Basketball
- Richie Adubato
- Geno Auriemma (born 1954), hall of fame basketball coach
- Dick Bavetta, NBA referee
- Al Bianchi
- Daniel Biasone
- George Bucci
- Dante Calabria
- John Calipari
- P. J. Carlesimo
- Lou Carnesecca
- Ben Carnevale
- Al Cervi
- Bryan Colangelo
- Jerry Colangelo
- Mike D'Antoni (born 1951), basketball coach
- Vinny Del Negro
- Ernie DiGregorio
- Tony DiLeo
- Al Ferrari
- Mike Fratello (born 1947), basketball coach
- Danilo Gallinari
- John Gianelli
- Tom Gugliotta
- Mike Iuzzolino
- Tom Izzo (born 1955), basketball coach
- Rudy LaRusso
- Hank Luisetti, Stanford star who was first player to use a jump shot
- Dan Langhi
- Anthony Maestranzi
- Phil Martelli (born 1954), basketball coach
- Rollie Massimino
- Thad Matta
- Bill Melchionni, (born 1944), played 9 seasons in NBA and ABA (7 with the New York Nets)
- Franklin Mieuli, (born 1920), owner of the Golden State Warriors from 1962–1985
- Nick Mileti, (born 1931), former owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers
- Dick Motta
- Mike Nardi
- Togo Palazzi
- Rick Pitino (born 1952), basketball coach
- Sam Presti, General Manager of the Oklahoma City Thunder
- Lou Pucillo
- Mason Rocca
- Brian Scalabrine
- Jim Valvano (1946–1993), basketball coach and sportscaster
- Jeffrey Viggiano
- Dick Vitale (born 1939), basketball coach and sportscaster
- Diana Taurasi
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Famous quotes containing the word basketball:
“Perhaps basketball and poetry have just a few things in common, but the most important is the possibility of transcendence. The opposite is labor. In writing, every writer knows when he or she is laboring to achieve an effect. You want to get from here to there, but find yourself willing it, forcing it. The equivalent in basketball is aiming your shot, a kind of strained and usually ineffective purposefulness. What you want is to be in some kind of flow, each next moment a discovery.”
—Stephen Dunn (b. 1939)