April 3
From Hoopedia
- 1910 - Hall of Fame referee James Enright is born in Sodus, Michigan.
- 1928 - Earl Lloyd, the first African American to play in the NBA, is born in Alexandria, Virginia.
- 1975 - Boston Celtics 7-foot center Michael Olowokandi is born in Lagos, Nigeria.
- 1989 - Rumeal Robinson of the University of Michigan sinks two foul shots with 3 seconds left in overtime, to beat Seton Hall, 80-79, and win the NCAA Championship. Interim Coach Steve Fisher wins the championship in his second week on the job. It remains Michigan's only championship.
- 1993 - (Right) Sheryl Swoopes scores 47 points to lead Texas Tech to an 84-82 win over Ohio State in the NCAA women's final. That total sets a championship game record for either sex, as she surpasses the previous record of 44 points scored by Bill Walton in 1973.
- 1994 - The North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team wins the NCAA national championship, defeating Louisiana Tech University, 60-59, on a last second shot by Charlotte Smith. On the way to being named the Final Four's Most Outstanding Player, Smith scores 20 points and grabs 23 rebounds in the championship game.
- 1995 -Ed O'Bannon scores 30 points and pulls down 17 rebounds to lead UCLA to their first NCAA title in 20 years. It is the first championship for Coach Jim Harrick, coming against Arkansas, 89-78 in Seattle's Kingdome.
- 1996 - The Vancouver Grizzlies defeat visiting Minnesota, 105-103, to snap its NBA-record streak of 23 consecutive losses.
- 1998 - Michael Jordan reaches 29,000 career points in a 107-93 win over Minnesota. At the time, Jordan joined Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Wilt Chamberlain as the only players to reach that plateau.
- 2006 - The Florida Gators defeat the UCLA Bruins, 73-57, to win the school's first men's basketball championship.
