1985 in basketball

The following are the basketball events of the year 1985 throughout the world.

Player awards (NBA)

Regular Season MVP

• Larry Bird, Boston Celtics

NBA Finals MVP

• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers

Slam Dunk Contest

• Dominique Wilkins, Atlanta Hawks

Collegiate awards

• Men
  • John R. Wooden Award: Chris Mullin, St. John's
  • Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Bubba Jennings, Texas Tech
  • Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Patrick Ewing, Georgetown
  • NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Pervis Ellison, Louisville
  • Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Bill Frieder, Michigan
  • Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Hank Iba
• Women
  • Naismith College Player of the Year: Cheryl Miller, USC
  • Wade Trophy: Cheryl Miller, USC
  • Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Maria Stack, Gonzaga
  • NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Tracy Claxton, Old Dominion

Deaths

• May 18 — Win Wilfong, American NBA player (St. Louis Hawks, Cincinnati Royals) (born 1933)
• September ? — Louie Sauer, American NBL player (Kankakee Gallagher Trojans) (born 1915)
• September 2 — Bob Kinney, American NBA player (Fort Wayne Pistons) (born 1920)
• November 6 — Harold Bradley, American college coach (Duke, Texas) (born 1911)

See also

• 1985 in sports