Deaths
- May 8 - John Kotz, 1941 NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player and player for the Sheboygan Red Skins (b. 1919)
- July 8 — Frank Lubin, member of 1936 US Olympic championship team (b. 1910)
- August 7 — Harry Litwack, Hall of fame college coach of the Temple Owls (b. 1907)
- August 19 — Kim Perrot, WNBA Player for the Houston Comets (b. 1967)
- October 8 — John McLendon, Hall of Fame college and ABA coach (b. 1915)
- October 12 — Wilt Chamberlain, player and member of Basketball Hall of Fame. Many believe him to have been the best basketball player in the history of the game (b. 1936)
- October 14 — Jim Jordan, All-American at North Carolina (b. 1925)
- October 15 — Marvin Wood 71, coach of 1954 Indiana state basketball champion Milan, Indiana High School. The story of the 1954 team became the basis for the movie Hoosiers
- October 25 — Forddy Anderson, Final Four college coach at both Bradley and Michigan State. NBA scout for the Boston Celtics (b. 1919)
- December 1 — William "Pop" Gates, Hall of Fame Harlem Renaissance and Harlem Globetrotters player (b. 1917)
- December 23 — Vladimir Kondrashin, FIBA Hall of Fame Russian coach (b. 1929)
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The many deaths one must have died
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