2000 in basketball

2000 Olympics

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

Professional

 * 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

College

 * 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

Professional

 * 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
 * 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

Collegiate

 * 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

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

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

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

 * Class of 2000


 * Alline Banks Sprouse
 * Mildred Barnes
 * Barbara "Breezy" Bishop
 * E. Wayne Cooley
 * Nancy Dunkle
 * Olga Sukharnova
 * Borislav Stankovic
 * Fran Garmon


 * Dorothy Gaters
 * Sue Gunter
 * Rita Horky
 * Betty Jaynes
 * George E. Killian
 * Kim Mulkey-Robertson
 * Cindy Noble Hauserman
 * Lorene Ramsey


 * Patricia (Trish) Roberts
 * Sue Rojcewicz
 * Cathy Rush
 * Juliene Brazinski Simpson
 * Katherine Washington
 * Dean Weese
 * Marcy Weston
 * Kay Yow

Events

 * 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

Movies

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

Deaths

 * 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).
 * 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)