2004 in basketball
The following are the basketball events of the year 2004 throughout the world.
Champions
Professional
College
Awards and honors
Professional
Collegiate
- Combined
- Men
- Women
- John R. Wooden Award: Alana Beard, Duke
- Naismith College Player of the Year: Diana Taurasi, Connecticut
- Naismith College Coach of the Year: Pat Summitt, Tennessee
- Wade Trophy: Alana Beard, Duke
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Erika Valek, Purdue
- Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Alana Beard, Duke
- NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Diana Taurasi, UConn
- Basketball Academic All-America Team: Kelly Mazzante, Penn State
- Carol Eckman Award: Deirdre Kane, West Chester
- USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Tiffany Jackson, Texas
- Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Joe Curl, Houston
- List of Senior CLASS Award women's basketball winners: Alana Beard, Duke
- Nancy Lieberman Award: Diana Taurasi, Connecticut
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Sonja Hogg
Deaths
- January 9 — Yinka Dare, Nigerian center for the New Jersey Nets (born 1972)
- January 18 — Hook Dillon, All-American at North Carolina (born 1924)
- January 26 — Stanley Nantais, Canadian Olympic player (1936) (born 1913)
- January 28 — Sox Walseth, American college coach (South Dakota State, Colorado) (born 1926)
- April 11 — Hy Gotkin, All-American at St. John's (born 1922)
- July 30 — Ed Melvin, American BAA player and college coach (St. Bonaventure, Toledo) (born 1916)
- July 24 — Cotton Fitzsimmons, NBA basketball coach (born 1931)
- August 12 — George Yardley, Hall of Fame player for the Fort Wayne Pistons (born 1928)
- September 4 — Alphonso Ford, 3000-point NCAA scorer and Greek A1 League MVP (born 1971)
- December 14 — Anselmo López, Spanish coach and administrator. FIBA Hall of Fame member (born 1910)
- December 18 — Eddie Oram, All-American college player (USC), NBL player (born 1914)
- December 25 — Howie Williams, American AAU player and Olympic gold medalist (1952) (born 1927)
See also
References
External links
Media related to 2004 in basketball at Wikimedia Commons
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