer, Iowa
 * Wade Trophy: Karen Jennings, Nebraska
 * Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Dena Evans, Virginia
 * NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Sheryl Swoopes, Texas Tech
 * Carol Eckman Award: C. Vivian Stringer, Iowa

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

 * Class of 1993:
 * Walt Bellamy
 * Julius Erving
 * Dan Issel
 * Dick McGuire
 * Ann Meyers
 * Calvin Murphy
 * Uļjana Semjonova
 * Bill Walton

Births

 * March 7
 * Özge Kavurmacıoğlu, Turkish basketball player
 * Stefan Popovski-Turanjanin, Serbian basketball player
 * May 11 – Maurice Harkless, American-Puerto Rican basketball player
 * June 18 – Gianluca Marchetti, Italian professional basketball player

Deaths

 * January 3 — Johnny Most, Famed announcer for the Boston Celtics (born 1923)
 * January 15 — Henry Iba, Hall of Fame college coach and two-time national champion (Oklahoma A&M) and three-time Olympic coach (born 1904)
 * January 18 — Paul Hansen, 64, American college coach (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma State).
 * January 19 — Chris Street, Iowa Hawkeyes forward (born 1972)
 * January 22 — Jim Pollard, Hall of Fame player for the Minneapolis Lakers (born 1922)
 * March 8 — Don Barksdale, College basketball's first African-American consensus All-American (UCLA) (born 1923)
 * March 9 — Vanya Voynova, Bulgarian women's player and FIBA Hall of Fame member (born 1934)
 * April 11 — Malcolm Wiseman, Canadian Olympic silver medalist (1936) (born 1913)
 * April 28 — Jim Valvano, Coach of the 1983 National Champion NC State Wolfpack (born 1946)
 * June 3 — Joe Fortenberry, member of 1936 US Olympic champion team (born 1911)
 * June 7 — Mike Bloom, All-American college player (Temple), ABL, BAA player (born 1915)
 * June 7 — Dražen Petrović, Croatian basketball star of the New Jersey Nets (born 1964)
 * June 16 — Arad McCutchan, Hall of Fame coach of the five-time NCAA College Division national champion Evansville Purple Aces (born 1912)
 * July 27 — Reggie Lewis, NBA All-Star from the Boston Celtics (born 1965)
 * October 17 — Bill Reigel, AAU player and college coach (McNeese State) (born 1932)
 * October 21 — Irv Torgoff, College All-American (Long Island), NBL, BAA player (born 1917)
 * October 26 — Everett Dean, Hall of Fame coach of the 1942 NCAA Champion Stanford Indians (born 1898)
 * November 26 — Tom Scott, American college coach (North Carolina, Davidson) (born 1908)
 * November 28 — Robert Hawkins, NBA player (born 1954)
 * December 9 — Matt Guokas, Sr., American player (Philadelphia Warriors) and announcer (born 1915)
 * December 30 — George Stone, American ABA player (Utah Stars, Carolina Cougars) (born 1946)