1960 in basketball

The following are the basketball events of the year 1960 throughout the world.

The following are the basketball events of the year 1960 throughout the world. Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.

Olympics[]

• Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics

At the 1960 Summer Olympics, United States men's basketball team would go on to win the gold medal. Team USA was led by Hall of Famers Oscar Robertson and Jerry West.^[1]

NBA[]

• 1960 NBA Finals
• 1960 NBA Playoffs
• 1960 NBA All-Star Game
• 1959–60 NBA season
• 1960–61 NBA season

NBA awards[]

• Most Valuable Player: Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors
• Rookie of the Year: Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors
• NBA All-Star Game MVP award:Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors

FIBA[]

• FIBA South American Championship for Women 1960
• 1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup
• 1959–60 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
• 1960–61 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup

NCAA[]

• 1960 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 1960 National Invitation Tournament
• 1960 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament

International Competition[]

• 1960 ABC Championship

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame[]

• Class of 1960:^[2]
  • Ernest Blood
  • Frank Keaney
  • Vic Hanson
  • Ward Lambert
  • Ed Macauley
  • Branch McCracken
  • Charles Murphy
  • John Wooden

Births[]

• June 12 – Joe Kopicki, American basketball player
• June 21 – Kevin Harlan, sports announcer

Deaths[]

• January 1 — Murray Greason, American college coach (Wake Forest) (born 1901)

References[]

External links[]

• Basketball-Reference.com's 1970 NBA Playoffs page
• NBA History^{[permanent dead link]}

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