1970 in basketball
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The following are the basketball events of the year 1970 throughout the world.
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The following are the basketball events of the year 1970 throughout the world. Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.
American Basketball Association
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National Basketball Association
NAIA
NCAA
NCAA College Division
- NCAA College Division basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player
Eastern Professional Basketball League
ABA
NBA
FIBA
NAIA
NCAA
Women's tournaments
International Competition
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Class of 1970:[1]
Deaths
- January 2 — Edgar Diddle, American college coach (Western Kentucky) (born 1895)
- April 6 — Maurice Stokes, American NBA player (Cincinnati Royals) (born 1933)
- April 29 — Forrest DeBernardi, American Hall of Fame player (born 1899)
- May 27 — Trajko Rajković, Yugoslav professional and Olympic player (born 1937)
- June 4 — Branch McCracken, American Hall of Fame college coach (Indiana Hoosiers) (born 1908)
- August 10 — Joe Lapchick, American Hall of Fame player (Original Celtics) and coach (St. John's, New York Knicks) (born 1900)