2004 in basketball

Champions

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  Professional

• Men
• *2004 NBA Finals: Detroit Pistons over the Los Angeles Lakers 4-1. MVP: Chauncey Billups
• **2003-04 NBA season
• **2004 NBA Playoffs
• *Eurobasket: None.
• *Euroleague:
• **Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Skipper Bologna 118-74 in the final
• *ULEB Cup
• **Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem defeated Real Madrid 83-72
• Women
• *WNBA: Seattle Storm over Connecticut Sun 2-1. MVP: Betty Lennox
• *Eurobasket Women: None.

  College

• Men
• *NCAA Division I: Connecticut 82, Georgia Tech 73
• *National Invitation Tournament: Michigan 62, Rutgers 55
• *NCAA Division II: Kennesaw State 84, Southern Indiana 59
• *NCAA Division III: UW-Stevens Point 84, Wiliams 82
• *NAIA Division I Mountain State 74, Concordia 70
• *NAIA Division II Oregon Tech 81, Bellevue 70
• Women
• *NCAA Division I: Connecticut 70, Tennessee 61
• *NCAA Division II: California 75, Drury 72
• *NCAA Division III: Wilmington 59, Bowdoin 53
• *NAIA Division I: Southern Nazarene 77, Oklahoma City University 61
• *NAIA Division II Morningside 87, Cedarville 74

  Awards and honors

[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]

• Class of 2003:
• * Jerry Colangelo
• * Drazen Dalipagic
• * Clyde Drexler
• * Bill Sharman
• * Maurice Stokes
• * Lynette Woodard

  [Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]

• Class of 2004

  Professional

• Men
• *NBA Most Valuable Player Award: Kevin Garnett
• *NBA Rookie of the Year Award: LeBron James
• *NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Ron Artest
• *NBA Coach of the Year Award: Mike D'Antoni, Phoenix Suns
• *Euroscar Award: Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks and
• *Mr. Europa: Pau Gasol, Memphis Grizzlies and
• Women
• *WNBA Most Valuable Player Award: Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks
• *WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks
• *WNBA Rookie of the Year Award: Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury
• *WNBA Most Improved Player Award: Kelly Miller, Charlotte Sting & Wendy Palmer, Connecticut Sun
• *Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award: Teresa Edwards, Minnesota Lynx
• *WNBA Coach of the Year Award: Suzie McConnell-Serio, Minnesota Lynx
• *WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award: Betty Lennox, Seattle Storm

  Collegiate

• Combined
• *Legends of Coaching Award: Mike Montgomery, Stanford
• Men
• *John R. Wooden Award: Jameer Nelson, Saint Joseph's
• *Naismith College Coach of the Year: Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph's
• *Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Jameer Nelson, Saint Joseph's
• *Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Jameer Nelson, Saint Joseph's
• *NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Sean May, North Carolina
• *USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Luol Deng, Duke
• *Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph's
• *Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: George Killian
• 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
• January 18 — Hook Dillon, All-American at North Carolina
• January 26 — Stanley Nantais, Canadian Olympic player
• January 28 — Sox Walseth, American college coach
• April 11 — Hy Gotkin, All-American at St. John's
• July 30 — Ed Melvin, American BAA player and college coach
• July 24 — Cotton Fitzsimmons, NBA basketball coach
• August 12 — George Yardley, Hall of Fame player for the Fort Wayne Pistons
• September 4 — Alphonso Ford, 3000-point NCAA scorer and Greek A1 League MVP
• December 14 — Anselmo López, Spanish coach and administrator. FIBA Hall of Fame member
• December 18 — Eddie Oram, All-American college player, NBL player
• December 25 — Howie Williams, American AAU player and Olympic gold medalist