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Basketball-related events during the year of 2002
The following are the
basketball events of the year
2002 throughout the world.
- Combined
- Men
- Women
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Naismith College Player of the Year:
Sue Bird,
Connecticut
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Naismith College Coach of the Year:
Geno Auriemma,
Connecticut
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Wade Trophy:
Sue Bird,
Connecticut
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Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award:
Sheila Lambert,
Baylor
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Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year:
Sue Bird,
Connecticut
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NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player:
Swin Cash,
UConn
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Basketball Academic All-America Team:
Stacey Dales-Schuman,
Oklahoma
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Carol Eckman Award:
Barbara Stevens,
Bentley College
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Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year:
Brenda Oldfield,
Minnesota
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List of Senior CLASS Award women's basketball winners:
Sue Bird,
Connecticut
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Nancy Lieberman Award:
Sue Bird,
Connecticut
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Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball:
Billie Moore
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- January 6 —
Fred Taylor, Hall of Fame coach of the 1960 National Champion
Ohio State Buckeyes (born 1924)
- January 7 —
Geoff Crompton, American NBA player (born 1955)
- January 18 —
Alex Hannum, Hall of Fame pro basketball coach (born 1923)
- January 26 —
Milt Ticco, American NBL player (born 1922)
- February 2 —
Ed Jucker, American college coach (
Cincinnati) (born 1916)
- February 13 —
Bob Gerber, American NBL player (born 1916)
- February 21 —
Gene Sullivan, American college coach (
Loyola (Illinois)) (born 1931)
- March 11 —
Al Bonniwell, American NBL player (
Akron Firestone Non-Skids) (born 1911)
- March 18 —
Don Betourne, American NBL player and coach (Kankakee Gallagher Trojans) (born 1915)
- May 5 —
Jimmy Smith, American college All-American (
Steubenville) (born 1934)
- June 3 —
Cecil Hankins, NBA player (
St. Louis Bombers,
Boston Celtics) (born 1922)
- June 22 —
Bobby Roberts, American college coach (
Clemson).
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- July 7 —
Bison Dele, NBA player (born 1969)
- July 17 —
Ubiratan Pereira Maciel, Hall of Fame Brazilian basketball player (born 1944)
- July 27 —
Billy McCann, 82, American college coach (
Hampden–Sydney,
Washington and Lee,
Virginia).
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- August 8 —
Chick Hearn, television and radio announcer for the
Los Angeles Lakers (born 1916)
- September 2 —
Abe Lemons, American college coach (
Oklahoma City,
Texas) (born 1922)
- September 7 —
Edward Spotovich, American NBL player (born 1916)
- September 14 —
Jim Barnes, Former #1 overall
NBA draft pick and 1964 Olympic Gold medalist (born 1941)
- September 23 —
Jule Rivlin, American NBL player (
Akron Goodyear Wingfoots,
Toledo Jeeps) and college coach (
Marshall) (born 1917)
- December 17 —
Bobby Joe Hill, American college national champion at
Texas Western (
1966) (born 1943)
- December 17 —
Hank Luisetti, college basketball player and inventor of the layup; first player to score 50 points in a game (born 1916)
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