1972-1973 Carolina Cougars: 57-27 .679
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 30-13 (5085 points scored, 4793 allowed) Road record: 27-14 (4622 points scored, 4503 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 30-13 (5085 points scored, 4793 allowed) Road record: 27-14 (4622 points scored, 4503 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Head Coach: Larry Brown 9707 points scored (2nd of 10 teams), 9296 points allowed (5th) ABA Averages: 111.6 points/game (9374.0 points/team)
Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Roger Brown 6'11 225 22 Kansas Joe Caldwell 6'5 195 31 Arizona State Mack Calvin 6'0 165 25 Southern California Billy Cunningham 6'6 210 29 North Carolina Ira Harge 6'9 225 31 New Mexico Steve Jones 6'5 205 30 Oregon Mike Lewis 6'8 225 26 Duke Gene Littles 6'0 160 29 High Point Ed Manning 6'7 210 28 Jackson State Ted McClain 6'1 180 26 Tennessee State Tom Owens 6'10 215 23 South Carolina Steve Previs 6'2 183 22 North Carolina Bobby Warren 6'5 190 26 Vanderbilt Dennis Wuycik 6'6 215 22 North CarolinaTeam Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Billy Cunningham 84 3248 771 1583 14 49 472 598 240 772 1012 530 216 381 309 2028 24.1 G Mack Calvin 84 2228 478 944 11 28 500 582 97 118 215 301 247 219 1467 17.5 F Joe Caldwell 77 2739 555 1118 1 6 172 405 189 206 395 352 166 246 252 1283 16.7 C Tom Owens 83 2209 393 727 0 2 193 284 229 417 646 94 173 318 979 11.8 G Steve Jones 67 1670 348 696 11 28 145 178 50 128 178 84 110 177 852 12.7 G Gene Littles 84 2060 310 622 8 30 179 246 104 158 262 245 120 125 198 807 9.6 G Ted McClain 84 1816 325 652 8 24 145 204 108 155 263 225 120 185 256 803 9.6 F Ed Manning 83 1631 263 554 0 1 64 84 110 283 393 64 84 247 590 7.1 F Dennis Wuycik 83 973 151 329 0 4 75 108 69 110 179 79 116 165 377 4.5 G Bobby Warren 17 353 54 106 0 0 49 60 26 39 65 22 33 43 157 9.2 C Mike Lewis 15 430 59 119 0 0 33 41 44 78 122 41 27 48 151 10.1 C Roger Brown 62 579 59 129 0 0 28 51 62 116 178 25 46 120 146 2.4 G Steve Previs 30 147 23 60 1 8 8 15 6 8 14 24 13 26 55 1.8 C Ira Harge 4 77 5 18 0 0 2 4 7 16 23 3 11 16 12 3.0
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern Semifinals 03/30/1973 vs New York Nets W 104-96 03/31/1973 vs New York Nets L 111-114 (OT) 04/03/1973 at New York Nets W 101-91 04/05/1973 at New York Nets W 112-108 04/06/1973 vs New York Nets W 136-113 -------------------------------------------------- Eastern Finals 04/11/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels L 103-113 04/14/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels W 125-105 04/16/1973 at Kentucky Colonels L 94-108 04/18/1973 at Kentucky Colonels W 102-91 04/20/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels W 112-107 04/21/1973 at Kentucky Colonels L 100-119 04/24/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels L 96-107Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Billy Cunningham 12 472 112 223 1 4 57 83 35 107 142 61 50 48 282 23.5 G Mack Calvin 12 370 72 154 2 9 72 88 12 22 34 52 33 35 218 18.2 F Joe Caldwell 12 467 80 163 3 8 24 50 35 33 68 40 44 35 187 15.6 C Tom Owens 12 377 65 127 0 0 45 60 53 84 137 19 19 49 175 14.6 G Steve Jones 12 368 61 135 2 4 34 42 8 28 36 9 28 40 158 13.2 F Ed Manning 12 262 44 82 0 0 18 23 18 39 57 8 14 40 106 8.8 G Gene Littles 12 223 30 67 0 2 20 32 14 22 36 16 13 22 80 6.7 G Ted McClain 12 234 22 74 1 5 11 15 21 22 43 22 23 39 56 4.7 F Dennis Wuycik 12 81 7 20 0 1 6 10 6 10 16 2 8 14 20 1.7 C Roger Brown 7 40 5 7 0 0 1 1 4 7 11 1 3 6 11 1.6 G Steve Previs 2 11 1 7 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 3 4 2 3 1.5
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record
10/12/1972 at Virginia Squires W 123-115 1-0
10/13/1972 at Indiana Pacers W 106-88 2-0
10/14/1972 vs New York Nets W 126-78 3-0
10/18/1972 at Kentucky Colonels W 105-100 4-0
10/20/1972 vs Utah Stars L 111-127 4-1
10/21/1972 at Virginia Squires L 110-119 4-2
10/24/1972 at San Diego Conquistadors L 109-123 4-3
10/25/1972 at Denver Rockets W 118-112 5-3
10/27/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels W 114-112 6-3
10/28/1972 vs Virginia Squires W 141-109 7-3
10/29/1972 at Memphis Tams W 110-105 8-3
10/31/1972 vs Virginia Squires L 114-120 8-4
11/03/1972 vs New York Nets W 105-97 9-4
11/06/1972 vs Utah Stars L 112-124 9-5
11/08/1972 at Kentucky Colonels W 126-111 10-5
11/10/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels L 117-122 10-6
11/11/1972 vs Virginia Squires W 136-128 11-6
11/14/1972 at Virginia Squires W 127-118 12-6
11/15/1972 at New York Nets L 107-112 12-7
11/17/1972 vs Indiana Pacers W 127-120 13-7
11/22/1972 at Indiana Pacers L 103-114 13-8
11/23/1972 at Virginia Squires L 106-116 13-9
11/24/1972 vs Memphis Tams W 119-105 14-9
11/25/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels L 111-115 14-10
11/28/1972 vs Utah Stars W 120-109 15-10
11/30/1972 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 121-108 16-10
12/01/1972 at New York Nets W 103-99 17-10
12/02/1972 vs Dallas Chaparrals L 101-108 17-11
12/04/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals W 132-110 18-11
12/06/1972 at Utah Stars L 108-119 18-12
12/08/1972 vs Denver Rockets W 107-104 19-12
12/13/1972 at Kentucky Colonels L 112-119 19-13
12/15/1972 at Virginia Squires W 113-97 20-13
12/16/1972 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 100-98 21-13
12/17/1972 vs Memphis Tams L 118-125 21-14
12/19/1972 at San Diego Conquistadors W 116-111 22-14
12/22/1972 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 121-102 23-14
12/23/1972 vs Utah Stars W 123-117 24-14
12/27/1972 at Indiana Pacers W 122-114 25-14
12/28/1972 vs Indiana Pacers W 120-106 26-14
12/30/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels W 104-91 27-14
01/03/1973 at New York Nets W 110-107 28-14
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Date Opponent Result Record
01/05/1973 vs Virginia Squires W 135-118 29-14
01/06/1973 at Dallas Chaparrals W 106-104 30-14
01/07/1973 at Denver Rockets W 113-111 31-14
01/09/1973 vs New York Nets W 110-97 32-14
01/10/1973 at New York Nets L 93-105 32-15
01/12/1973 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 129-106 33-15
01/14/1973 at Memphis Tams W 104-100 34-15
01/15/1973 at Utah Stars L 110-128 34-16
01/19/1973 vs Denver Rockets W 117-113 35-16
01/20/1973 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 124-111 36-16
01/23/1973 at Memphis Tams W 124-122 37-16
01/26/1973 vs Indiana Pacers W 114-108 38-16
01/27/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 117-113 39-16
01/28/1973 at Kentucky Colonels L 103-111 39-17
02/01/1973 at Virginia Squires W 113-98 40-17
02/02/1973 vs Denver Rockets W 113-105 41-17
02/04/1973 at Kentucky Colonels W 104-99 42-17
02/10/1973 at Utah Stars W 111-99 43-17
02/11/1973 at Denver Rockets L 108-117 43-18
02/12/1973 at Dallas Chaparrals W 118-111 44-18
02/15/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels W 120-108 45-18
02/16/1973 vs New York Nets L 104-112 45-19
02/18/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 138-114 46-19
02/20/1973 vs New York Nets W 123-106 47-19
02/23/1973 at New York Nets W 107-93 48-19
02/24/1973 vs Denver Rockets L 104-115 48-20
02/25/1973 at Memphis Tams W 128-127 49-20
02/28/1973 at Denver Rockets W 104-96 50-20
03/02/1973 vs San Diego Conquistadors L 114-118 50-21
03/03/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 134-114 51-21
03/04/1973 at New York Nets W 123-111 52-21
03/06/1973 at San Diego Conquistadors W 130-99 53-21
03/07/1973 at Utah Stars L 118-128 53-22
03/09/1973 at Indiana Pacers L 105-110 53-23
03/11/1973 vs Indiana Pacers L 105-115 53-24
03/16/1973 vs Virginia Squires L 118-123 53-25
03/17/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 121-108 54-25
03/22/1973 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 137-117 55-25
03/24/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 143-129 56-25
03/25/1973 at San Diego Conquistadors W 124-113 57-25
03/26/1973 at Dallas Chaparrals L 110-112 57-26
03/28/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels L 97-118 57-27
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