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1972-73 Carolina Cougars Roster and Stats

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Record: 57-27, Finished 1st in ABA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Larry Brown (57-27)

PTS/G: 115.6 (2nd of 10) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 110.7 (5th of 10)
SRS: 4.25 (3rd of 10)
Expected W-L: 54-30 (3rd of 10)

Arena: Greensboro Coliseum ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Lost ABA Eastern Division Finals (4-3) versus Kentucky Colonels
Won ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-1) versus New York Nets

Eastern Div. Champs

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
54 Roger Brown C 6-11 225 February 23, 1950 R University of Kansas
27 Joe Caldwell SF 6-5 195 November 1, 1941 8 Arizona State University
20 Mack Calvin PG 6-0 165 July 27, 1947 3 University of Southern California
32 Billy Cunningham PF 6-6 210 June 3, 1943 7 University of North Carolina
33 Ira Harge C 6-9 225 March 14, 1941 5 University of New Mexico
21 Steve Jones SG 6-5 205 October 17, 1942 5 University of Oregon
42 Mike Lewis C 6-8 225 March 18, 1946 4 Duke University
23 Gene Littles PG 6-0 160 June 29, 1943 3 High Point University
22 Ed Manning PF 6-7 210 January 2, 1944 5 Jackson State University
24 Ted McClain SG 6-1 180 August 30, 1946 1 Tennessee State University
52 Tom Owens C 6-10 215 June 28, 1949 1 University of South Carolina
14 Stephen Previs PG 6-3 183 February 9, 1950 R University of North Carolina
21 Bob Warren SG 6-5 190 July 17, 1946 4 Vanderbilt University
44 Dennis Wuycik SF 6-6 215 March 29, 1950 R University of North Carolina

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 84 20160 3794 7657 .495 54 180 .300 2065 2860 .722 1341 2604 3945 2089 1797 2394 9707 115.6
Lg Rank 7 1 6 1 8 9 4 6 5 10 8 9 9 2 9 1 2 2
Opponent 84 20160 3481 7325 .475 85 314 .271 2249 2983 .754 1307 2583 3890 1783 1890 2219 9296 110.7
Lg Rank 7 2 2 7 3 5 3 8 8 10 3 2 2 1 1 6 5 5

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 54 30 4.89 -0.64 4.26 106.6 102.0 108.4 .499 16.8 34.2 .270 .481 18.0 66.6 .307 Greensboro Coliseum
Lg Rank 3 3 3 9 3 4 2 2 1 8 6 5 7 1 4 10

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Billy Cunningham 29 84 3248 771 1583 .487 14 49 .286 472 598 .789 240 772 1012 530 216 381 309 2028
2 Mack Calvin 25 84 2228 478 944 .506 11 28 .393 500 582 .859 97 118 215 301 247 219 1467
3 Joe Caldwell 31 77 2739 555 1118 .496 1 6 .167 172 405 .425 189 206 395 352 166 246 252 1283
4 Tom Owens 23 83 2209 393 727 .541 0 2 .000 193 284 .680 229 417 646 94 173 318 979
5 Steve Jones 30 67 1670 348 696 .500 11 28 .393 145 178 .815 50 128 178 84 110 177 852
6 Gene Littles 29 84 2060 310 622 .498 8 30 .267 179 246 .728 104 158 262 245 120 125 198 807
7 Ted McClain 26 84 1816 325 652 .498 8 24 .333 145 204 .711 108 155 263 225 120 185 256 803
8 Ed Manning 29 83 1631 263 554 .475 0 1 .000 64 84 .762 110 283 393 64 84 247 590
9 Dennis Wuycik 22 83 973 151 329 .459 0 4 .000 75 108 .694 69 110 179 79 116 165 377
10 Bob Warren 26 17 353 54 106 .509 0 0 49 60 .817 26 39 65 22 33 43 157
11 Mike Lewis 26 15 430 59 119 .496 0 0 33 41 .805 44 78 122 41 27 48 151
12 Roger Brown 22 62 579 59 129 .457 0 0 28 51 .549 62 116 178 25 46 120 146
13 Stephen Previs 22 30 147 23 60 .383 1 8 .125 8 15 .533 6 8 14 24 13 26 55
14 Ira Harge 31 4 77 5 18 .278 0 0 2 4 .500 7 16 23 3 11 16 12

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Billy Cunningham 29 84 38.7 9.2 18.8 .487 0.2 0.6 .286 5.6 7.1 .789 2.9 9.2 12.0 6.3 2.6 4.5 3.7 24.1
2 Mack Calvin 25 84 26.5 5.7 11.2 .506 0.1 0.3 .393 6.0 6.9 .859 1.2 1.4 2.6 3.6 2.9 2.6 17.5
3 Joe Caldwell 31 77 35.6 7.2 14.5 .496 0.0 0.1 .167 2.2 5.3 .425 2.5 2.7 5.1 4.6 2.2 3.2 3.3 16.7
4 Steve Jones 30 67 24.9 5.2 10.4 .500 0.2 0.4 .393 2.2 2.7 .815 0.7 1.9 2.7 1.3 1.6 2.6 12.7
5 Tom Owens 23 83 26.6 4.7 8.8 .541 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 3.4 .680 2.8 5.0 7.8 1.1 2.1 3.8 11.8
6 Mike Lewis 26 15 28.7 3.9 7.9 .496 0.0 0.0 2.2 2.7 .805 2.9 5.2 8.1 2.7 1.8 3.2 10.1
7 Ted McClain 26 84 21.6 3.9 7.8 .498 0.1 0.3 .333 1.7 2.4 .711 1.3 1.8 3.1 2.7 1.4 2.2 3.0 9.6
8 Gene Littles 29 84 24.5 3.7 7.4 .498 0.1 0.4 .267 2.1 2.9 .728 1.2 1.9 3.1 2.9 1.4 1.5 2.4 9.6
9 Bob Warren 26 17 20.8 3.2 6.2 .509 0.0 0.0 2.9 3.5 .817 1.5 2.3 3.8 1.3 1.9 2.5 9.2
10 Ed Manning 29 83 19.7 3.2 6.7 .475 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.0 .762 1.3 3.4 4.7 0.8 1.0 3.0 7.1
11 Dennis Wuycik 22 83 11.7 1.8 4.0 .459 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.3 .694 0.8 1.3 2.2 1.0 1.4 2.0 4.5
12 Ira Harge 31 4 19.3 1.3 4.5 .278 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 .500 1.8 4.0 5.8 0.8 2.8 4.0 3.0
13 Roger Brown 22 62 9.3 1.0 2.1 .457 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.8 .549 1.0 1.9 2.9 0.4 0.7 1.9 2.4
14 Stephen Previs 22 30 4.9 0.8 2.0 .383 0.0 0.3 .125 0.3 0.5 .533 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.9 1.8

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Mack Calvin 25 84 2228 7.7 15.3 .506 0.2 0.5 .393 8.1 9.4 .859 1.6 1.9 3.5 4.9 4.0 3.5 23.7
2 Billy Cunningham 29 84 3248 8.5 17.5 .487 0.2 0.5 .286 5.2 6.6 .789 2.7 8.6 11.2 5.9 2.4 4.2 3.4 22.5
3 Steve Jones 30 67 1670 7.5 15.0 .500 0.2 0.6 .393 3.1 3.8 .815 1.1 2.8 3.8 1.8 2.4 3.8 18.4
4 Joe Caldwell 31 77 2739 7.3 14.7 .496 0.0 0.1 .167 2.3 5.3 .425 2.5 2.7 5.2 4.6 2.2 3.2 3.3 16.9
5 Tom Owens 23 83 2209 6.4 11.8 .541 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 4.6 .680 3.7 6.8 10.5 1.5 2.8 5.2 16.0
6 Bob Warren 26 17 353 5.5 10.8 .509 0.0 0.0 5.0 6.1 .817 2.7 4.0 6.6 2.2 3.4 4.4 16.0
7 Ted McClain 26 84 1816 6.4 12.9 .498 0.2 0.5 .333 2.9 4.0 .711 2.1 3.1 5.2 4.5 2.4 3.7 5.1 15.9
8 Gene Littles 29 84 2060 5.4 10.9 .498 0.1 0.5 .267 3.1 4.3 .728 1.8 2.8 4.6 4.3 2.1 2.2 3.5 14.1
9 Dennis Wuycik 22 83 973 5.6 12.2 .459 0.0 0.1 .000 2.8 4.0 .694 2.6 4.1 6.6 2.9 4.3 6.1 13.9
10 Stephen Previs 22 30 147 5.6 14.7 .383 0.2 2.0 .125 2.0 3.7 .533 1.5 2.0 3.4 5.9 3.2 6.4 13.5
11 Ed Manning 29 83 1631 5.8 12.2 .475 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 1.9 .762 2.4 6.2 8.7 1.4 1.9 5.5 13.0
12 Mike Lewis 26 15 430 4.9 10.0 .496 0.0 0.0 2.8 3.4 .805 3.7 6.5 10.2 3.4 2.3 4.0 12.6
13 Roger Brown 22 62 579 3.7 8.0 .457 0.0 0.0 1.7 3.2 .549 3.9 7.2 11.1 1.6 2.9 7.5 9.1
14 Ira Harge 31 4 77 2.3 8.4 .278 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.9 .500 3.3 7.5 10.8 1.4 5.1 7.5 5.6

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Billy Cunningham 29 84 3248 24.7 .549 .491 7.6 24.5 16.0 23.2 2.9 17.1 25.8 6.5 5.4 11.9 .176
2 Mack Calvin 25 84 2228 19.6 .611 .512 4.5 5.5 5.0 18.6 17.1 24.4 8.3 2.1 10.4 .224
3 Tom Owens 23 83 2209 14.3 .575 .541 10.7 19.5 15.0 5.6 16.9 17.5 4.1 2.8 6.9 .150
4 Gene Littles 29 84 2060 15.8 .553 .505 5.2 7.9 6.5 15.0 2.6 14.6 15.6 2.7 2.1 4.8 .111
5 Ted McClain 26 84 1816 15.0 .541 .505 6.1 8.8 7.5 16.3 2.9 20.0 19.2 2.3 1.9 4.2 .112
6 Steve Jones 30 67 1670 12.7 .550 .508 3.1 7.9 5.5 6.9 12.4 19.9 2.7 1.2 4.0 .114
7 Joe Caldwell 31 77 2739 15.7 .495 .497 7.1 7.8 7.4 17.4 2.7 16.0 21.2 0.7 2.9 3.7 .064
8 Ed Manning 29 83 1631 10.0 .499 .475 6.9 17.9 12.4 5.0 12.4 15.6 0.4 1.8 2.2 .066
9 Dennis Wuycik 22 83 973 7.4 .501 .459 7.3 11.7 9.5 10.3 23.6 19.1 0.3 1.0 1.4 .067
10 Mike Lewis 26 15 430 14.2 .551 .496 10.5 18.7 14.6 11.9 16.5 14.4 0.5 0.6 1.1 .122
11 Bob Warren 26 17 353 12.7 .593 .509 7.6 11.4 9.5 7.9 20.0 17.6 0.8 0.4 1.1 .154
12 Roger Brown 22 62 579 6.5 .482 .457 11.0 20.7 15.8 5.1 23.3 12.8 0.0 0.8 0.7 .061
13 Ira Harge 31 4 77 -2.7 .304 .278 9.3 21.4 15.4 4.4 35.8 15.0 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.060
14 Stephen Previs 22 30 147 6.3 .413 .392 4.2 5.6 4.9 20.8 16.3 20.4 -0.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.035

Playoffs Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Billy Cunningham 29 12 472 112 223 .502 1 4 .250 57 83 .687 35 107 142 61 50 48 282
2 Mack Calvin 25 12 370 72 154 .468 2 9 .222 72 88 .818 12 22 34 52 33 35 218
3 Joe Caldwell 31 12 467 80 163 .491 3 8 .375 24 50 .480 35 33 68 40 44 35 187
4 Tom Owens 23 12 377 65 127 .512 0 0 45 60 .750 53 84 137 19 19 49 175
5 Steve Jones 30 12 368 61 135 .452 2 4 .500 34 42 .810 8 28 36 9 28 40 158
6 Ed Manning 29 12 262 44 82 .537 0 0 18 23 .783 18 39 57 8 14 40 106
7 Gene Littles 29 12 223 30 67 .448 0 2 .000 20 32 .625 14 22 36 16 13 22 80
8 Ted McClain 26 12 234 22 74 .297 1 5 .200 11 15 .733 21 22 43 22 23 39 56
9 Dennis Wuycik 22 12 81 7 20 .350 0 1 .000 6 10 .600 6 10 16 2 8 14 20
10 Roger Brown 22 7 40 5 7 .714 0 0 1 1 1.000 4 7 11 1 3 6 11
11 Stephen Previs 22 2 11 1 7 .143 1 2 .500 0 0 1 2 3 3 4 2 3

Playoffs Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Billy Cunningham 29 12 39.3 9.3 18.6 .502 0.1 0.3 .250 4.8 6.9 .687 2.9 8.9 11.8 5.1 4.2 4.0 23.5
2 Mack Calvin 25 12 30.8 6.0 12.8 .468 0.2 0.8 .222 6.0 7.3 .818 1.0 1.8 2.8 4.3 2.8 2.9 18.2
3 Joe Caldwell 31 12 38.9 6.7 13.6 .491 0.3 0.7 .375 2.0 4.2 .480 2.9 2.8 5.7 3.3 3.7 2.9 15.6
4 Tom Owens 23 12 31.4 5.4 10.6 .512 0.0 0.0 3.8 5.0 .750 4.4 7.0 11.4 1.6 1.6 4.1 14.6
5 Steve Jones 30 12 30.7 5.1 11.3 .452 0.2 0.3 .500 2.8 3.5 .810 0.7 2.3 3.0 0.8 2.3 3.3 13.2
6 Ed Manning 29 12 21.8 3.7 6.8 .537 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.9 .783 1.5 3.3 4.8 0.7 1.2 3.3 8.8
7 Gene Littles 29 12 18.6 2.5 5.6 .448 0.0 0.2 .000 1.7 2.7 .625 1.2 1.8 3.0 1.3 1.1 1.8 6.7
8 Ted McClain 26 12 19.5 1.8 6.2 .297 0.1 0.4 .200 0.9 1.3 .733 1.8 1.8 3.6 1.8 1.9 3.3 4.7
9 Dennis Wuycik 22 12 6.8 0.6 1.7 .350 0.0 0.1 .000 0.5 0.8 .600 0.5 0.8 1.3 0.2 0.7 1.2 1.7
10 Roger Brown 22 7 5.7 0.7 1.0 .714 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.6 1.0 1.6 0.1 0.4 0.9 1.6
11 Stephen Previs 22 2 5.5 0.5 3.5 .143 0.5 1.0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.0 1.0 1.5

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Billy Cunningham 29 12 472 8.5 17.0 .502 0.1 0.3 .250 4.3 6.3 .687 2.7 8.2 10.8 4.7 3.8 3.7 21.5
2 Mack Calvin 25 12 370 7.0 15.0 .468 0.2 0.9 .222 7.0 8.6 .818 1.2 2.1 3.3 5.1 3.2 3.4 21.2
3 Tom Owens 23 12 377 6.2 12.1 .512 0.0 0.0 4.3 5.7 .750 5.1 8.0 13.1 1.8 1.8 4.7 16.7
4 Steve Jones 30 12 368 6.0 13.2 .452 0.2 0.4 .500 3.3 4.1 .810 0.8 2.7 3.5 0.9 2.7 3.9 15.5
5 Ed Manning 29 12 262 6.0 11.3 .537 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.2 .783 2.5 5.4 7.8 1.1 1.9 5.5 14.6
6 Joe Caldwell 31 12 467 6.2 12.6 .491 0.2 0.6 .375 1.9 3.9 .480 2.7 2.5 5.2 3.1 3.4 2.7 14.4
7 Gene Littles 29 12 223 4.8 10.8 .448 0.0 0.3 .000 3.2 5.2 .625 2.3 3.6 5.8 2.6 2.1 3.6 12.9
8 Roger Brown 22 7 40 4.5 6.3 .714 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.9 1.000 3.6 6.3 9.9 0.9 2.7 5.4 9.9
9 Stephen Previs 22 2 11 3.3 22.9 .143 3.3 6.5 .500 0.0 0.0 3.3 6.5 9.8 9.8 13.1 6.5 9.8
10 Dennis Wuycik 22 12 81 3.1 8.9 .350 0.0 0.4 .000 2.7 4.4 .600 2.7 4.4 7.1 0.9 3.6 6.2 8.9
11 Ted McClain 26 12 234 3.4 11.4 .297 0.2 0.8 .200 1.7 2.3 .733 3.2 3.4 6.6 3.4 3.5 6.0 8.6

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Billy Cunningham 29 12 472 23.4 .543 .504 15.8 20.8 16.2 25.8 1.1 0.6 1.7 .177
2 Mack Calvin 25 12 370 21.0 .566 .474 4.8 21.2 14.6 24.0 1.1 0.3 1.4 .182
3 Tom Owens 23 12 377 22.1 .570 .512 19.1 7.3 11.0 18.0 0.9 0.5 1.4 .173
4 Joe Caldwell 31 12 467 12.5 .505 .500 7.7 12.5 19.2 19.3 0.4 0.4 0.8 .079
5 Ed Manning 29 12 262 14.5 .575 .537 11.4 4.4 13.2 15.9 0.5 0.2 0.8 .142
6 Steve Jones 30 12 368 9.7 .515 .459 5.1 3.5 15.4 19.4 0.4 0.2 0.6 .075
7 Gene Littles 29 12 223 12.0 .493 .448 8.5 9.9 13.8 16.6 0.1 0.2 0.3 .064
8 Roger Brown 22 7 40 12.4 .739 .714 14.5 3.4 28.7 10.3 0.1 0.0 0.2 .186
9 Dennis Wuycik 22 12 81 1.8 .410 .350 10.4 3.2 24.7 15.7 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.014
10 Stephen Previs 22 2 11 -15.4 .214 .214 14.4 35.5 36.4 39.4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.366
11 Ted McClain 26 12 234 2.5 .347 .304 9.7 12.3 22.2 17.4 -0.6 0.2 -0.3 -0.071