2011 in basketball

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The following are the basketball events of the year 2011 throughout the world.

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Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.

Tournaments[]

Men's tournaments[]

Olympic qualifiers[]

Women's tournaments[]

Olympic qualifiers[]

Youth tournaments[]

Club championships[]

Continental championships[]

Men:

Women:

Transnational championships[]

National championships[]

Men:

Women:

College[]

Men
Women

Prep[]

  • United States USA Today Boys Basketball Ranking #1: St. Anthony High School (New Jersey)
  • United States USA Today Girls Basketball Ranking #1:
  • Philippines NCAA (Philippines) Juniors: San Beda defeated LSGH 2-1 in the best-of-5 finals, with San Beda having a 1-0 advantage
  • Philippines UAAP Juniors: NU defeated FEU-FERN 2–1 in the best-of-3 finals

Awards and honors[]

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame[]

  • Class of 2011:[2]
    • Players: Teresa Edwards, Artis Gilmore, Chris Mullin, Dennis Rodman, Arvydas Sabonis, Reece "Goose" Tatum
    • Coaches: Herb Magee, Tara VanDerveer, Tex Winter
    • Contributors: Tom "Satch" Sanders

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame[]

Professional[]

Collegiate[]

Events[]

  • On June 1, Shaquille O'Neal announced his retirement from basketball after 19 seasons and four world championships. O'Neal made the announcement on his Twitter page.[4]
  • On July 1, the collective bargaining agreement between the NBA and its players union expires, and the league immediately imposes a lockout of its players.
  • On July 20, Yao Ming officially announced his retirement from basketball after nine seasons and a series of foot and ankle injuries. Yao has been credited with fueling greatly increased interest in the NBA in his home country of China since his selection as the #1 overall pick in the 2002 NBA draft.[5]
  • On September 26, New Jersey Nets minority owner Jay-Z announced that the team would change its name to the Brooklyn Nets when it moves to its new arena for the 2012–13 season.[6]

Movies[]

  • The Fab Five – an ESPN Films documentary about the 1990s Michigan Wolverines players known collectively as the Fab Five: Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson
  • Off the Rez – a TLC documentary chronicling the high school career of current University of Louisville women's player Shoni Schimmel, a Native American who grew up on an Oregon reservation
  • Runnin' Rebels of UNLV – a Home Box Office documentary chronicling the UNLV men's team's success in the late 1980s through early 1990s
  • Salaam Dunk
  • Unguarded – an ESPN Films documentary about former NBA player Chris Herren, including his struggle with and ongoing recovery from drug addiction

Deaths[]

  • January 12 — Howard Engleman, All-American player and interim head coach for the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team (born 1919)
  • January 16 — Guðmundur Þorsteinsson, Icelandic national team player and coach (born 1942)
  • February 2 — Roger Strickland, NBA player (Baltimore Bullets) (born 1940)
  • February 4 — Lee Winfield, NBA player (Seattle SuperSonics, Buffalo Braves, Kansas City Kings) (born 1947)
  • February 6 — Cesare Rubini, Italian coach and member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (born 1923)
  • February 20 — Troy Jackson, better known by his nickname "Escalade", streetball player for the AND1 Mixtape Tour (born 1976)
  • March 4 — Ed Manning, NBA and ABA player and father of 1988 #1 overall NBA Draft pick Danny Manning (born 1943)
  • March 7 — Rudy Salud, former commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association (born 1938)
  • March 22 — Edgar Lacey, ABA player (Los Angeles Stars) and national champion at UCLA (born 1944)
  • April 2 — Larry Finch, college coach and player (Memphis) (born 1951)
  • April 10 — Bob Shaw, American NBL player (born 1921)
  • April 14 — Joe Dan Gold, college player and coach (Mississippi State) (born 1942)
  • April 15 — Beryl Shipley, college coach (Southwestern Louisiana) (born 1926)
  • May 11 — Robert Traylor, NBL and NBA player (Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Charlotte Hornets) (born 1977)
  • May 27 — Margo Dydek, Polish WNBA player (Utah Starzz, San Antonio Silver Stars, Connecticut Sun, Los Angeles Sparks) (born 1974)
  • June 6 — Bill Closs, NBA player (Philadelphia Warriors, Fort Wayne Pistons) (born 1922)
  • June 9 — Mike Mitchell, NBA player (Cleveland Cavaliers, San Antonio Spurs) (born 1956)
  • June 15 — Marshall Rogers, NBA player (Golden State Warriors) and the 1976 NCAA Division I season scoring leader (born 1953)
  • June 27 — Lorenzo Charles, NBA player (Atlanta Hawks) famous for hitting the game-winning shot of the 1983 NCAA tournament for NC State (born 1963)
  • July 1 — Bob McCann, NBA player (five teams) (born 1964)
  • July 5 — Neil Dougherty, college coach (TCU) (born 1961)
  • July 5 — Armen Gilliam, NBA player (six teams) (born 1964)
  • July 9 — Don Ackerman, NBA player (New York Knicks) (born 1930)
  • July 16 — Joe McNamee, NBA player (Rochester Royals, Baltimore Bullets) (born 1926)
  • July 30 — Bob Peterson, NBA player (Baltimore Bullets, Milwaukee Hawks, New York Knicks) (born 1932)
  • August 3 — Ray Patterson, NBA executive (Milwaukee Bucks, Houston Rockets)
  • August 4 — Sherman White, college player at Long Island famous for being indicted in point shaving scandal (born 1928)
  • August 8 — Mike Barrett, ABA player and Olympic gold medalist in 1968 (born 1943)
  • August 18 — Scotty Robertson, NBA and college coach (born 1930)
  • August 27 — Bob Hubbard, American NBL and BAA player (born 1922)
  • August 31 — Cal Christensen, NBA player (Milwaukee Hawks, Cincinnati Royals) (born 1927)
  • August 31 — Jack Stephens, NBA player (St. Louis Hawks) (born 1933)
  • September 14 — Lewis Brown, NBA player (Washington Bullets) (born 1955)
  • September 16 — Dave Gavitt, American basketball coach (Providence College) and founder of the Big East Conference; member of the Naismith Hall as a contributor (born 1937)
  • September 17 — Fedon Matheou, Greek basketball player and coach (born 1924)
  • September 21 — Mickey Rottner, American NBL (Sheboygan Red Skins) and BAA (Chicago Stags) player (born 1919)
  • September 22 — John H. Dick, starter on first NCAA championship team (1939 Oregon Ducks) (born 1918)
  • September 30 — Peter Gent, standout forward/center for Michigan State from 1962–64 and author of North Dallas Forty (born 1942)
  • October 3 — Jim Neal, NBA player (Syracuse Nationals) (born 1930)
  • October 9 — Antonis Christeas, Greek basketball player (Panellinios, AEK Athens) (born 1937)
  • October 9 — Chauncey Hardy, 23-year-old American playing professionally in Romania (born 1988)
  • October 12 — Lewis Mills, college coach (Richmond) and athletic director
  • November 2 — Ilmar Kullam, Olympic silver medalist for the Soviet Union in 1952 (born 1922)
  • November 8 — Ed Macauley, Hall of Fame player (St. Louis Hawks) (born 1928)
  • November 9 — Bob Carney, NBA player (Minneapolis Lakers) (born 1932)
  • November 17 — Kurt Budke, women's college basketball coach (Oklahoma State) (born 1961)
  • November 18 — Walt Hazzard, NBA player and college coach (UCLA) (born 1942)
  • November 22 — Alberto Reynoso, Philippine Basketball Association player (born 1940)
  • November 25 — Hoddy Mahon, College basketball coach (Seton Hall)
  • November 30 — George McCarty, College coach (New Mexico State, UTEP) (born 1915)
  • December 1 — Dick Wehr, BAA player (Indianapolis Jets) and college coach (Georgia State) (born 1925)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "NJCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK" (PDF). NJCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 10 Oct 2014.
  2. ^ "Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.
  3. ^ "Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2011". Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Shaq announces his retirement after 19 seasons". June 2011.
  5. ^ Yao Ming retirement marks end of an era
  6. ^ "Jay-Z: Team to be Brooklyn Nets". ESPN.com. Associated Press. September 26, 2011. Retrieved September 26, 2011.

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