1982 in basketball
The following are the basketball events of the year 1982 throughout the world.
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Collegiate awards
- Men
- John R. Wooden Award: Ralph Sampson, Virginia
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Jack Moore, Nebraska
- Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Ralph Sampson, Virginia
- NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Akeem Olajuwon, Houston
- Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Ralph Miller, Oregon State
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Curt Gowdy
- Women
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Class of 1982:[1]
Births
- January 6 — Gilbert Arenas
- November 3 — Janel McCarville
Deaths
- January 21 — Jules Bender, American college All-American (Long Island) and original ABL player (born 1914)
- January 21 — Ned Irish, American Hall of Fame president of the New York Knicks (born 1905)
- April 10 — Vic Hanson, Hall of Fame college player (Syracuse) (born 1903)
- June 21 — Fred Zollner, American Hall of Fame professional owner (Fort Wayne Pistons) (born 1901)
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