1971-1972 Kentucky Colonels: 68-16 .810
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 36-6 (4979 points scored, 4454 allowed) Road record: 28-10 (4268 points scored, 4090 allowed) Other sites: 4-0 (496 points scored, 441 allowed) Head Coach: Joe Mullaney 9743 points scored (4th of 11 teams), 8985 points allowed (2nd) ABA Averages: 113.5 points/game (9538.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Darel Carrier 6'3 185 31 Western Kentucky Louie Dampier 6'0 170 27 Kentucky Mike Gale 6'4 185 21 Elizabeth City State Artis Gilmore 7'2 240 22 Jacksonville Les Hunter 6'7 210 29 Loyola (Chicago) Dan Issel 6'8 235 23 Kentucky Goose Ligon 6'7 210 27 None Jimmy O'Brien 6'1 170 22 Boston College Cincy Powell 6'7 220 29 Portland Mike Pratt 6'4 195 23 Kentucky Pierce Russell 6'4 190 22 Kansas Walt Simon 6'6 200 32 Benedict College Howie Wright 6'3 185 24 Austin Peay State Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG C Dan Issel 83 3570 972 2001 3 11 591 753 353 578 931 195 244 242 2538 30.6 C Artis Gilmore 84 3666 806 1348 0 0 391 605 421 1070 1491 230 422 335 280 2003 23.8 G Louie Dampier 83 3214 477 1078 84 233 281 336 43 216 259 515 211 237 1319 15.9 F Cincy Powell 65 2288 430 907 4 13 185 256 158 342 500 237 178 219 1049 16.1 F Walt Simon 67 1111 243 464 1 10 109 156 72 161 233 137 72 157 596 8.9 G Mike Gale 78 1701 201 447 0 3 95 140 100 171 271 200 113 206 497 6.4 F Les Hunter 70 967 183 383 5 16 101 144 65 160 225 93 93 154 472 6.7 G Mike Pratt 65 889 133 301 16 40 84 98 67 91 158 98 81 151 366 5.6 G Jimmy O'Brien 66 1424 139 354 4 23 54 66 46 128 174 299 114 152 336 5.1 G Darel Carrier 23 629 117 288 16 37 76 88 11 46 57 44 38 64 326 14.2 G Pierce Russell 51 397 65 153 0 3 16 21 40 53 93 51 33 56 146 2.9 F Goose Ligon 16 400 37 72 1 2 20 33 43 67 110 37 30 41 95 5.9 G Howie Wright 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern Semifinals 04/01/1972 vs New York Nets L 108-122 04/04/1972 vs New York Nets L 90-105 04/05/1972 at New York Nets W 105-99 04/07/1972 at New York Nets L 92-100 04/08/1972 vs New York Nets W 109-93 04/10/1972 at New York Nets L 96-101 Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG C Dan Issel 6 269 47 114 0 1 38 50 54 5 31 23 132 22.0 C Artis Gilmore 6 285 52 91 0 1 27 38 106 25 29 17 131 21.8 G Louie Dampier 6 254 29 69 11 23 10 16 19 45 16 17 79 13.2 G Mike Pratt 6 170 33 63 1 4 5 5 17 15 11 23 72 12.0 F Cincy Powell 6 169 28 52 0 1 15 19 24 9 13 17 71 11.8 F Les Hunter 6 123 22 41 2 6 9 11 21 8 10 14 55 9.2 F Walt Simon 6 99 16 39 0 0 7 8 12 3 2 21 39 6.5 G Jimmy O'Brien 5 23 3 7 0 1 3 3 3 3 0 0 9 1.8 G Mike Gale 2 31 3 14 0 2 0 0 4 8 1 2 6 3.0 G Darel Carrier 2 17 3 8 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 3 6 3.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/16/1971 vs New York Nets W 107-98 1-0 10/20/1971 vs Memphis Pros W 106-104 2-0 10/22/1971 at Indiana Pacers L 102-105 2-1 10/24/1971 vs The Floridians W 116-110 3-1 10/27/1971 vs Virginia Squires L 107-110 3-2 10/29/1971 at Pittsburgh Condors L 102-112 3-3 10/30/1971 vs Denver Rockets W 133-105 4-3 10/31/1971 at New York Nets L 103-107 4-4 11/02/1971 at Memphis Pros W 123-109 5-4 11/03/1971 at The Floridians W 118-111 6-4 11/05/1971 vs Indiana Pacers W 115-110 7-4 11/06/1971 vs New York Nets W 102-97 8-4 11/09/1971 at Denver Rockets W 106-96 9-4 11/10/1971 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 115-89 10-4 11/13/1971 vs Indiana Pacers L 111-116 10-5 11/17/1971 vs Virginia Squires W 117-112 11-5 11/19/1971 vs The Floridians W 114-102 12-5 11/20/1971 vs Carolina Cougars W 120-107 13-5 11/25/1971 vs New York Nets W 133-117 14-5 11/27/1971 vs Utah Stars L 106-111 14-6 11/28/1971 at New York Nets W 108-106 15-6 12/03/1971 at Dallas Chaparrals W 105-91 16-6 12/04/1971 at Denver Rockets W 109-102 17-6 12/06/1971 at Utah Stars L 100-104 17-7 12/08/1971 at Carolina Cougars W 121-111 18-7 12/09/1971 at Indiana Pacers W 103-101 19-7 12/10/1971 vs The Floridians W 116-100 20-7 12/11/1971 at Virginia Squires L 120-128 20-8 12/15/1971 vs Carolina Cougars W 137-93 21-8 12/17/1971 vs Virginia Squires W 128-104 22-8 12/18/1971 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 94-84 23-8 12/21/1971 at Pittsburgh Condors W 113-111 24-8 12/22/1971 at New York Nets W 95-91 25-8 12/23/1971 at Virginia Squires W 139-123 26-8 12/26/1971 vs Indiana Pacers L 111-117 26-9 12/29/1971 vs Memphis Pros W 125-111 27-9 12/30/1971 at The Floridians W 111-89 28-9 12/31/1971 at Carolina Cougars W 124-106 29-9 01/02/1972 vs New York Nets W 116-84 30-9 01/04/1972 at Denver Rockets W 106-103 31-9 01/05/1972 at Utah Stars W 129-123 32-9 01/07/1972 at Pittsburgh Condors W 120-102 33-9 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/08/1972 vs Utah Stars W 107-96 34-9 01/14/1972 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 120-104 35-9 01/15/1972 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 123-115 36-9 01/19/1972 vs Virginia Squires L 132-138 36-10 01/20/1972 at Virginia Squires W 118-115 37-10 01/21/1972 vs Indiana Pacers W 108-88 38-10 01/23/1972 vs Utah Stars W 130-94 39-10 01/25/1972 at Memphis Pros L 99-107 39-11 01/26/1972 at New York Nets L 105-118 39-12 01/27/1972 at Indiana Pacers W 98-94 40-12 02/04/1972 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 131-111 41-12 02/05/1972 vs Denver Rockets W 117-106 42-12 02/06/1972 vs New York Nets W 118-106 43-12 02/09/1972 at Carolina Cougars W 126-106 44-12 02/10/1972 at The Floridians W 119-101 45-12 02/13/1972 vs Carolina Cougars W 121-98 46-12 02/15/1972 at Indiana Pacers W 101-99 47-12 02/16/1972 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 129-105 48-12 02/18/1972 at Carolina Cougars W 119-111 49-12 02/19/1972 vs The Floridians W 130-102 50-12 02/20/1972 vs Carolina Cougars W 134-113 51-12 02/23/1972 at Utah Stars L 116-133 51-13 02/25/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals L 92-100 51-14 02/26/1972 vs Memphis Pros W 123-100 52-14 02/27/1972 at The Floridians W 135-112 53-14 03/01/1972 vs Carolina Cougars W 134-125 54-14 03/02/1972 at Virginia Squires W 135-130 55-14 03/04/1972 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 98-88 56-14 03/05/1972 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 134-124 57-14 03/07/1972 at New York Nets W 117-112 58-14 03/08/1972 at Carolina Cougars W 98-96 59-14 03/12/1972 vs Virginia Squires W 104-101 60-14 03/17/1972 at Virginia Squires W 112-104 61-14 03/18/1972 at New York Nets L 108-109 61-15 03/19/1972 vs Carolina Cougars L 113-121 61-16 03/21/1972 at Memphis Pros W 102-99 62-16 03/22/1972 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 125-121 63-16 03/24/1972 at Pittsburgh Condors W 134-107 64-16 03/25/1972 vs Denver Rockets W 134-117 65-16 03/26/1972 vs The Floridians W 105-104 66-16 03/28/1972 at Pittsburgh Condors W 136-134 67-16 03/29/1972 at The Floridians W 117-109 68-16 |