Today in Basketball History (Part 2)
Sub-Topics: Michael Jordan - NCAA Men's Basketball Championship - NCAA Women's Basketball Championship
Historical Events
Results 101 - 200 of 201
1973-02-15 - Friendsville Academy (Tenn) ends 138-game basketball losing streak
1973-03-24 - Immaculata beats Queens College, 59-52 to win AIAW Basketball title
1973-03-26 - 35th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Memphis 81-76
1973-03-26 - UCLA wins their 7th straight NCAA basketball title
1973-07-01 - 1st US-China basketball game, US collegiates beats Shanghai 96-61
1973-09-07 - Mike Storen becomes American Basketball Assn's 4th commissioner
1973-12-15 - Tennessee beats Temple 11-6 in low scoring NCAA basketball game
1974-01-19 - Notre Dame beats UCLA, ends NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak
1974-01-20 - A college basketball game ends 210-67
1974-01-20 - Essex Comm College beats Englewood Cliffs 210-67 in basketball
1974-02-05 - Mats Wermelin, Sweden, scores all points in 272-0 basketball win
1974-03-24 - 36th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: NC State beats Marquette 76-64
1975-01-31 - UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship
1975-03-31 - 37th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Kentucky 92-55
1976-03-27 - Delta States beat Immaculata, 69-64, for AIWA basketball title
1976-03-29 - 38th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Michigan 86-68
1977-02-01 - Hillsdale High School defeats Person High School 2-0 in basketball
1977-03-28 - 39th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Marquette beats NC 67-59
1977-12-13 - 14 University of Evansville basketball players die in plane crash
1978-02-05 - Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free throws blindfolded
1978-02-14 - In girls' HS basketball, Chicago Latin beats Harvard St George
1978-03-27 - 40th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Duke 94-88
1978-06-20 - 1st 6 teams of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) granted-Iowa, NJ, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minnesota & Dayton
1978-12-09 - 1st game of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL), Chicago Hustle vs Milwaukee Does
1979-02-21 - 2 Iowa girls HS basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters game was won 4-2 in 4th overtime period
1979-03-26 - 41st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Mich State beats Indiana St 75-64
1980-01-21 - Les Henson, Virginia Tech, makes 89' 3" basketball field goal
1980-03-24 - 42nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats UCLA 59-54
1981-03-30 - 43rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champ: Indiana beats North Carolina 63-50
1982-01-29 - Old Dominion ends La Tech's women's basketball rec 54-game win streak
1982-03-28 - 1st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: LA Tech beats Cheney 76-62
1982-03-29 - 44th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: NC beats Georgetown 63-62
1982-12-24 - Chaminade, with a student body of only 850 students, beats #1 ranked Virginia 77-72 in a Honolulu holiday basketball classic
1983-04-03 - 2nd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship: South Cal beats LA Tech 69-67
1983-04-04 - 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: NC State beats Houston 54-52
1983-12-21 - NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute men's basketball free throw rule
1984-01-08 - NCAA announces that basketball tournament will have 64 teams
1984-01-22 - Annette Kennedy of SUNY sets women's basketball record with 70 pts
1984-04-01 - 3rd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship: Southern Cal beats Tenn 72-61
1984-04-02 - 46th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Georgetown beats Houston 84-75
1985-01-02 - Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score
1985-02-08 - Bruce Morris, Marshall Univ, makes a 92' 5½" basketball shot
1985-02-23 - Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game
1985-03-31 - 4th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Ga 70-65
1985-04-01 - 47th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Villanova beats Georgetown 84-75
1985-04-04 - Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal
1986-01-04 - NCAA basketball's David Robinson blocks a record 14 shots
1986-03-30 - 5th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: Texas beats Southern Cal 97-81
1986-03-31 - 48th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Duke 72-69
1986-04-02 - NCAA adopts 3-point basketball rule (19 feet 9 inch distance)
1987-03-12 - David Robinson scores 50 points in a NCAA basketball game
1987-03-29 - 6th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee routs Louisiana 67-44
1987-03-31 - 49th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Syracuse 74-73
1988-03-17 - Highest scoring NCAA basketball game; Loyola-Marymont 119, Wyoming 115
1988-04-03 - 7th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Louisiana Tec beat Auburn 56-54
1988-04-04 - 50th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beat Oklahoma 83-79
1989-04-02 - 8th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Auburn 76-60
1989-04-03 - 51st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Mich beats Seton Hall 80-79 (OT)
1989-05-15 - US Basketball League cancels its summer schedule
1990-01-11 - Bobby Knight becomes basketball's Big 10 winningest coach (229)
1990-04-01 - 9th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Auburn 88-81
1990-04-02 - 52nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Nevada-LV beats Duke 103-73
1991-01-09 - Dean Smith of NC is 6th to win 700 career coaching basketball games
1991-01-12 - Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11,520)
1991-02-23 - NC is 1st NCAA basketball team to win 1,500 games
1991-03-31 - 10th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee beats Virginia 70-67
1991-04-01 - 53rd NCAA Mens Basketball Champion: Duke Bluedevils beats Kansas 72-65
1991-07-15 - Sandhi Ortiz-DelValle is 1st woman to officiate a men's pro basketball (USBL) game, game between New Haven Skyhawks & Phila Spirit
1991-09-21 - USA Basketball announces "Dream Team" for the 1992 Olympics
1991-11-18 - Auburn men's basketball team was placed on 2 yr probation for recruiting violations & is not eligble for post-season play in 1991-92
1991-12-28 - 8 are crushed to death at a RAP basketball game at City College, NYC
1992-03-29 - NCAA Basketball Women's Championship at Kemper Arena, KC
1992-04-05 - 11th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Stanford beats Western Ky 78-62
1992-04-06 - 54th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke beats Michigan 71-51
1992-04-13 - Lou Conaseca retires as coach of St John's basketball team
1992-06-28 - US Dream Team beats Cuba in 1st exhibition basketball game, 133-57
1992-09-29 - Magic Johnson announces return to play basketball (he doesn't)
1993-04-04 - 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Texas Tech beats OH State 84-82
1993-04-05 - 55th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: NC beats Michigan 77-71
1994-04-03 - 13th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: NC beats Louisiana Tech 60-59
1994-04-04 - 56th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Ark Razorbacks beats Duke 76-72
1995-04-02 - 14th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: U of Ct Huskies beats TN 70-64
1995-04-03 - 57th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: UCLA Bruins beats Arkansas 89-78
1995-05-05 - Last basketball game at Boston Gardens (Magic beats Celtics)
1996-03-31 - 15th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tenn beats Georgia 83-65
1996-04-01 - 58th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Syracuse 76-67
1997-03-30 - 16th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tenn beats Old Dominion 68-59
1997-03-31 - 59th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Ariz beats Kentucky 84-79 (OT)
1997-06-21 - Women's National Basketball Association begins as NY Liberty beats LA Sparks
1998-03-29 - 17th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Kemper Arena KC
1998-03-30 - 60th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Alamodome San Antonio
1999-01-13 - Basketball player Michael Jordan announces his retirement only to return in 2001
1999-03-28 - 18th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Jose
1999-03-29 - 61st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at ThunderDome St Petersburg
2000-04-02 - 19th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Corel State Spectrum
2000-04-03 - 62nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at RCA Dome Indianapolis
2000-10-01 - United States retain Basketball's Olympic gold medal defeating France 85-75
2001-04-01 - 20th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at St Louis
2001-04-02 - 63rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Metrodome Minneapolis
2002-03-31 - 21st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Antonio
Famous Birthdays
Results 101 - 200 of 453
1962-05-27 - Ray Borner, Australian basketball center (Olympics-1984, 88, 92, 96)
1962-07-31 - Sandra "Sweetness" Hodge, basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters)
1962-10-17 - John Dorge, Australian basketball center (Olympics-96)
1962-11-10 - Cathy Boswell, Joliet Ill, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984)
1962-11-23 - Andrea Blackwell, Calgary Alberta, basketball forward (Olympics-96)
1962-12-27 - Mark Few, American basketball coach
1962-12-27 - Bill Self, American basketball coach
1962-12-28 - Keith Lee, basketball player (Memphis State)
1963-01-20 - Scott Fisher, San Jose Calif, Australian basketball forward (Oly-96)
1963-12-24 - Jay Bilas, American basketball analyst
1964-01-03 - Cheryl Miller, Riverside Calif, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984)
1964-07-19 - Teresa Edwards, Cairo GA, basketball forward (Oly-gold-1984, 88,92,96)
1964-08-18 - Kenny Walker, American basketball player
1964-08-26 - Karla Karch-Gailus, Vancouver BC, basketball guard (Olympics-96)
1965-03-16 - Cindy Brown, US, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1988)
1965-07-24 - Andrew Gaze, Australian basketball player (Olympics-1984, 88, 92, 96)
1965-09-19 - Katrina McClain, Charleston SC, basketball forward (Olympics-gold-96)
1965-11-10 - Jamie Dixon, American basketball coach
1966-03-12 - John Thompson III, NCAA Basketball Head Coach
1967-05-25 - Ruthie Bolton, McClain Miss, basketball guard (Olympics-gold-96)
1967-12-11 - Katy Steding, Lake Oswego Oregon, basketball forward (Oly-gold-96)
1968-01-13 - Kelly Boucher, Calgary Alberta, basketball forward (Olympics-96)
1968-03-06 - Carla McGhee, Peoria Ill, US basketball forward (Olympics-gold-96)
1968-04-22 - Vernell Coles, basketball player (Olympic-bronze-1988)
1968-05-26 - Rachael Sporn, Australian basketball forward (Olympics-bronze-96)
1968-08-20 - Sandy Brondello, Australian basketball guard (Olympics-bronze-96)
1968-08-31 - Jennifer Azzi, Oak Ridge Tenn, basketball guard (Olympics-gold-96)
1968-09-27 - Mark Bradtke, Adelaide SA Aus, basketball center (Olympics-88, 92, 96)
1968-10-11 - Cynthia Johnston, Calgary Alberta, basketball forward (Olympics-96)
1968-10-28 - Shawna Molcak, Cardston Alberta, basketball guard (Olympics-96)
1968-11-17 - Sean Miller, American basketball coach
1969-01-22 - Shelley Sandie, Australian basketball guard (Olympics-88, 96)
1969-02-07 - Fiona Robinson, Collie Western Aust, basketball player (Oly-bronze-96)
1969-04-01 - Andrew Vlahov, Australian basketball forward (Olympics-1988, 92, 96)
1969-04-28 - Merlelynn Lange-Harris, Toronto Ontario, basketball center (Oly-96)
1969-11-14 - Sue Stewart, Toronto Ontario, basketball guard (Olympics-96)
1970-05-04 - Dawn Staley, Phila, basketball guard (Olympics-gold-96)
1970-09-06 - Shane Heal, Box Hill Melbourne VIC Austral, basketball guard (Oly-96)
1971-01-02 - Lisa Harrison, American basketball player
1971-02-05 - Dianne Norman, Sault Ste Marie Ontario, basketball forward (Oly-96)
1971-02-18 - Constantin Popa, Romanian-Israeli basketball player
1971-03-15 - Patrick Reidy, Melbourne VIC Australia, basketball forward (Oly-96)
1971-04-13 - Bo Outlaw, American basketball player
1971-08-13 - Camille Thompson, Salmon Arm BC, basketball center (Olympics-96)
1971-09-07 - Tonny Jensen, Australian basketball guard (Olympics-96)
1971-10-31 - Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (d. 2004)
1971-12-17 - Nikki McCray, Collierville Tenn, basketball guard (Olympics-gold-96)
1971-12-17 - Antoine Rigaudeau, French basketball player
1971-12-28 - William Gates, American basketball player
1972-05-25 - Tony Ronaldson, Adelaide SA Australia, basketball forward (Oly-96)
1972-07-12 - Travis Best, American basketball player
1972-07-23 - Trisha Fallon, Australian basketball forward (Olympics-bronze-96)
1972-08-12 - Allison Cook, Australian basketballl player (Olympics-bronze-96)
1972-09-27 - Sylvia Crawley, American basketball player
1973-02-08 - Michelle Brogan, Australian basketball forward (Olympics-bronze-96)
1973-03-02 - Dejan Bodiroga, Serbian basketball player
1973-04-17 - Brett Maher, Adelaide SA Australia, basketball guard (Olympics-96)
1973-09-05 - Jenny Whittle, Australian basketball center (Olympics-bronze-96)
1974-01-30 - Martina Jerant, Windsor Ontario, basketball center (Olympics-96)
1974-07-16 - Michelle Chandler, Australian basketball point guard (Olymp-bronze-96)
1974-08-14 - Chucky Atkins, American basketball player
1974-09-18 - Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese basketball player
1975-03-04 - Patrick Femerling, German-born professional basketball player
1975-07-15 - Ben Pepper, Australian basketball player
1975-09-01 - Cuttino Mobley, American basketball player
1975-10-31 - Carla Boyd, Wynyard Tasmania, basketball player (Olympics-bronze-96)
1975-11-18 - Jason Williams, American basketball player
1976-01-11 - Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player
1976-01-28 - Mark Madsen, American basketball player
1976-04-12 - Brad Miller, American basketball player
1976-04-21 - Rommel Adducul, Filipino basketball player
1976-05-31 - Matt Harpring, American basketball player
1976-06-02 - Earl Boykins, American basketball pl
1976-07-11 - Eduardo Nájera, Mexican-born basketball player
1976-08-25 - Sam Mackinnon, Melbourne VIC Australia, basketball forward (Oly-96)
1976-09-24 - Carlos Almeida, Angolan basketball player
1976-11-29 - Michalis Kakiouzis, Greek basketball player
1977-01-13 - James Posey, American basketball player
1977-01-16 - Jeff Foster, American basketball player
1977-01-26 - Vince Carter, American basketball player
1977-02-21 - Steve Francis, American basketball player
1977-03-05 - Wally Szczerbiak, American basketball player
1977-05-09 - Maggie Dixon, American college basketball coach (d. 2006)
1977-06-09 - Peja Stojakovic, Serbian basketball player
1977-06-15 - Michael Doleac, American basketball player
1977-06-20 - Gordan Giriček, Croatian basketball player
1977-06-24 - Dimosthenis Dikoudis, Greek basketball player
1977-07-08 - Wang Zhizhi, Chinese basketball player
1977-07-25 - Kenny Thomas, American basketball player
1977-07-28 - Manu Ginóbili, Argentine basketball player
1977-08-09 - Chamique Holdsclaw, American basketball player
1977-08-26 - Morris Peterson, American basketball player
1977-08-29 - Devean George, American basketball player
1977-09-05 - Nazr Mohammed, American Basketball player
1977-09-15 - Jason Terry, American basketball player
1977-10-11 - Desmond Mason, American basketball player
1977-10-13 - Paul Pierce, American basketball player
1977-10-14 - Kelly Schumacher, Canadian basketball player
1977-11-28 - DeMya Walker, American basketball player
1977-12-19 - Jorge Garbajosa, Spanish basketball player
Famous Deaths
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