1997 in basketball
The following are the basketball events of the year 1997 throughout the world.
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2009 • 2008 •2007 • 2006 • 2005 |
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1990s |
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1999 • 1998 • 1997 • 1996 • 1995 |
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1980s |
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1989 • 1988 • 1987 • 1986 • 1985 |
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1970s |
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1979 • 1978 • 1977 • 1976 • 1975 |
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1960s |
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1969 • 1968 • 1967 • 1966 • 1965 |
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1950s |
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1959 • 1958 • 1957 • 1956 • 1955 |
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1940s |
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1949 • 1948 • 1947 • 1946 • 1945 |
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1930s |
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1939 • 1938 • 1937 • 1936 • 1935 |
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1920s |
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1929 • 1928 • 1927 • 1926 • 1925 |
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1910s |
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1919 • 1918 • 1917 • 1916 • 1915 |
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1900s |
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1909 • 1908 • 1907 • 1906 • 1905 |
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1890s |
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1899 • 1898 • 1897 • 1896 • 1895 |
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Championships
Professional
- Men
- 1997 NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls over the
Utah Jazz 4-2. MVP:
Michael Jordan - Eurobasket: Yugoslavia 61, Italy 49
- 1997 NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls over the
Utah Jazz 4-2. MVP:
- Women
- WNBA Finals: Houston Comets over the New York Liberty. MVP: Cynthia Cooper
- Eurobasket Women:
Lithuania def.
Slovakia
College
- Men
- NCAA
- NAIA
- NAIA Division I: Life University (Ga.) 73, Oklahoma Baptist University 64
- NAIA Division II: Bethel College (Indiana) (IN) 95, Siena Heights College (MI) 94
- NJCAA
- NJCAA Division I: Indian Hills CC, Ottumwa, Iowa 89, San Jacinto College, (TX) 80
- Women
- NCAA
- NAIA
- NAIA Division I: Southern Nazarene University (OK) 78 Union College (TN) (73)
- NAIA Division II Northwest Nazarene University (ID) 64, Black Hills State University (SD) 46
- NJCAA
- Division I Trinity Valley CC 79, Central Florida CC 69
- Division II Kirkwood CC 76, Carl Sandburg College 67
- Division III Anoka-Ramsey CC 80, Monroe CC 57
Preps
Bloomington North defeats Delta to win Indiana's last open-class basketball state championship.
Awards and Honors
Professional
- Men
- Women
Collegiate
- Naismith College Player of the Year
- Men: Tim Duncan, Wake Forest University
- Women: Kate Starbird, Stanford University
- Naismith College Coach of the Year
Events
- WNBA played its first season.
Movies
Deaths
- March 6 — Roger Brown, 54, player for Indiana Pacers
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