1973-1974 Carolina Cougars: 47-37 .560
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 29-13 (4716 points scored, 4465 allowed) Road record: 18-24 (4562 points scored, 4522 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Larry Brown 9278 points scored (2nd of 10 teams), 8987 points allowed (6th) ABA Averages: 106.4 points/game (8934.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Joe Caldwell 6'5 195 32 Arizona State Mack Calvin 6'0 165 26 Southern California Jim Chones 6'11 220 24 Marquette Billy Cunningham 6'6 210 30 North Carolina Steve Jones 6'5 205 31 Oregon Mike Lewis 6'8 225 27 Duke Gene Littles 6'0 160 30 High Point Ed Manning 6'7 210 29 Jackson State Ted McClain 6'1 180 27 Tennessee State Tom Owens 6'10 215 24 South Carolina Marv Roberts 6'8 200 23 Utah State Ollie Taylor 6'2 194 26 Houston Dennis Wuycik 6'6 215 23 North Carolina Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Mack Calvin 83 2592 498 1078 10 43 490 560 78 165 243 347 135 7 234 244 1496 18.0 C Jim Chones 83 2387 535 1017 0 2 155 252 191 454 645 118 59 131 206 347 1225 14.8 F Joe Caldwell 79 2654 502 1027 3 17 128 258 177 235 412 350 170 35 242 255 1135 14.4 C Tom Owens 81 2284 444 843 2 6 226 294 301 416 717 127 54 41 171 308 1116 13.8 G Ted McClain 84 2582 423 872 2 27 251 325 121 237 358 348 250 25 239 326 1099 13.1 G Gene Littles 84 2017 294 626 4 23 115 161 87 144 231 280 105 17 122 159 707 8.4 F Ed Manning 82 1816 297 609 1 2 86 101 105 265 370 100 93 16 95 210 681 8.3 F Billy Cunningham 32 1190 253 537 1 8 149 187 86 245 331 150 59 21 127 105 656 20.5 F Marv Roberts 39 954 160 361 0 0 81 102 103 137 240 75 34 5 52 81 401 10.3 G Steve Jones 44 935 161 365 0 7 44 59 30 65 95 57 13 9 66 96 366 8.3 F Dennis Wuycik 49 492 88 190 1 2 51 77 51 55 106 31 16 4 40 88 228 4.7 G Ollie Taylor 23 443 56 126 1 3 49 71 29 45 74 44 17 6 49 54 162 7.0 C Mike Lewis 3 14 3 8 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 0 0 0 1 2 6 2.0
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern Semifinals 04/01/1974 at Kentucky Colonels L 102-118 04/05/1974 at Kentucky Colonels L 96-99 04/06/1974 vs Kentucky Colonels L 110-120 04/08/1974 vs Kentucky Colonels L 119-128 Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Mack Calvin 4 143 34 74 2 7 27 32 8 11 19 13 5 0 12 14 97 24.2 G Ted McClain 4 133 22 53 0 2 7 12 4 15 19 11 7 0 6 18 51 12.8 F Marv Roberts 4 119 20 48 0 0 10 12 11 14 25 7 2 1 2 10 50 12.5 C Jim Chones 4 96 21 47 0 0 4 8 6 18 24 3 2 4 3 17 46 11.5 F Ed Manning 4 81 18 37 1 1 5 5 4 9 13 0 0 1 4 11 42 10.5 F Joe Caldwell 4 105 16 34 0 2 6 12 18 9 27 13 8 0 12 14 38 9.5 G Gene Littles 4 106 15 34 4 7 3 8 4 7 11 18 6 0 2 7 37 9.2 C Tom Owens 4 78 15 36 0 0 1 3 7 8 15 5 1 0 4 18 31 7.8 F Billy Cunningham 3 61 9 31 0 2 4 5 4 12 16 6 4 0 6 9 22 7.3 G Ollie Taylor 2 25 4 7 0 0 1 1 3 0 3 1 2 0 2 2 9 4.5 F Dennis Wuycik 3 13 1 4 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 1.3
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/11/1973 at Virginia Squires W 133-96 1-0 10/12/1973 vs Indiana Pacers W 99-98 2-0 10/13/1973 vs New York Nets L 107-111 2-1 10/17/1973 at Memphis Tams W 108-95 3-1 10/19/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels L 109-121 3-2 10/20/1973 at Kentucky Colonels W 105-102 4-2 10/24/1973 at San Antonio Spurs W 124-92 5-2 10/25/1973 at Utah Stars W 115-104 6-2 10/26/1973 vs Denver Rockets W 109-104 7-2 10/27/1973 vs San Antonio Spurs W 117-95 8-2 10/30/1973 at Memphis Tams L 99-110 8-3 10/31/1973 at San Antonio Spurs L 99-101 8-4 11/02/1973 vs San Antonio Spurs W 117-106 9-4 11/03/1973 vs Virginia Squires W 130-119 10-4 11/07/1973 at Indiana Pacers L 100-109 10-5 11/09/1973 at Kentucky Colonels W 139-110 11-5 11/10/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 95-90 12-5 11/14/1973 at Kentucky Colonels W 107-102 13-5 11/15/1973 at Virginia Squires W 108-93 14-5 11/16/1973 vs New York Nets W 118-100 15-5 11/17/1973 vs Utah Stars W 125-97 16-5 11/20/1973 at Denver Rockets W 113-107 17-5 11/21/1973 at San Diego Conquistadors L 125-139 17-6 11/23/1973 vs San Diego Conquistadors L 107-110 17-7 11/24/1973 vs Denver Rockets L 122-127 17-8 11/26/1973 at Kentucky Colonels W 94-82 18-8 11/30/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 124-88 19-8 12/01/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels W 120-113 20-8 12/02/1973 at New York Nets L 103-121 20-9 12/07/1973 vs Virginia Squires W 115-110 21-9 12/08/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 99-94 22-9 12/12/1973 at New York Nets L 97-107 22-10 12/14/1973 vs Utah Stars L 130-132 22-11 12/15/1973 vs New York Nets L 95-99 22-12 12/19/1973 at Memphis Tams W 111-90 23-12 12/21/1973 at San Diego Conquistadors L 130-140 23-13 12/22/1973 at Denver Rockets L 108-113 23-14 12/26/1973 vs New York Nets W 105-95 24-14 12/28/1973 at Virginia Squires L 89-97 24-15 12/29/1973 vs Virginia Squires W 133-118 25-15 01/02/1974 at New York Nets L 96-99 25-16 01/03/1974 vs Memphis Tams W 122-104 26-16 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/05/1974 at Utah Stars L 98-100 26-17 01/06/1974 at San Diego Conquistadors W 120-109 27-17 01/10/1974 vs Kentucky Colonels L 98-101 27-18 01/11/1974 vs Denver Rockets W 122-95 28-18 01/12/1974 at Indiana Pacers L 105-124 28-19 01/13/1974 at Memphis Tams W 108-106 29-19 01/16/1974 at New York Nets W 131-105 30-19 01/18/1974 vs Utah Stars L 102-115 30-20 01/19/1974 at Denver Rockets L 110-120 30-21 01/21/1974 at Utah Stars L 112-113 30-22 01/23/1974 vs Indiana Pacers W 123-101 31-22 01/25/1974 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 116-104 32-22 01/26/1974 vs Memphis Tams W 137-104 33-22 01/27/1974 at New York Nets L 114-133 33-23 02/01/1974 at Memphis Tams W 104-102 34-23 02/02/1974 vs New York Nets W 125-117 35-23 02/03/1974 at San Antonio Spurs L 95-108 35-24 02/06/1974 at Kentucky Colonels L 111-125 35-25 02/07/1974 vs Virginia Squires L 97-120 35-26 02/09/1974 at Virginia Squires W 111-103 36-26 02/10/1974 at Indiana Pacers W 96-93 37-26 02/13/1974 at Memphis Tams W 111-104 38-26 02/14/1974 vs New York Nets L 108-125 38-27 02/15/1974 vs San Antonio Spurs W 103-97 39-27 02/17/1974 at San Diego Conquistadors L 123-129 39-28 02/18/1974 at Utah Stars L 110-121 39-29 02/20/1974 vs Virginia Squires W 128-121 40-29 02/22/1974 vs Indiana Pacers W 109-106 41-29 02/23/1974 vs Denver Rockets W 121-117 42-29 02/27/1974 vs San Diego Conquistadors L 117-119 42-30 03/02/1974 vs Indiana Pacers W 110-108 43-30 03/05/1974 vs Kentucky Colonels W 112-96 44-30 03/07/1974 at San Antonio Spurs L 90-98 44-31 03/10/1974 vs Kentucky Colonels W 94-91 45-31 03/15/1974 vs Utah Stars W 114-105 46-31 03/16/1974 vs San Diego Conquistadors L 90-101 46-32 03/18/1974 vs San Antonio Spurs L 93-100 46-33 03/20/1974 at Indiana Pacers L 102-104 46-34 03/23/1974 at Kentucky Colonels L 97-101 46-35 03/24/1974 at Denver Rockets L 107-109 46-36 03/26/1974 at Virginia Squires L 104-106 46-37 03/27/1974 vs Virginia Squires W 99-91 47-37 |