The following are the basketball events of the year 1976 throughout the world.
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Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.
1976 Olympics
- Men:
 - Women:
 
The United States men's team won its eighth Gold medal in nine competitions. This was the first time that Women's basketball was played at the Summer Olympics.[1]
International tournaments
Men's tournaments
- Winner: Mobilgirgi Varèse
 - Runners-up: Real Madrid
 
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5 | 5 | 0 | 462 | 381 | 10 | |
| 2. | 5 | 4 | 1 | 406 | 335 | 9 | |
| 3. | 5 | 3 | 2 | 428 | 373 | 8 | |
| 4. | 5 | 2 | 3 | 382 | 355 | 7 | |
| 5. | 5 | 1 | 4 | 380 | 401 | 6 | |
| 6. | 5 | 0 | 5 | 241 | 454 | 5 | 
Women's tournaments
- Winner: Sparta Prague
 
College tournaments
- Men
 
- 1976 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament
- Winner: University of Puget Sound
 
 - 1976 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
- Final Four
 
 
| National semifinals | National Championship Game | ||||||||
| E | Rutgers | 70 | |||||||
| MW | Michigan | 86 | |||||||
| MW | Michigan | 68 | |||||||
| ME | Indiana | 86 | |||||||
| ME | Indiana | 65 | |||||||
| W | UCLA | 51 | National third-place game | ||||||
| W | UCLA | 106 | |||||||
| E | Rutgers | 92 | |||||||
- 1976 National Invitation Tournament
- Winner: Kentucky
 
 - 1976 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
- Winner: Coppin State
 
 
- Women
 
ABA
- Most Valuable Player: Julius Erving, New York Nets
 - Rookie of the Year: David Thompson, Denver Nuggets
 - Coach of the Year: Larry Brown, Denver Nuggets
 - ABA All-Star Game MVP: Julius Erving
- see also:1976 ABA All-Star Game
 
 - ABA Finals Most Valuable Player Award: Julius Erving
- see also:1976 ABA Playoffs
 
 
NAIA
NBA
- NBA draft
 - Most Valuable Player: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers
 - Rookie of the Year: Alvan Adams, Phoenix Suns
 - Coach of the Year: Bill Fitch, Cleveland Cavaliers
 - NBA All-Star Game MVP:Dave Bing
- see also:1976 NBA All-Star Game
 
 - NBA Champion:Boston Celtics
 - NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award:Jo Jo White
- see also:1976 NBA Playoffs, 1976 NBA Finals
 
 
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Class of 1976:[2]
 
Deaths
- June 8 — Bob Feerick, American NBA player and coach (born 1920)
 - October 27 — Jerry Bush, American college coach (Toledo, Nebraska) (born 1914)
 
Births
- April 25 - Tim Duncan, American NBA player and a Hall of Famer
 - May 19 - Kevin Garnett, American NBA player and a Hall of Famer
 - June 12 - Antawn Jamison, American NBA player
 - September 25 - Chauncey Billups, American NBA player
 
References
- ↑ Official Olympic Report Archived 2006-06-22 at the Wayback Machine
 - ↑ "Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.
 
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