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The following are the
basketball events of the year
2001 throughout the world.
Championships
Professional
College
Awards and honors
Professional
Collegiate
- Combined
- Men
- Women
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Naismith College Player of the Year:
Ruth Riley,
Notre Dame
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Naismith College Coach of the Year:
Muffet McGraw,
Notre Dame
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Wade Trophy:
Jackie Stiles,
Missouri State
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Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award:
Niele Ivey,
Notre Dame
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Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year:
Ruth Riley,
Notre Dame
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NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player:
Ruth Riley,
Notre Dame
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Basketball Academic All-America Team:
Ruth Riley,
Notre Dame
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Carol Eckman Award:
Juliene B. Simpson,
East Stroudsburg University
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Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year:
Muffet McGraw,
Notre Dame
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Nancy Lieberman Award:
Sue Bird,
Connecticut
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Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball:
Cathy Rush
Events
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Movies
Deaths
- January 7 —
Ken Durrett, American NBA player and All-American at
La Salle University (born 1948)
- January 17 —
Garland O'Shields, American NBA player (
Chicago Stags,
Syracuse Nationals) (born 1921)
- January 26 —
Al McGuire, Hall of Fame coach at
Marquette and famed college basketball announcer (born 1928)
- February 3 —
Bobby Colburn, American NBL player for the Dayton Metropolitans (born 1911)
- February 19 —
Guy Rodgers, Hall of Fame player for the Philadelphia and
San Francisco Warriors (born 1935)
- February 20 —
Harry Boykoff, former
St. John's and early NBA player (born 1922)
- April 25 —
Clovis Stark, American NBL for the Dayton Metropolitans (born 1914)
- April 29 —
Andy Phillip, Hall of Fame NBA player (born 1922)
- May 15 —
Ralph Miller, Hall of Fame college coach at
Wichita State,
Iowa and
Oregon State (born 1919)
- June 26 —
George Senesky, NBA player and coach for the
Philadelphia Warriors (born 1922)
- August 1 —
Dwight Eddleman, All-American at
Illinois and two-time NBA All-Star (born 1922)
- September 5 —
Cawood Ledford, American radio announcer (
Kentucky Wildcats) (born 1926)
- September 14 —
George Ireland, coach of the 1963 NCAA national champion
Loyola Ramblers (born 1913)
- October 13 —
B. L. Graham, All-American college player and head coach (
Ole Miss Rebels) (born 1914)
- October 20 —
Nebojša Popović, Serbian player, coach and administrator and FIBA Hall of Fame member (born 1923)
- November 18 —
Renato Righetto, Brazilian referee and FIBA Hall of Fame member (born 1921)
- November 23 —
Gus Broberg, two-time All-American forward at
Dartmouth College (born 1920)
- November 28 —
Bob Cope, American college coach (
Montana) (born 1928)
- December 8 —
Mirza Delibašić, FIBA Hall of Fame player from
Bosnia and 1980 Olympic Gold Medalist (born 1954)
- December 10 —
Gus Doerner, American NBL player (
Fort Wayne Pistons,
Indianapolis Kautskys) (born 1922)
- December 13 –
Larry Costello, American All-Star NBA player (
Philadelphia 76ers) (born 1931)
References