2013 in basketball

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The following are the basketball events of the year 2013 throughout the world.

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

National tournaments[]

Other tournaments[]

Youth tournaments[]

2013 FIBA Europe youth championships[]

  • 8–18 August: U-16 European Championship Men Division A in Ukraine Kyiv
  • 8–18 August: U-16 European Championship Men Division B in Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
  • 2–7 July: U-16 European Championship Men Division C in Gibraltar Gibraltar
  • 18–28 July: U-18 European Championship Men Division A in Latvia Liepāja, Ventspils and Riga
  • 18–28 July: U-18 European Championship Men Division B in North Macedonia Strumica
  • 15–20 July: U-18 European Championship Men Division C in Andorra Andorra la Vella
  • 9–21 July: U-20 European Championship Men Division A in Estonia Tallinn
  • 12–21 July: U-20 European Championship Men Division B in Romania Pitești
  • 1–11 August: U-16 European Championship Women Division A in Bulgaria Varna and Albena
  • 1–11 August: U-16 European Championship Women Division B in Portugal Matosinhos
  • 2–7 July: U-16 European Championship Women Division C in Gibraltar Gibraltar
  • 15–25 August: U-18 European Championship Women Division A in Croatia Vukovar and Vinkovci
  • 15–25 August: U-18 European Championship Women Division B in Hungary Miskolc
  • 15–20 July: U-18 European Championship Women Division C in Andorra Andorra la Vella
  • 4–14 July: U-20 European Championship Women Division A in Turkey Samsun
  • 4–14 July: U-20 European Championship Women Division B in Bulgaria Albena

Club championships[]

Continental championships[]

Men:

Women:

Transnational championships[]

Men:

  • United StatesCanada NBA
  • Australia New Zealand National Basketball League, 2012–13 season:
    • Premiers: New Zealand Breakers
    • Champions: The Breakers win their third straight championship, sweeping the Perth Wildcats 2–0 in the best-of-3 Grand Final.
  • Adriatic League, 2012–13: Serbia Partizan Belgrade defeat Serbia Red Star Belgrade 71–63 in the one-off final.
  • ASEAN Basketball League, 2013: Philippines San Miguel Beermen sweep the Indonesia Warriors 3–0 in the best-of-5 finals.
  • Balkan League, 2012–13: Israel Hapoel Gilboa Galil defeat Bulgaria Levski Sofia 87-79 in the one-off final.
  • Baltic League: Latvia Ventspils defeat Lithuania Prienai 161–150 on aggregate (91–69, 70–71) in the two-legged final.
  • Czech League: Czech Republic Nymburk sweep Czech Republic Prostějov 4–0 in the best-of-7 final. This is Nymburk's 10th straight league title.
  • VTB United League, 2012–13: Russia CSKA Moscow defeat Russia Lokomotiv-Kuban 3–1 in the best-of-5 final.

National championships[]

Women:

  • United States WNBA
    • Season:
    • Finals: The Lynx sweep the Dream 3–0 in the best-of-5 series, claiming their second title in three years. Maya Moore of the Lynx in named Finals MVP.

College seasons: Men's Division[]

Nation League / Tournament Champion Result Runner-up Playoff format
United States United States NCAA Division I Louisville Cardinals 82–76 Michigan Wolverines One-game playoff
2013 National Invitation Tournament Baylor Bears 74–54 Iowa Hawkeyes
2013 College Basketball Invitational Santa Clara Broncos 2–1 George Mason Patriots Best-of-3 series
2013 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament East Carolina Pirates 77–74 Weber State Wildcats One-game playoff
NCAA Division II Drury University 74–73 Metro State
NCAA Division III Amherst College 87–70 Mary Hardin–Baylor
NAIA Division I Georgetown (KY) 88–62 SAGU (TX)
NAIA Division II Cardinal Stritch (WI) 73–59 William Penn (IA)
NJCAA Division I College of Central Florida 74–69 Northwest Florida State College
NJCAA Division II Rend Lake College 87–69 Moraine Valley Community College
NJCAA Division III Brookdale Community College 61–55 Eastfield College
Philippines Philippines UAAP Season 76 De La Salle Green Archers 2–1 UST Growling Tigers Best-of-3 series
NCAA Season 89 San Beda Red Lions 2–1 Letran Knights
Philippine Collegiate Champions League De La Salle Green Archers 2–0 SWU Cobras
Women

Prep[]

  • United States USA Today Boys Basketball Ranking #1:
  • United States USA Today Girls Basketball Ranking #1:
  • Philippines NCAA (Philippines) Juniors: San Beda defeated LSGH in 2 games in the finals en route to winning all 20 games of the season.
  • Philippines UAAP Juniors: NU defeated Ateneo in 2 games in the finals en route to winning all 18 games of the season.

Awards and honors[]

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame[]

  • Class of 2013:[1]
    • Players: Roger Brown, Richie Guerin, Bernard King, Gary Payton, Oscar Schmidt, Dawn Staley
    • Coaches: Sylvia Hatchell, Guy Lewis, Rick Pitino, Jerry Tarkanian
    • Contributors: Russ Granik, Edwin Bancroft Henderson

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame[]

FIBA Hall of Fame[]

  • Class of 2013:

Professional[]

Collegiate[]

Events[]

  • January 21 – The Maloof family announces that it has reached an agreement to sell the Sacramento Kings to a Seattle-based group led by Chris Hansen and Steve Ballmer that plans to move the team to Seattle for the 2013–14 season and resurrect the SuperSonics name.[7]
  • April 15 – The 2013 WNBA Draft is held at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut, with Baylor center Brittney Griner chosen first overall.[8]
  • April 29 – After Sacramento mayor and former NBA player Kevin Johnson recruits an ownership group to make a counter-offer to keep the Kings in Sacramento, a league committee unanimously recommends that owners reject the Seattle group's deal.[9]
  • May 31 – The sale of the Kings to the Sacramento-based group led by Vivek Ranadive is closed.[10]
  • June 27 – The 2013 NBA draft is held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, with Anthony Bennett, a power forward from UNLV, becoming the first Canadian to be chosen as the first overall pick.[11]
  • December 6 – In the highest-scoring game in NCAA Division I women's history, Kentucky defeats Baylor 133–130 in four overtimes. The game, held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, was the front end of a doubleheader that included the two schools' men's teams.[12]

Movies[]

  • Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story
  • Medora

Deaths[]

  • January 7 — Gonzalo Puyat II, former president of FIBA (born 1934)[13]
  • January 10 — Jay Handlan, College All-American (Washington and Lee) and AAU player (born 1928)
  • January 12 — Chuck Dalton, Canadian Olympic player (1952) (born 1927)
  • January 15 — George Gund III, NBA owner (Cleveland Cavaliers) (born 1937)
  • January 16 — Wayne D. Anderson, American college coach (Idaho) (born 1930)
  • January 19 — Jim Marking, American college coach (South Dakota State) (born 1927)
  • January 24 — Jim Line, two-time NCAA championship player at Kentucky (1948, 1949) (born 1926)
  • January 31 — Larry Killick, 10th overall selection in the 1947 BAA draft (born 1922)
  • February 3 — B. H. Born, 1953 NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player (Kansas), AAU player (born 1932)
  • February 7 — Howard Lassoff, American player (Maccabi Tel Aviv) (born 1955)
  • February 11 — Jim Boatwright, American player (Maccabi Tel Aviv) (born 1951)
  • February 11 — Matthew White, American player known for his collegiate career (University of Pennsylvania) (born 1957)
  • February 13 — Harry Miller, 86, American college coach (Fresno State, Eastern New Mexico, Wichita State, Stephen F. Austin).[14]
  • February 13 — Tibor Zsíros, Hungarian Olympic player (1948, 1952) (born 1930)
  • February 17 — Phil Henderson, three-time Final Four player at Duke (born 1968)
  • February 18 — Jerry Buss, Los Angeles Lakers owner and member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (born 1933)
  • March 2 — Giorgos Kolokithas, Greek player (Panathinaikos B.C.) (born 1945)
  • March 3 — Bart Quinn, American NBL player (Fort Wayne General Electrics) (born 1917)
  • March 3 — George Wearring, Canadian Olympic player (1952) (born 1928)
  • March 4 — Chick Halbert, American BBA player (born 1919)
  • March 5 — Calvin Fowler, ABA player (Carolina Cougars) and 1968 Olympic Gold Medalist (born 1940)
  • March 7 — Harold Hunter, College coach (NC Central), first African-American to sign an NBA contract (born 1926)
  • March 8 — Mickey Marty, 91, All-American college player (Loras).[15]
  • March 14 — Jack Curran, American high school coach (Archbishop Molloy High School) (born 1930)
  • March 22 — Ray Williams, NBA player (New York Knicks, among others) (born 1954)
  • March 26 — Tom Boerwinkle, NBA player (Chicago Bulls) (born 1945)
  • March 30 — Bob Nichols, 82, American college coach (Toledo).[16]
  • March 30 — Bobby Parks, American player (San Miguel, Shell, Aspac Jakarta) (born 1962)
  • April 1 — Greg Willard, NBA referee (born 1958)
  • April 7 — Marty Blake, NBA GM (Atlanta Hawks and scout (born 1927)
  • April 12 — Marv Harshman, Naismith Hall of Fame college coach (Washington State, Washington) (born 1917)
  • April 24 — Murray Satterfield, 87, American college coach (Boise State, College of Idaho)[17]
  • May 5 — Jack Turner, NBA player (Chicago Packers) (born 1939)
  • May 16 — Carl Bennett, NBA coach and GM (Fort Wayne Pistons) (born 1915)
  • May 23 — Flynn Robinson, NBA player (born 1941)
  • May 29 — Cliff Meely, NBA player (Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers) (born 1947)
  • June 4 — Monti Davis, NBA player (Philadelphia 76ers, Dallas Mavericks) (born 1958)
  • June 7 — Charlie Coles, College coach (Central Michigan, Miami of Ohio) (born 1942)
  • June 19 — Ólafur Rafnsson, Icelandic president of FIBA Europe (born 1963)
  • July 6 — Rudy Keeling, College coach (Maine, Northeastern) (born 1947)
  • July 6 — Leland Mitchell, ABA player (New Orleans Buccaneers) (born 1941)
  • July 14 — Simmie Hill, ABA player (born 1946)
  • July 23 — Red McManus, college coach (Creighton) (born 1925)
  • July 30 — Ossie Schectman, BAA player (New York Knicks) (born 1919)
  • August 2 — George Hauptfuhrer, third overall pick in the 1948 BAA draft (born 1926)
  • August 5 — Roy Rubin, NBA (Philadelphia 76ers) and college (Long Island) coach (born 1925)
  • August 14 — Jack Garfinkel, BAA player (Boston Celtics) (born 1918)
  • August 17 — Devin Gray, NBA player (Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets) (born 1972)
  • August 23 — Dean Meminger, NBA player (New York Knicks) (born 1948)
  • August 30 — Howie Crittenden, college (Murray State) and AAU (Peoria Cats) player (born 1933)
  • September 3 — Don Meineke, NBA player (Fort Wayne Pistons, Cincinnati Royals) (born 1930)
  • September 7 — Zelmo Beaty, NBA/ABA player (St. Louis Hawks, Utah Stars, Los Angeles Lakers) (born 1939)
  • September 16 — Jim Palmer, NBA player (Cincinnati Royals, New York Knicks) (born 1933)
  • September 17 — Dick O'Neal, All-American college player (TCU) (born 1935)
  • September 29 — Bob Kurland, Hall of Fame college (Oklahoma State) and AAU (Phillips 66ers) player (born 1924)
  • October 3 — Sergei Belov, Russian Olympic gold medalist (1972) (born 1944)
  • October 13 — Joe Meriweather, NBA player (Kansas City Kings, among others) (born 1953)
  • October 23 — Wes Bialosuknia, ABA player (Oakland Oaks) (born 1945)
  • October 25 — Bill Sharman, Hall of Fame player and coach (born 1926)
  • October 25 — Chico Vaughn, NBA and ABA player (St. Louis Hawks, Detroit Pistons, Pittsburgh Pipers) (born 1940)
  • November 2 — Walt Bellamy, Hall of Fame player and 1960 Olympic Gold medalist (born 1939)
  • November 7 — Ian Davies, Australian player (Sydney Kings) and Olympian (born 1956)
  • November 7 — Lenny Rzeszewski, American college basketball player (Indiana State) (born 1923)
  • November 17 — Joe Dean, Collegiate basketball Hall of Fame player, administrator (LSU) (born 1930)
  • November 21 — Vern Mikkelsen, Hall of Fame player (Minneapolis Lakers) (born 1928)
  • November 29 — Valdis Muižnieks, Latvian player who won three Olympic silver medals as a part of the Soviet Union national team (born 1935)
  • December 6 — M. K. Turk, college coach (Southern Miss) (born 1942)
  • December 15 — Dyron Nix, NBA player (Indiana Pacers) (born 1967)
  • December 18 — Harry Boland, Irish Olympic player (born 1925)
  • December 29 — Connie Dierking, NBA player (Cincinnati Royals, Philadelphia 76ers) (born 1936)
  • December 29 — Khushi Ram, Indian player (born 1936)
  • December 31 — Johnny Orr, NBA player and college coach (Michigan, Iowa State) (born 1927)
  • December 31 — Art Stolkey, BAA player (Detroit Falcons) (born 1920)

See also[]

References[]

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  11. ^ "Cavaliers select Anthony Bennett". ESPN.com. June 27, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  12. ^ "No. 5 Kentucky outlasts No. 9 Baylor in epic four-overtime battle". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 6, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
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  14. ^ "Former SFA Hoops Coach Harry Miller Passes Away". Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks. February 14, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  15. ^ Campbell, Clete (March 13, 2013). "College basketball: Mickey Marty lived life to fullest". Telegraph Herald. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
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