1986 in basketball
Player awards (NBA) Regular Season MVP Larry Bird, Boston Celtics NBA Finals MVP Larry Bird, Boston Celtics Slam Dunk Contest Spud Webb, Atlanta Hawks Three-point Shootout Larry Bird, Boston Celtics Collegiate awards 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 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1986: Billy Cunningham Tom Heinsohn Red Holzman Fred Taylor Stan Watts Births May 7—Matee Ajavon American college basketball player (Rutgers) and the WNBA (Atlanta Dream) Deaths June 19 – Len Bias, American college player (Maryland) and Boston Celtics draft pick (born 1963) December 1 – Halbert Harvill, American college men's coach (Austin Peay) (born 1893) See also 1986 in sports References