1970 in basketball
The following are the basketball events of the year 1970 throughout the world.
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The following are the basketball events of the year 1970 throughout the world. Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.
Player awards
American Basketball Association
National Basketball Association
NAIA
NCAA
NCAA College Division
- NCAA College Division basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player
Eastern Professional Basketball League
ABA
NBA
- 1970 NBA draft
- 1970 NBA Finals
- 1970 NBA Playoffs
- 1970 NBA All-Star Game
- 1969–70 NBA season
- 1970–71 NBA season
FIBA
- 1970 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
- FIBA Africa Championship 1970
- 1969–70 FIBA European Champions Cup
- 1970 FIBA World Championship
- 1970–71 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
NAIA
NCAA
- 1970 National Invitation Tournament
- 1970 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
- 1970 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
Women's tournaments
International Competition
- Class of 1970:[1]
Deaths
- January 2 — Edgar Diddle, American college coach (Western Kentucky) (born 1895)
- April 6 — Maurice Stokes, American NBA player (Cincinnati Royals) (born 1933)
- April 29 — Forrest DeBernardi, American Hall of Fame player (born 1899)
- May 27 — Trajko Rajković, Yugoslav professional and Olympic player (born 1937)
- June 4 — Branch McCracken, American Hall of Fame college coach (Indiana Hoosiers) (born 1908)
- August 10 — Joe Lapchick, American Hall of Fame player (Original Celtics) and coach (St. John's, New York Knicks) (born 1900)
Births
- February 8 - Alonzo Mourning, American NBA player and a Hall of Famer
- May 9 - Doug Christie, American NBA player
- September 3 - George Lynch, American NBA player
- September 8 - Latrell Sprewell, American NBA player
- October 9 - Kenny Anderson, American NBA player
- November 14 - David Wesley, American NBA player
References
- ^ "Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.