1976 in basketball
The following are the basketball events of the year 1976 throughout the world.
| Years in basketball |
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| See also |
Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.
1976 Olympics[edit]
- Men:
- Women:
The United States men's team won its eighth Gold medal in nine competitions. This was the first time that Women's basketball was played at the Summer Olympics.[1]
International tournaments[edit]
Men's tournaments[edit]
- Winner: Mobilgirgi Varèse
- Runners-up: Real Madrid
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Real Madrid | 5 | 5 | 0 | 462 | 381 | 10 |
| 2. |  Mobilgirgi Varèse | 5 | 4 | 1 | 406 | 335 | 9 |
| 3. |  Obras Sanitarias | 5 | 3 | 2 | 428 | 373 | 8 |
| 4. |  EC Amazonas Franca | 5 | 2 | 3 | 382 | 355 | 7 |
| 5. |  Missouri Tigers | 5 | 1 | 4 | 380 | 401 | 6 |
| 6. |  ASFA | 5 | 0 | 5 | 241 | 454 | 5 |
Women's tournaments[edit]
- Winner: Sparta Prague
College tournaments[edit]
- Men
- 1976 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament
- Winner: University of Puget Sound
- 1976 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
- Final Four
| National semifinals | National Championship Game | ||||||||
| E | Rutgers | 70 | |||||||
| MW | Michigan | 86 | |||||||
| MW | Michigan | 68 | |||||||
| ME | Indiana | 86 | |||||||
| ME | Indiana | 65 | |||||||
| W | UCLA | 51 | National third-place game | ||||||
| W | UCLA | 106 | |||||||
| E | Rutgers | 92 | |||||||
- 1976 National Invitation Tournament
- Winner: Kentucky
- 1976 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
- Winner: Coppin State
- Women
ABA[edit]
- Most Valuable Player: Julius Erving, New York Nets
- Rookie of the Year: David Thompson, Denver Nuggets
- Coach of the Year: Larry Brown, Denver Nuggets
- ABA All-Star Game MVP: Julius Erving
- see also:1976 ABA All-Star Game
- ABA Finals Most Valuable Player Award: Julius Erving
- see also:1976 ABA Playoffs
NAIA[edit]
NBA[edit]
- NBA draft
- Most Valuable Player: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers
- Rookie of the Year: Alvan Adams, Phoenix Suns
- Coach of the Year: Bill Fitch, Cleveland Cavaliers
- NBA All-Star Game MVP:Dave Bing
- see also:1976 NBA All-Star Game
- NBA Champion:Boston Celtics
- NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award:Jo Jo White
- see also:1976 NBA Playoffs, 1976 NBA Finals
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame[edit]
- Class of 1976:[2]
Deaths[edit]
- March 21 - Joe Fulks, American NBA Hall of Fame player (born 1921)
- June 8 — Bob Feerick, American NBA player and coach (born 1920)
- October 27 — Jerry Bush, American college coach (Toledo, Nebraska) (born 1914)
Births[edit]
- April 25 - Tim Duncan, American NBA player and a Hall of Famer
- May 19 - Kevin Garnett, American NBA player and a Hall of Famer
- June 12 - Antawn Jamison, American NBA player
- September 25 - Chauncey Billups, American NBA player
References[edit]
- ^ Official Olympic Report Archived 2006-06-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.