1985 in basketball
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National team competitions
1986 FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifiers
- 1985 FIBA Asia Cup* at Malaysia:
Philippines (5th title)
South Korea
China- EuroBasket 1985 at West Germany:
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Soviet Union (14th title) -
Czechoslovakia -
Italy - AfroBasket 1985 at Ivory Coast:
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Ivory Coast (2nd title) -
Angola -
Egypt
Notes:
(*) — The remaining four teams vied for the championship. Nevertheless, the Philippines 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.
Player awards (NBA)
Collegiate awards
- 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 Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Class of 1985:[1]
Deaths
- 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)
