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The following are thebasketball events of the year1985 throughout the world.

• 1985 FIBA Asia Cup* atMalaysia:

   Philippines(5th title)

   South Korea

   China

  EuroBasket 1985 atWest Germany:

   Soviet Union(14th title)

   Czechoslovakia

   Italy

  AfroBasket 1985 atIvory Coast:

   Ivory Coast(2nd title)

   Angola

   Egypt

Notes:

(*) — The remaining four teams vied for the championship. Nevertheless, thePhilippines clinch the title with a 3-0 win–loss record in the championship round as opposed to the 2-1 of South Korea and 1-2 record of China.

• Larry Bird,Boston Celtics

• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,Los Angeles Lakers

• Dominique Wilkins,Atlanta Hawks

• Men
  • John R. Wooden Award:Chris Mullin,St. John's
  • Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award:Bubba Jennings,Texas Tech
  • Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year:Patrick Ewing,Georgetown
  • NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player:Pervis Ellison,Louisville
  • Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year:Bill Frieder,Michigan
  • Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball:Hank Iba
• Women
  • Naismith College Player of the Year:Cheryl Miller,USC
  • Wade Trophy:Cheryl Miller,USC
  • Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award:Maria Stack,Gonzaga
  • NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player:Tracy Claxton,Old Dominion

• Class of 1985:^[1]
  • Harold Anderson
  • Al Cervi
  • Marv Harshman
  • Nate Thurmond
  • Margaret Wade

• May 18 —Win Wilfong, 52, American NBA player (St. Louis Hawks,Cincinnati Royals)
• August 8 —Bobby Laughlin, 74, American college coach (Morehead State)^[2]
• September —Louie Sauer, American NBL player (Kankakee Gallagher Trojans)
• September 2 —Bob Kinney, 64, American NBA player (Fort Wayne Pistons)
• November 6 —Harold Bradley, 73, American college coach (Duke,Texas)

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