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The following are the basketball events of the year 1992 throughout the world.

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Championships

Awards and honors

February 5 — Bill Wheatley, 82, American Olympic gold medalist (1936).^[2]
June 26 — Evan Male, 78, American college coach (Virginia).^[3]
July 7 — Vernon Smith, 33, American CBA and Liga ACB player.^[4]
August 3 — Eddie Riska, 72, American NBL player (Oshkosh All-Stars).^[5]
August 19 — Stretch Murphy, 85, All-American college player (Purdue).^[6]
December 11 — Moose Krause, 79, All-American college player and coach (Notre Dame).^[7]

^ "Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.
^ "Obituary for William Wheatley". The Salina Journal. February 8, 1992. p. 8. Retrieved August 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Two noted UVa figures pass away". Charlottesville Observer. July 2, 1992. p. 3. Retrieved August 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Ex-Aggie Smith Shot to Death". Tulsa World. 9 July 1992. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
^ "Former Notre Dame Basketball Star Edward J. Riska Sr., 72". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
^ "'Stretch' Murphy, Hall of Fame basketball star, dies at age 85". Tampa Tribune. August 19, 1992. p. 11. Retrieved August 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Ex-Irish A.D. 'Moose' Krause a 'true legend'". The Star Press. Muncie, Indiana. Associated Press. December 12, 1992. p. 16. Retrieved July 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

Basketball navigational boxes from 1992

First round

Second round

v t e 1992 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans
First Team	Jim Jackson Christian Laettner Harold Miner Alonzo Mourning Shaquille O'Neal
Second Team	Byron Houston Don MacLean Anthony Peeler Malik Sealy Walt Williams

v t e Duke Blue Devils men's basketball 1991–92 NCAA champions
4 Kenny Blakeney 11 Bobby Hurley (MOP) 12 Thomas Hill 21 Antonio Lang 23 Brian Davis 32 Christian Laettner 33 Grant Hill 44 Cherokee Parks 52 Erik Meek Head coach Mike Krzyzewski Assistant coaches Tommy Amaker Jay Bilas Mike Brey

v t e South East Melbourne Magic 1992 NBL Champions
Andrej Lemanis Andrew Howey Andrew Parkinson Bruce Bolden (Grand Final MVP) Darren Lucas Darren Perry John Dorge Lucas Agrums Matt Shanahan Milt Newton Robert Rose Scott Ninnis Tony Ronaldson Head coach Brian Goorjian Assistant coach Ian Stacker

v t e Partizan 1991–92 FIBA European League champions
4 Đorđević 5 Danilović (Final Four MVP) 6 Lončar 7 Perović 8 Stevanović 9 Mihajlovski 10 Šarić 11 Rebrača 12 Šilobad 13 Koprivica 14 Dragutinović 15 Nakić
Head coach Obradović Assistant coach Gašić

v t e Chicago Bulls 1991–92 NBA champions
5 Paxson 10 Armstrong 14 Hodges 20 Hansen 21 King 23 Jordan (Finals MVP) 24 Cartwright 32 Perdue 33 Pippen 42 Williams 53 Levingston 54 Grant
Head coach: Jackson
Assistant coaches: Bach Cleamons Winter
Regular season Playoffs

v t e China squad – 1992 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
4 Cong X.D. 5 Li X. 6 Liu J. 7 Wang F. 8 Zheng D.M. 9 He J. 10 Peng P. 11 Zheng H.X. 12 Zheng X.L. 13 Li D.M. 14 Liu Q. 15 Zhan S.P. Coach: Li Y.G.

v t e Unified Team squad – 1992 Summer Olympics – Gold medal
4 Zhyrko 5 Baranova 6 Gerlits 7 Tornikidou 8 Shvaybovich 9 Tkachenko 10 Minkh 11 Khudashova 12 Sumnikova 13 Bounatiants 14 Zasulskaya 15 Zaboluyeva Coach: Gomelsky

v t e United States women's basketball squad – 1992 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal
4 Edwards 5 Charles 6 Davis 7 Jackson 8 Weatherspoon 9 Orr 10 Bullett 11 Jones 12 McClain 13 Dixon 14 Cooper 15 McConnell Coach: Grentz

v t e Croatia men's basketball squad – 1992 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
4 Petrović 5 Perasović 6 Cvjetićanin 7 Kukoč 8 Alanović 9 Arapović 10 Tabak 11 Vranković 12 Gregov 13 Komazec 14 Rađa 15 Naglić Coach: Skansi

v t e Lithuania men's basketball squad – 1992 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal
4 Chomičius 5 Pazdrazdis 6 Visockas 7 Dimavičius 8 Brazdauskis 9 Krapikas 10 Kurtinaitis 11 Sabonis 12 Karnišovas 13 Marčiulionis 14 Einikis 15 Jovaiša Coach: Garastas

v t e United States men's basketball squad – 1992 Summer Olympics – Gold medal
4 Laettner 5 Robinson 6 Ewing 7 Bird 8 Pippen 9 Jordan 10 Drexler 11 Malone 12 Stockton 13 Mullin 14 Barkley 15 Johnson Coach: Daly