Championships
World Championship
- Men
- Gold medal: Yugoslavia
- Silver medal: Argentina
- Bronze medal: Germany
- Final match: Yugoslavia 84, Argentina 77
- MVP: Dirk Nowitzki, Germany
- All-tournament team: Nowitzki, Pero Cameron (New Zealand), Manu Ginóbili (Argentina), Peja Stojakovic (Yugoslavia), Yao Ming (China)
- Women
Professional
- Men
- 2002 NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers over the New Jersey Nets 4–0. MVP: Tim Duncan (More information can be found at 2002-03 NBA season.)
- Philippine Basketball Association 2002 season:
- Purefoods TJ Hotdogs over the Alaska Aces 4–3 in the Governor's Cup Finals
- Red Bull Thunder over the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 4–3 in the Commissioner's Finals
- Coca-Cola Tigers over the Alaska Aces 3–1 in the All-Filipino Cup Finals
- Euroleague: Panathinaikos over Kinder Bologna 89–83 in the final match.
- Women
College
- Men
- NCAA Division I: Maryland 64, Indiana 52
- National Invitation Tournament: University of Memphis
- NCAA Division II: Metropolitan State College of Denver 80, Kentucky Wesleyan College 72
- NCAA Division III: Otterbein College 102, Elizabethtown College 83
- NAIA Division I Oklahoma Science & Arts 96, Oklahoma Baptist University 79
- NAIA Division II Evangel (Mo.) 84, Robert Morris (Ill.) 61
- Women
- NCAA Division I: University of Connecticut 82, Oklahoma 70
- Women's National Invitation Tournament: University of Oregon
- NCAA Division II: Cal Poly Pomona 74, Southeastern Oklahoma 62
- NCAA Division III Wis.-Stevens Point 67, St. Lawrence 65
- NAIA Division I: Oklahoma City 82, Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 73
- NAIA Division II Hastings (Neb.) 73, Cornerstone (Mich.) 69
Awards and honors
Professional
- Men
- NBA Most Valuable Player Award: Tim Duncan
- NBA Rookie of the Year Award: Pau Gasol
- NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Ben Wallace
- NBA Coach of the Year Award: Rick Carlisle, Detroit Pistons
- Euroscar Award: Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks and Germany
- Mr. Europa: Peja Stojaković, Sacramento Kings and Serbia and Montenegro
- Women
- WNBA Most Valuable Player Award: Sheryl Swoopes, Houston Comets
- WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Sheryl Swoopes, Houston Comets
- WNBA Rookie of the Year Award: Tamika Catchings, Indiana Fever
- WNBA Most Improved Player Award: Coco Miller, Washington Mystics
- Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award: Jennifer Gillom, Phoenix Mercury
- WNBA Coach of the Year Award: Marianne Stanley, Washington Mystics
- WNBA All-Star Game MVP: Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks
- WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award: Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks
Collegiate
- Combined
- Men
- John R. Wooden Award: Jay Williams, Duke
- Naismith College Coach of the Year: Ben Howland, Pittsburgh
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Steve Logan, Cincinnati
- Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Jay Williams, Duke
- NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse
- USBWA National Freshman of the Year: T. J. Ford, Texas
- Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Ben Howland, Pittsburgh
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Don Haskins
- Women
- Naismith College Player of the Year: Sue Bird, Connecticut
- Naismith College Coach of the Year: Geno Auriemma, Connecticut
- Wade Trophy: Sue Bird, Connecticut
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Sheila Lambert, Baylor
- Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Sue Bird, Connecticut
- NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Swin Cash, UConn
- Basketball Academic All-America Team: Stacey Dales-Schuman, Oklahoma
- Carol Eckman Award: Barbara Stevens, Bentley College
- Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Brenda Oldfield, Minnesota
- List of Senior CLASS Award women's basketball winners: Sue Bird, Connecticut
- Nancy Lieberman Award: Sue Bird, Connecticut
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Billie Moore
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Class of 2002:[1]
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
- Class of 2002[2]
Movies
Deaths
- January 6 — Fred Taylor, Hall of Fame coach of the 1960 National Champion Ohio State Buckeyes (born 1924)
- January 7 — Geoff Crompton, American NBA player (born 1955)
- January 18 — Alex Hannum, Hall of Fame pro basketball coach (born 1923)
- January 26 — Milt Ticco, American NBL player (born 1922)
- February 2 — Ed Jucker, American college coach (Cincinnati) (born 1916)
- February 13 — Bob Gerber, American NBL player (born 1916)
- February 21 — Gene Sullivan, American college coach (Loyola (Illinois)) (born 1931)
- March 11 — Al Bonniwell, American NBL player (Akron Firestone Non-Skids) (born 1911)
- March 18 — Don Betourne, American NBL player and coach (Kankakee Gallagher Trojans) (born 1915)
- May 5 — Jimmy Smith, American college All-American (Steubenville) (born 1934)
- June 3 — Cecil Hankins, NBA player (St. Louis Bombers, Boston Celtics) (born 1922)
- June 22 — Bobby Roberts, American college coach (Clemson).[3]
- July 7 — Bison Dele, NBA player (born 1969)
- July 17 — Ubiratan Pereira Maciel, Hall of Fame Brazilian basketball player (born 1944)
- July 27 — Billy McCann, 82, American college coach (Hampden–Sydney, Washington and Lee, Virginia).[4]
- August 8 — Chick Hearn, television and radio announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers (born 1916)
- September 2 — Abe Lemons, American college coach (Oklahoma City, Texas) (born 1922)
- September 7 — Edward Spotovich, American NBL player (born 1916)
- September 14 — Jim Barnes, Former #1 overall NBA draft pick and 1964 Olympic Gold medalist (born 1941)
- September 23 — Jule Rivlin, American NBL player (Akron Goodyear Wingfoots, Toledo Jeeps) and college coach (Marshall) (born 1917)
- December 17 — Bobby Joe Hill, American college national champion at Texas Western (1966) (born 1943)
- December 17 — Hank Luisetti, college basketball player and inventor of the layup; first player to score 50 points in a game (born 1916)
References
- ^ "Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.
- ^ "Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2002". Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.
- ^ "Former Clemson basketball coach Bobby Roberts passes". Clemson Tigers. June 22, 2002. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
- ^ "Former Virginia Men's Basketball Coach Billy McCann Dies In South Carolina". Virginia Cavaliers. August 1, 2002. Retrieved January 2, 2019.