1994 in basketball

World Championship

 * Men
 * United States 137, Russia 91
 * Women
 * United States 100, Australia 95

Professional

 * Men
 * 1994 NBA Finals: Houston Rockets over the New York Knicks 4-3.  MVP:  Hakeem Olajuwon
 * 1994 NBA Playoffs
 * 1993-94 NBA season
 * 1994 NBA draft
 * 1994 NBA All-Star Game
 * Eurobasket: None
 * Women
 * Eurobasket Women: None

College

 * Men
 * NCAA
 * Division I: Arkansas 76, Duke 72
 * NIT: Villanova University def. Vanderbilt University
 * Division II: California State University-Bakersfield 92, University of Southern Indiana 86
 * Division III: Lebanon Valley College 66, 59 New York University OT
 * NAIA
 * Division I Oklahoma City University 86, Georgetown College KY 80
 * Division II Eureka College IL 98, Northern State University SD 95 OT
 * NJCAA
 * Division I Hutchinson Community College 78, Three Rivers Community College (MO) 74
 * Division II Joliet Junior College IL 85,	Owens Technical College OH 80
 * Division III Gloucester County College 71, Sullivan County CC 69
 * Women
 * NCAA
 * Division I: North Carolina 60, Louisiana Tech University 59
 * Division II: North Dakota State 89, Cal State San Bernardino 56
 * Division III: Capital 82, Washington (Mo.) 63
 * NAIA
 * Division I: Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 97, David Lipscomb (Tenn.) 74
 * Division II Northern State University (S.D.) 48, Western Oregon 45
 * NJCAA
 * Division I Trinity Valley CC 104, Westark Community College, Ark. 95
 * Division II Southwestern Michigan College 81, 	Chattahoochee Valley CC 72
 * Division III 	Anoka-Ramsey Community College 69, Triton College 62

Professional

 * Men
 * NBA Most Valuable Player Award:  Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets
 * NBA Rookie of the Year Award: Chris Webber Golden State Warriors
 * NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets
 * NBA Coach of the Year Award: Lenny Wilkens, Atlanta Hawks

Collegiate

 * Naismith College Player of the Year
 * Men: Glenn Robinson, Purdue
 * Women: Lisa Leslie, USC
 * Naismith College Coach of the Year
 * Men: Nolan Richardson Arkansas
 * Women: Pat Summitt Tennessee

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

 * Class of 1994:
 * Carol Blazejowski
 * Denny Crum
 * Chuck Daly
 * Buddy Jeannette
 * Cesare Rubini

Movies

 * Above the Rim
 * The Air Up There
 * Blue Chips
 * Hoop Dreams

Births

 * March 6 — Awa Sissoko, French basketball player

Deaths

 * March 13 — Sam Ranzino, All-American at NC State (born 1927)
 * May 3 — Vladimir Kostin, FIBA Hall of Fame Russian referee (born 1921)
 * June 25 — Katrín Axelsdóttir, Icelandic national team player (born 1956)
 * July 10 — Earl Strom, Hall of Fame NBA and ABA referee (born 1927)
 * September 3 — Glen Rose, American college player and coach (Arkansas) (born 1905)
 * November 11 — Frank McGuire, Hall of Fame coach of the undefeated 1957 National Champion North Carolina Tar Heels (born 1914)
 * November 20 — Jānis Krūmiņš, Latvian (Soviet) Olympic Silver medalist (1956, 1960, 1964) (born 1930)