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The following are the
basketball events of the year
2000 throughout the world.
Championships
Professional
College
- Men
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NCAA Division I:
Michigan State University 89,
University of Florida 76
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National Invitation Tournament:
Wake Forest University 71,
University of Notre Dame 61
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NCAA Division II:
Metropolitan State College of Denver 97,
Kentucky Wesleyan College 79
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NCAA Division III:
Catholic 76,
William Paterson College 62
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NAIA Division I:
Life University (Ga.) 61,
Georgetown College (Ky.) 59
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NAIA Division II:
Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University (Florida) 75,
University of the Ozarks (Mo.) 63
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NJCAA Division I: Southeastern C.C., W.
Burlington, Iowa 84, Calhoun C.C.,
Decatur, Alabama 70
- Women
Awards and honors
Professional
Collegiate
Events
Movies
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).
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- 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)
References
External links
Media related to
2000 in basketball at Wikimedia Commons