Championships
World Championships Men Yugoslavia 64, Russia 62 Women USA 71, Russia 65
Professional Men 1998 NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls over the Utah Jazz 4-2. MVP: Michael Jordan 1998 NBA Playoffs, 1997-98 NBA season, 1998 NBA draft, 1998 NBA All-Star Game Philippine Basketball Association 1998 season: Alaska Milkmen over the San Miguel Beermen 4-3 in the All-Filipino Cup Finals Alaska Milkmen over the San Miguel Beermen 4-2 in the Commissioner's Finals Formula Shell Zoom Masters over the Mobiline Phone Pals 4-3 in the Governor's Finals Women WNBA Finals: Houston Comets over the Phoenix Mercury 2-1. MVP: Cynthia Cooper 1998 WNBA Playoffs, 1998 WNBA season, 1998 WNBA draft
College Men NCAA Division I: University of Kentucky 78, University of Utah 69 National Invitation Tournament: University of Minnesota def. Penn State University NCAA Division II: University of California-Davis 83, Kentucky Wesleyan College 77 NCAA Division III: University of Wisconsin-Platteville 69, Hope College 53 NAIA Division I: Georgetown College (KY) 83, Southern Nazarene University (OK) 69 NAIA Division II: Bethel College (Indiana) (IN) 89, Oregon Institute of Technology 87 NJCAA Division I: Indian Hills CC, Ottumwa, Iowa 83, Shelby State CC, Memphis, Tennessee 68 Women NCAA Division I: Purdue University 62, Duke University 45 NCAA Division II: North Dakota State University 92, Emporia State University 76 NCAA Division III Washington (Mo.) 77, University of Southern Maine 69 NAIA Division I: Union College (TN) 73-70 Southern Nazarene University (OK) 70 NAIA Division II Walsh University (OH)) 73, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (TX) 66
Preps USA Today Boys Basketball #1 Ranking: St. John's at Prospect Hall, Frederick, Maryland (25-0) Led by Jason Capel and Damien Wilkins. USA Today Girls Basketball #1 Ranking: Christ the King, Queens, New York (27-0) Won the New York Federation Class A title, led by Sue Bird.
Awards and honors
Professional Men NBA Most Valuable Player Award: Michael Jordan NBA Rookie of the Year Award: Tim Duncan NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Dikembe Mutombo NBA Coach of the Year Award: Larry Bird, Indiana Pacers Women WNBA Most Valuable Player Award: Cynthia Cooper, Houston Comets WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Teresa Weatherspoon, New York Liberty WNBA Rookie of the Year Award: Tracy Reid, Charlotte Sting Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award: Suzie McConnell Serio, Cleveland Rockers WNBA Coach of the Year Award: Van Chancellor, Houston Comets WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award: Cynthia Cooper, Houston Comets
Collegiate Men John R. Wooden Award: Antawn Jamison, North Carolina Naismith College Coach of the Year: Bill Guthridge, North Carolina Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Earl Boykins, Eastern Michigan Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Antawn Jamison, North Carolina NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Richard Hamilton, Connecticut USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Larry Hughes, Saint Louis Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Tom Izzo, Michigan State Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Dean Smith Women Naismith College Player of the Year: Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee Naismith College Coach of the Year: Pat Summitt, Tennessee Wade Trophy: Ticha Penicheiro, Old Dominion Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Angie Arnold, Johns Hopkins Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee Basketball Academic All-America Team: Lisa Davies, Missouri State Carol Eckman Award: Kay James, Southern Mississippi Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Pat Summitt, Tennessee
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1998: Larry Bird Jody Conradt Alex Hannum Marques Haynes Aleksandar Nikolić Arnie Risen Lenny Wilkens
Movies BASEketball He Got Game
Deaths March 11 — Buddy Jeannette, Hall of Fame NBA, NBL and BAA player (born 1917) March 17 — Cliff Barker, American basketball player (born 1921) May 15 — Earl "Goat" Manigault, legendary street player (born 1944) June 8 — McCoy Ingram, 67, American player (Minneapolis Lakers, Harlem Globetrotters). July 4 — Jay Taylor, American NBA player (New Jersey Nets) (born 1967) August 8 — Sam Balter, member of 1936 US Olympic team (born 1909) November 6 — Jack Hartman, American Kansas State University coach (born 1925) November 6 — Fred Pralle, All-American college player (Kansas) (born 1916) November 13 — Red Holzman, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach who won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks (born 1920) December 6 — Radomir Shaper, Serbian player and administrator and FIBA Hall of Fame member (born 1925)
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