1969-1970 Kentucky Colonels: 45-39 .536
Next Season Home record: 27-14 (4726 points scored, 4540 allowed) Road record: 14-23 (4053 points scored, 4193 allowed) Other sites: 4-2 (751 points scored, 717 allowed) Head Coach: Gene Rhodes 9530 points scored (5th of 11 teams), 9450 points allowed (6th) ABA Averages: 113.0 points/game (9494.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Darel Carrier 6'3 185 29 Western Kentucky Wayne Chapman 6'6 190 24 Western Kentucky Steve Chubin 6'2 200 25 Rhode Island Louie Dampier 6'0 170 25 Kentucky Ollie Darden 6'6 235 25 Michigan John Fairchild 6'7 205 26 Brigham Young Tommy Kron 6'5 200 26 Kentucky Goose Ligon 6'7 210 25 None Sam Little 6'0 180 23 Delta State Gene Moore 6'9 225 24 St. Louis Willie Murrell 6'6 225 28 Kansas State Bud Olsen 6'8 220 29 Louisville Bobby Rascoe 6'4 205 29 Western Kentucky Sam Smith 6'7 230 25 Kentucky Wesleyan Keith Swagerty 6'7 235 24 Pacific George Tinsley 6'5 205 23 Kentucky Wesleyan Bobby Washington 5'11 175 22 Eastern Kentucky Gene Williams 6'7 235 22 Kansas State Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Louie Dampier 82 3353 743 1864 198 548 447 538 83 227 310 447 274 235 2131 26.0 G Darel Carrier 77 2805 608 1458 105 280 454 509 44 205 249 212 213 268 1775 23.1 C Gene Moore 83 2613 630 1390 2 4 209 311 345 657 1002 188 304 382 1471 17.7 F Goose Ligon 84 3130 507 1000 0 2 287 445 399 695 1094 190 206 360 1301 15.5 G Sam Smith 81 2405 307 724 1 4 163 249 301 418 719 109 123 202 778 9.6 G Wayne Chapman 82 1519 261 654 8 37 134 204 101 151 252 139 134 250 664 8.1 F George Tinsley 77 1419 173 400 1 8 159 214 146 175 321 76 95 189 506 6.6 F Bud Olsen 84 1375 158 330 1 4 26 73 140 234 374 249 113 234 343 4.1 F Ollie Darden 43 531 79 206 0 1 41 64 71 99 170 33 57 94 199 4.6 G Tommy Kron 40 493 55 147 7 19 41 46 24 45 69 87 59 80 158 4.0 F Willie Murrell 35 438 48 118 4 7 18 28 47 94 141 10 25 68 118 3.4 G Steve Chubin 15 139 10 34 0 1 27 33 6 7 13 17 19 24 47 3.1 F John Fairchild 7 52 6 17 3 5 4 8 5 3 8 2 7 10 19 2.7 G Bobby Rascoe 4 34 4 21 0 1 6 7 1 3 4 1 2 3 14 3.5 F Keith Swagerty 3 30 2 9 0 1 3 3 1 5 6 3 2 4 7 2.3 G Sam Little 3 11 2 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 4 5 1.7 F Gene Williams 1 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.0 G Bobby Washington 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern Semifinals 04/17/1970 vs New York Nets L 118-122 (OT) 04/18/1970 vs New York Nets W 113-111 04/19/1970 at New York Nets L 99-107 04/22/1970 at New York Nets W 128-101 04/26/1970 vs New York Nets L 112-127 04/28/1970 at New York Nets W 116-113 04/29/1970 vs New York Nets W 112-101 -------------------------------------------------- Eastern Finals 05/01/1970 at Indiana Pacers W 114-110 (OT) 05/02/1970 at Indiana Pacers L 110-121 05/03/1970 vs Indiana Pacers L 110-114 05/05/1970 vs Indiana Pacers L 103-111 05/06/1970 at Indiana Pacers L 103-117 Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Darel Carrier 12 487 87 228 14 38 70 79 46 29 34 45 258 21.5 C Gene Moore 12 369 97 202 0 1 35 49 150 26 45 61 229 19.1 G Louie Dampier 12 526 73 198 25 76 41 53 45 81 38 37 212 17.7 F Goose Ligon 12 475 73 134 0 0 66 99 144 26 30 50 212 17.7 G Sam Smith 12 354 54 99 0 0 28 38 96 12 25 31 136 11.3 F George Tinsley 12 270 41 91 2 5 32 44 64 16 16 32 116 9.7 G Wayne Chapman 10 148 37 75 1 6 27 36 22 12 11 24 102 10.2 F Bud Olsen 12 211 18 43 0 1 1 7 61 39 14 45 37 3.1 G Steve Chubin 11 55 8 17 0 4 12 14 3 6 10 18 28 2.5 F Willie Murrell 7 35 3 11 0 1 2 5 11 1 6 11 8 1.1
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/18/1969 vs Miami Floridians L 106-110 0-1 10/21/1969 vs Washington Capitols W 127-115 1-1 10/24/1969 at New Orleans Buccaneers W 111-109 2-1 10/26/1969 at Miami Floridians W 92-85 3-1 10/29/1969 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 122-117 4-1 10/31/1969 at New York Nets W 114-112 5-1 11/01/1969 vs New York Nets L 103-112 5-2 11/02/1969 vs Carolina Cougars W 104-102 6-2 11/05/1969 at Carolina Cougars L 109-121 6-3 11/06/1969 vs Denver Rockets W 145-119 7-3 11/09/1969 at New York Nets W 128-116 8-3 11/10/1969 at Indiana Pacers W 110-100 9-3 11/13/1969 vs Denver Rockets W 109-104 10-3 11/15/1969 vs Indiana Pacers L 111-115 10-4 11/17/1969 vs Washington Capitols W 137-120 11-4 11/21/1969 at Pittsburgh Pipers L 108-112 11-5 11/23/1969 vs Los Angeles Stars W 121-115 12-5 11/28/1969 vs Miami Floridians W 106-101 13-5 11/29/1969 at Washington Capitols L 97-125 13-6 11/30/1969 vs Carolina Cougars W 120-115 14-6 12/03/1969 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 123-109 15-6 12/04/1969 vs Miami Floridians W 149-124 16-6 12/07/1969 vs Pittsburgh Pipers L 90-92 16-7 12/11/1969 vs Indiana Pacers L 96-115 16-8 12/13/1969 vs New York Nets L 111-116 16-9 12/16/1969 at Los Angeles Stars L 101-102 16-10 12/17/1969 at Washington Capitols W 124-117 17-10 12/18/1969 vs New Orleans Buccaneers W 103-96 18-10 12/20/1969 vs New York Nets W 134-125 19-10 12/21/1969 at New York Nets W 107-105 20-10 12/23/1969 at Pittsburgh Pipers L 100-105 20-11 12/25/1969 vs Los Angeles Stars L 101-105 20-12 12/26/1969 vs Carolina Cougars W 117-105 21-12 12/28/1969 at Denver Rockets L 112-135 21-13 12/30/1969 at Washington Capitols W 139-127 22-13 12/31/1969 at Indiana Pacers L 100-112 22-14 01/02/1970 at Pittsburgh Pipers W 108-106 23-14 01/03/1970 vs New Orleans Buccaneers W 119-107 24-14 01/08/1970 vs Indiana Pacers L 105-118 24-15 01/09/1970 at Pittsburgh Pipers W 115-105 25-15 01/10/1970 vs Carolina Cougars W 110-107 26-15 01/15/1970 vs New York Nets W 132-124 27-15 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/16/1970 at Carolina Cougars L 99-101 27-16 01/17/1970 vs Miami Floridians L 115-116 27-17 01/19/1970 vs Indiana Pacers L 106-108 27-18 01/21/1970 at Indiana Pacers L 90-97 27-19 01/28/1970 at New York Nets W 108-107 28-19 01/29/1970 vs Pittsburgh Pipers W 122-102 29-19 02/01/1970 vs Carolina Cougars L 104-109 29-20 02/05/1970 vs Pittsburgh Pipers W 110-102 30-20 02/06/1970 at Indiana Pacers L 100-102 30-21 02/08/1970 vs Indiana Pacers L 107-109 30-22 02/12/1970 at Denver Rockets L 111-125 30-23 02/15/1970 at Los Angeles Stars L 113-121 30-24 02/20/1970 at Dallas Chaparrals L 138-142 30-25 02/21/1970 at New Orleans Buccaneers L 100-117 30-26 02/22/1970 at Miami Floridians W 151-128 31-26 02/25/1970 at New York Nets L 114-117 31-27 02/26/1970 vs Pittsburgh Pipers L 106-113 31-28 02/28/1970 vs Miami Floridians W 115-111 32-28 03/01/1970 at Pittsburgh Pipers L 109-119 32-29 03/06/1970 at Los Angeles Stars L 106-126 32-30 03/07/1970 at Dallas Chaparrals L 124-129 32-31 03/09/1970 at New Orleans Buccaneers L 114-117 32-32 03/10/1970 at Miami Floridians W 126-120 33-32 03/12/1970 vs Los Angeles Stars W 117-115 34-32 03/13/1970 at Indiana Pacers L 106-125 34-33 03/15/1970 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 146-125 35-33 03/17/1970 vs Denver Rockets W 119-110 36-33 03/19/1970 at Miami Floridians W 126-117 37-33 03/20/1970 at Carolina Cougars L 106-113 37-34 03/22/1970 vs New Orleans Buccaneers W 130-127 38-34 03/25/1970 vs Pittsburgh Pipers W 129-119 39-34 03/28/1970 at Carolina Cougars W 101-98 40-34 03/30/1970 vs Carolina Cougars L 81-86 40-35 03/31/1970 at Pittsburgh Pipers W 117-114 41-35 04/02/1970 vs Indiana Pacers W 112-94 42-35 04/04/1970 vs New York Nets W 101-89 43-35 04/05/1970 at Denver Rockets L 98-112 43-36 04/07/1970 at Dallas Chaparrals W 118-112 44-36 04/08/1970 at Carolina Cougars L 106-110 44-37 04/11/1970 at Miami Floridians L 113-115 44-38 04/12/1970 vs Washington Capitols W 128-126 45-38 04/15/1970 at New York Nets L 112-123 45-39 |