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The following are the
basketball events of the year
1993 throughout the world.
- 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).
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- 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)