1984 in basketball

Player awards (NBA">National Basketball Association">NBA)

Regular Season [MVP]

• Larry Bird, Boston Celtics

  NBA Finals MVP

• Larry Bird, Boston Celtics

  [Slam Dunk Contest]

• Larry Nance, Phoenix Suns

  Collegiate awards

• Men
• *John R. Wooden Award: Michael Jordan, North Carolina
• *Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Ricky Stokes, Virginia
• *Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Michael Jordan, North Carolina
• *NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Ed Pinckney, Villanova
• *Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Ray Meyer, DePaul
• *Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Ray Meyer
• Women
• *Naismith College Player of the Year: Cheryl Miller, USC
• *Wade Trophy: Janice Lawrence Braxton, Louisiana Tech
• *Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Kim Mulkey, Louisiana Tech
• *NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Cheryl Miller, USC

  [Naismith Memorial [Basketball Hall of Fame]]

• Class of 1984:
• *Jack Gardner
• *John Havlicek
• *Sam Jones

  Births

• May 28 — Carmelo Anthony

  Deaths

• January 30 — Lloyd Sharrar, All-American college player
• March 3 — Jack Moore, American college player
• May 30 — Tex Gibbons, American Olympic gold medalist
• November 21 — Ben Wilson, American high school player
• December 11 — Nate Bowman, American NBA/ABA player