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The following are thebasketball events of the year1986 throughout the world.

• Larry Bird,Boston Celtics

• Larry Bird,Boston Celtics

• Spud Webb,Atlanta Hawks

• Larry Bird,Boston Celtics

• Men
  • John R. Wooden Award:Walter Berry,St. John's
  • Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award:Jim Les,Bradley
  • Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year:Walter Berry,St. John's
  • NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player:Keith Smart,Indiana
  • Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year:Eddie Sutton,Kentucky
  • Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball:Adolph Rupp
• Women
  • Naismith College Player of the Year:Cheryl Miller,USC
  • Wade Trophy:Kamie Ethridge,Texas
  • Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award:Kamie Ethridge,Texas
  • NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player:Clarissa Davis,Texas
  • Carol Eckman Award:Laura Mapp,Bridgewater

• Class of 1986:^[1]
  • Billy Cunningham
  • Tom Heinsohn
  • Red Holzman
  • Fred Taylor
  • Stan Watts

• May 7—Matee Ajavon American college basketball player (Rutgers) and the WNBA (Atlanta Dream)

• June 19 –Len Bias, American college player (Maryland) andBoston Celtics draft pick (born 1963)
• December 1 –Halbert Harvill, American college men's coach (Austin Peay) (born 1893)

• 1986 in sports

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