2005 in basketball
The following are the basketball events of the year 2005 throughout the world.
Championships
Professional
College
- Men
- Women
NCAA
NAIA
NJCAA[1]
- Division I: Central Arizona College Coolidge, Ariz. 83, College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls 50
- Division II: Monroe Community College, N.Y 62, Illinois Central College, East Peoria, Ill. 46
- Division III: Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Minn 64, Monroe College, New York 60
- Philippines
Awards and honors
- Class of 2005[3]
- Joe Ciampi
- Kelli Litsch
- Hunter Low
- Edna Tarbutton
- Dixie Woodall
- Lynette Woodard
Professional
- Men
- Women
- WNBA Most Valuable Player Award: Sheryl Swoopes, Houston Comets
- WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Tamika Catchings, Indiana Fever
- WNBA Rookie of the Year Award: Temeka Johnson, Washington Mystics
- WNBA Most Improved Player Award: Nicole Powell, Sacramento Monarchs
- Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award: Taj McWilliams-Franklin, Connecticut Sun
- WNBA Coach of the Year Award: John Whisenant, Sacramento Monarchs
- WNBA All-Star Game MVP: Sheryl Swoopes, Houston Comets
- WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award: Yolanda Griffith, Sacramento Monarchs
- FIBA Europe Player of the Year Award: Maria Stepanova,
CSKA Samara, Connecticut Sun, and Russia
Collegiate
- Combined
- Men
- Women
- John R. Wooden Award: Seimone Augustus, LSU
- Naismith College Player of the Year: Seimone Augustus, LSU
- Naismith College Coach of the Year: Pokey Chatman, LSU
- Wade Trophy: Seimone Augustus, LSU
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Tan White, Mississippi State
- Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Seimone Augustus, LSU
- NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Sophia Young, Baylor
- Basketball Academic All-America Team: Kate Endress, Ball State
- Carol Eckman Award: Bonnie Henrickson, Kansas
- USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Candice Wiggins, Stanford
- USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Tasha Humphrey, Georgia
- Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Joanne P. McCallie, Michigan State
- List of Senior CLASS Award women's basketball winners: Kendra Wecker, Kansas State
- Nancy Lieberman Award: Temeka Johnson, LSU
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Leon Barmore
Movies
Deaths
- March 17 — Norm Mager, NBA player (Baltimore Bullets) and college champion (CCNY) (born 1926)
- March 19 – Greg Cook, American college player (LSU) (born 1958)
- April 11 — Doug Peden, Canadian Olympic silver medalist (1936) (born 1916)
- April 14 — Chet Aubuchon, American BAA player (Detroit Falcons) (born 1916)
- April 18 — Clarence Gaines, Basketball Hall of Fame coach (born 1923)
- May 1 — George Mikan, Basketball Hall of Fame player (born 1924)
- June 4 — Banks McFadden, American college coach (Clemson Tigers) (born 1917)
- June 29 — Marc Freiberger, American Olympic gold medalist (1952) (born 1928)
- August 4 — Sue Gunter, women's coach for Louisiana State University for 22 seasons (born 1939)
- August 16 — Aleksandr Gomelsky, Basketball Hall of Fame coach (born 1928)
- August 18 — Kenyon Jones, American player (born 1977)
- August 25 — Teo Cruz, Puerto Rican BSN player, five-time Olympian (born 1942)
- September 5 — Hank Anderson, American college coach (Gonzaga, Montana State) (born 1920)
- September 22 — Lee Huber, American NBL player (Akron Goodyear Wingfoots) (born 1919)
- September 26 — Shawntinice Polk, Arizona Wildcats women's player (born 1983)
- October 12 — Erwin Graf, American NBL player (Sheboygan Red Skins) (born 1917)
- October 15 — Jason Collier, Atlanta Hawks center (born 1977)
- November 23 — Nate Hawthorne, NBA player (Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns) (born 1951)
- December 18 — Bill Coulthard, Canadian Olympic player (1952) (born 1923)
- December 27 — Giancarlo Primo, Italian coach and FIBA Hall of Fame member (born 1924)
See also
References
External links
Media related to 2005 in basketball at Wikimedia Commons
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