2005 in Basketball

Deaths

March 17 — Norm Mager, NBA player (Baltimore Bullets) and college champion (CCNY) (born 1926)
April 18 — Clarence Gaines, Basketball Hall of Fame coach (born 1923)
May 1 — George Mikan, Basketball Hall of Fame player (born 1924)
August 25 — Teo Cruz, Puerto Rican player, BSN legend, five-time olympian (born 1942)
August 16 — Aleksandr Gomelsky, Basketball Hall of Fame coach (born 1928)
August 4 — Sue Gunter, women's coach for Louisiana State University for 22 seasons (born 1939)
September 26 — Shawntinice Polk, Arizona Wildcats women's player (born 1983)
October 15 — Jason Collier, Atlanta Hawks center (born 1977)
November 23 — Nate Hawthorne, NBA player (Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns) (born 1951)
December 27 — Giancarlo Primo, Italian coach and FIBA Hall of Fame member (born 1924)

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