1995 in basketball

Professional

 * Men
 * 1995 NBA Finals: Houston Rockets over the Orlando Magic 4-0.  MVP:  Hakeem Olajuwon
 * 1995 NBA Playoffs
 * 1994–95 NBA season
 * 1995 NBA draft
 * 1995 NBA All-Star Game
 * Eurobasket:  Yugoslavia 	96, Lithuania 90
 * Women
 * Eurobasket Women: Ukraine def. Italy

College

 * Men
 * NCAA
 * Division I: UCLA 89, Arkansas 79
 * NIT: Virginia Tech def. Marquette University
 * Division II: 	University of Southern Indiana 71, UC Riverside 63
 * Division III: Wis.-Platteville 69, Manchester 55
 * NAIA
 * Division I Birmingham-Southern College AL 92, Pfeiffer University NC 76
 * Division II Albertson (Idaho) 81, Whitworth (Wash.) 72 OT
 * 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
 * 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

Professional

 * Men
 * NBA Most Valuable Player Award:  David Robinson, San Antonio Spurs
 * NBA Rookie of the Year Award: Grant Hill, Detroit Pistons ; Jason Kidd, Dallas Mavericks (tie)
 * NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Dikembe Mutombo, Denver Nuggets
 * NBA Coach of the Year Award: Del Harris, Los Angeles Lakers

Collegiate

 * Men
 * John R. Wooden Award: Ed O'Bannon, UCLA
 * Naismith College Coach of the Year: Jim Harrick, UCLA
 * Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Tyus Edney, UCLA
 * Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Joe Smith, Maryland
 * NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Tony Delk, Kentucky
 * Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Kelvin Sampson, Oklahoma
 * Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Victor Bubas
 * Women
 * Naismith College Player of the Year: Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut
 * Naismith College Coach of the Year: Geno Auriemma, Connecticut
 * Wade Trophy: Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut
 * Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Amy Dodrill, Johns Hopkins
 * Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut
 * NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Rebecca Lobo, UConn
 * Basketball Academic All-America Team: Rebecca Lobo, UConn
 * Carol Eckman Award: Ceal Barry, Colorado
 * Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Geno Auriemma, Connecticut

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

 * Class of 1995:
 * Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
 * Anne Donovan
 * John Kundla
 * Vern Mikkelsen
 * Cheryl Miller
 * George Yardley

Movies

 * The Basketball Diaries
 * Slam Dunk Ernest

Births

 * February 25 — Mario Hezonja, Croatian professional basketball player for Orlando Magic

Deaths

 * January 7 — Art Stoefen, American NBL player (born 1914)
 * January 18 — Cliff Fagan, former president of the Basketball Hall of Fame (born 1911)
 * February 12 — Nat Holman, Hall of Fame player for the Original Celtics and coach of the 1950 NCAA and NIT champion CCNY Beavers (born 1896)
 * February 20 — Margaret Wade, women's player and coach at Delta State University (born 1912)
 * March 16 — Art Mollner, member of 1936 US Olympic championship team (born 1912)
 * April 4 — Joe Richey, All-American at BYU (born 1931)
 * April 13 — Mal McMullen, American NBA player (Indianapolis Olympians) (born 1927)
 * April 17 — Jay McCreary, American college coach (LSU) (born 1918)
 * April 28 — Walter Devlin, American NBA player (Fort Wayne Pistons, Minneapolis Lakers) (born 1931)
 * May 25 — Krešimir Ćosić, Hall of Fame Croatian player. First foreign player to earn collegiate All-American status while at Brigham Young University (born 1911)
 * June 12 — Pierre Russell, American ABA player (Kentucky Colonels) (born 1949)
 * July 21 — Tarzan Woltzen, American NBL player (born 1905)
 * July 23 — Chuck Hanger, America AAU player (born 1924)
 * August 21 — Hal Cihlar, American NBL player (born 1914)
 * August 25 — John Mills, American BAA player (Pittsburgh Ironmen) (born 1919)
 * November 3 — Cookie Cunningham, American college coach (Washington and Lee, North Dakota) (born 1905)
 * December 12 — Jack Friel, American college coach (Washington State) (born 1898)