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1973-74 Carolina Cougars Roster and Stats

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Record: 47-37, Finished 3rd in ABA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Larry Brown (47-37)

PTS/G: 110.5 (2nd of 10) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 107.0 (6th of 10)
SRS: 3.10 (3rd of 10) ▪ Pace: 103.6 (4th of 10)
Off Rtg: 105.6 (2nd of 10) ▪ Def Rtg: 102.3 (5th of 10)
Expected W-L: 51-33 (3rd of 10)

Arena: Greensboro Coliseum ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Lost ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-0) versus Kentucky Colonels

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
27 Joe Caldwell SF 6-5 195 November 1, 1941 9 Arizona State University
20 Mack Calvin PG 6-0 165 July 27, 1947 4 University of Southern California
53 Jim Chones C 6-11 220 November 30, 1949 1 Marquette University
32 Billy Cunningham SF 6-6 210 June 3, 1943 8 University of North Carolina
21 Steve Jones SG 6-5 205 October 17, 1942 6 University of Oregon
42 Mike Lewis C 6-8 225 March 18, 1946 5 Duke University
23 Gene Littles PG 6-0 160 June 29, 1943 4 High Point University
22 Ed Manning SF 6-7 210 January 2, 1944 6 Jackson State University
24 Ted McClain SG 6-1 180 August 30, 1946 2 Tennessee State University
52 Tom Owens PF 6-10 215 June 28, 1949 2 University of South Carolina
31 Marv Roberts PF 6-8 200 January 29, 1950 2 Utah State University
14 Oliver Taylor SG 6-2 194 March 7, 1947 3 University of Houston
44 Dennis Wuycik SF 6-6 215 March 29, 1950 1 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 20360 3714 7659 .485 25 140 .179 1825 2447 .746 1362 2465 3827 2027 1005 317 1644 2275 9278 110.5
Lg Rank 1 3 6 1 10 10 10 2 2 9 6 10 9 2 1 9 9 1 2 2
Opponent 84 20360 3557 7529 .472 86 334 .257 1787 2338 .764 1363 2514 3877 1811 752 424 1829 2110 8987 107.0
Lg Rank 1 3 2 9 3 4 3 8 8 7 4 1 3 3 7 7 1 9 6 6

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 51 33 3.46 -0.37 3.10 105.6 102.3 103.6 .487 15.8 35.1 .238 .478 17.6 64.4 .237 Greensboro Coliseum
Lg Rank 3 3 3 8 3 2 5 4 2 9 2 2 9 1 9 8

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 Mack Calvin 26 83 2592 498 1078 .462 10 43 .233 490 560 .875 78 165 243 347 135 7 234 244 1496
2 Jim Chones 24 83 2387 535 1017 .526 0 2 .000 155 252 .615 191 454 645 118 59 131 206 347 1225
3 Joe Caldwell 32 79 2654 502 1027 .489 3 17 .176 128 258 .496 177 235 412 350 170 35 242 255 1135
4 Tom Owens 24 81 2284 444 843 .527 2 6 .333 226 294 .769 301 416 717 127 54 41 171 308 1116
5 Ted McClain 27 84 2582 423 872 .485 2 27 .074 251 325 .772 121 237 358 348 250 25 239 326 1099
6 Gene Littles 30 84 2017 294 626 .470 4 23 .174 115 161 .714 87 144 231 280 105 17 122 159 707
7 Ed Manning 30 82 1816 297 609 .488 1 2 .500 86 101 .851 105 265 370 100 93 16 95 210 681
8 Billy Cunningham 30 32 1190 253 537 .471 1 8 .125 149 187 .797 86 245 331 150 59 21 127 105 656
9 Marv Roberts 24 39 954 160 361 .443 0 0 81 102 .794 103 137 240 75 34 5 52 81 401
10 Steve Jones 31 44 935 161 365 .441 0 7 .000 44 59 .746 30 65 95 57 13 9 66 96 366
11 Dennis Wuycik 23 49 492 88 190 .463 1 2 .500 51 77 .662 51 55 106 31 16 4 40 88 228
12 Oliver Taylor 26 23 443 56 126 .444 1 3 .333 49 71 .690 29 45 74 44 17 6 49 54 162
13 Mike Lewis 27 3 14 3 8 .375 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 0 0 0 1 2 6

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 30 32 37.2 7.9 16.8 .471 0.0 0.3 .125 4.7 5.8 .797 2.7 7.7 10.3 4.7 1.8 0.7 4.0 3.3 20.5
2 Mack Calvin 26 83 31.2 6.0 13.0 .462 0.1 0.5 .233 5.9 6.7 .875 0.9 2.0 2.9 4.2 1.6 0.1 2.8 2.9 18.0
3 Jim Chones 24 83 28.8 6.4 12.3 .526 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 3.0 .615 2.3 5.5 7.8 1.4 0.7 1.6 2.5 4.2 14.8
4 Joe Caldwell 32 79 33.6 6.4 13.0 .489 0.0 0.2 .176 1.6 3.3 .496 2.2 3.0 5.2 4.4 2.2 0.4 3.1 3.2 14.4
5 Tom Owens 24 81 28.2 5.5 10.4 .527 0.0 0.1 .333 2.8 3.6 .769 3.7 5.1 8.9 1.6 0.7 0.5 2.1 3.8 13.8
6 Ted McClain 27 84 30.7 5.0 10.4 .485 0.0 0.3 .074 3.0 3.9 .772 1.4 2.8 4.3 4.1 3.0 0.3 2.8 3.9 13.1
7 Marv Roberts 24 39 24.5 4.1 9.3 .443 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.6 .794 2.6 3.5 6.2 1.9 0.9 0.1 1.3 2.1 10.3
8 Gene Littles 30 84 24.0 3.5 7.5 .470 0.0 0.3 .174 1.4 1.9 .714 1.0 1.7 2.8 3.3 1.3 0.2 1.5 1.9 8.4
9 Steve Jones 31 44 21.3 3.7 8.3 .441 0.0 0.2 .000 1.0 1.3 .746 0.7 1.5 2.2 1.3 0.3 0.2 1.5 2.2 8.3
10 Ed Manning 30 82 22.1 3.6 7.4 .488 0.0 0.0 .500 1.0 1.2 .851 1.3 3.2 4.5 1.2 1.1 0.2 1.2 2.6 8.3
11 Oliver Taylor 26 23 19.3 2.4 5.5 .444 0.0 0.1 .333 2.1 3.1 .690 1.3 2.0 3.2 1.9 0.7 0.3 2.1 2.3 7.0
12 Dennis Wuycik 23 49 10.0 1.8 3.9 .463 0.0 0.0 .500 1.0 1.6 .662 1.0 1.1 2.2 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.8 1.8 4.7
13 Mike Lewis 27 3 4.7 1.0 2.7 .375 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.7 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 2.0

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 26 83 2592 6.9 15.0 .462 0.1 0.6 .233 6.8 7.8 .875 1.1 2.3 3.4 4.8 1.9 0.1 3.2 3.4 20.8
2 Billy Cunningham 30 32 1190 7.7 16.2 .471 0.0 0.2 .125 4.5 5.7 .797 2.6 7.4 10.0 4.5 1.8 0.6 3.8 3.2 19.8
3 Jim Chones 24 83 2387 8.1 15.3 .526 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 3.8 .615 2.9 6.8 9.7 1.8 0.9 2.0 3.1 5.2 18.5
4 Tom Owens 24 81 2284 7.0 13.3 .527 0.0 0.1 .333 3.6 4.6 .769 4.7 6.6 11.3 2.0 0.9 0.6 2.7 4.9 17.6
5 Dennis Wuycik 23 49 492 6.4 13.9 .463 0.1 0.1 .500 3.7 5.6 .662 3.7 4.0 7.8 2.3 1.2 0.3 2.9 6.4 16.7
6 Joe Caldwell 32 79 2654 6.8 13.9 .489 0.0 0.2 .176 1.7 3.5 .496 2.4 3.2 5.6 4.7 2.3 0.5 3.3 3.5 15.4
7 Mike Lewis 27 3 14 7.7 20.6 .375 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.7 5.1 12.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 5.1 15.4
8 Ted McClain 27 84 2582 5.9 12.2 .485 0.0 0.4 .074 3.5 4.5 .772 1.7 3.3 5.0 4.9 3.5 0.3 3.3 4.5 15.3
9 Marv Roberts 24 39 954 6.0 13.6 .443 0.0 0.0 3.1 3.8 .794 3.9 5.2 9.1 2.8 1.3 0.2 2.0 3.1 15.1
10 Steve Jones 31 44 935 6.2 14.1 .441 0.0 0.3 .000 1.7 2.3 .746 1.2 2.5 3.7 2.2 0.5 0.3 2.5 3.7 14.1
11 Ed Manning 30 82 1816 5.9 12.1 .488 0.0 0.0 .500 1.7 2.0 .851 2.1 5.3 7.3 2.0 1.8 0.3 1.9 4.2 13.5
12 Oliver Taylor 26 23 443 4.6 10.2 .444 0.1 0.2 .333 4.0 5.8 .690 2.4 3.7 6.0 3.6 1.4 0.5 4.0 4.4 13.2
13 Gene Littles 30 84 2017 5.2 11.2 .470 0.1 0.4 .174 2.1 2.9 .714 1.6 2.6 4.1 5.0 1.9 0.3 2.2 2.8 12.6

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 Mack Calvin 26 83 2592 18.5 .565 .467 3.2 6.8 5.0 18.6 2.4 0.2 15.0 23.6 112 105 6.7 2.2 8.8 .163
2 Tom Owens 24 81 2284 18.0 .574 .528 13.8 19.4 16.6 7.7 1.1 1.0 15.0 19.6 114 102 5.4 2.5 8.0 .168
3 Ted McClain 27 84 2582 16.5 .541 .486 4.9 9.8 7.3 18.0 4.5 0.5 19.1 19.1 104 99 3.0 3.9 7.0 .129
4 Jim Chones 24 83 2387 16.7 .543 .526 8.4 20.2 14.3 7.2 1.1 3.1 15.4 21.9 103 101 2.6 3.2 5.8 .117
5 Joe Caldwell 32 79 2654 14.9 .498 .490 7.0 9.4 8.2 18.2 3.0 0.7 17.5 20.4 99 102 1.4 3.0 4.4 .079
6 Ed Manning 30 82 1816 13.4 .521 .489 6.1 15.5 10.8 7.4 2.4 0.5 12.7 16.2 106 101 2.0 2.2 4.3 .113
7 Gene Littles 30 84 2017 13.7 .507 .473 4.5 7.6 6.1 18.1 2.4 0.5 14.9 15.9 106 104 2.4 1.8 4.2 .100
8 Billy Cunningham 30 32 1190 19.7 .530 .472 7.6 21.9 14.7 18.0 2.3 1.0 17.0 24.6 104 99 1.7 1.8 3.5 .141
9 Marv Roberts 24 39 954 15.6 .494 .443 11.3 15.3 13.3 10.6 1.7 0.3 11.4 18.8 109 103 1.6 1.0 2.5 .127
10 Dennis Wuycik 23 49 492 13.1 .509 .466 10.9 11.9 11.4 8.6 1.5 0.5 15.2 21.0 103 104 0.5 0.4 0.9 .092
11 Oliver Taylor 26 23 443 10.7 .515 .448 6.9 10.8 8.8 12.6 1.8 0.8 23.8 18.3 95 104 0.0 0.4 0.4 .043
12 Steve Jones 31 44 935 8.3 .468 .441 3.4 7.4 5.4 8.2 0.6 0.5 14.4 19.2 93 108 -0.2 0.4 0.3 .013
13 Mike Lewis 27 3 14 8.8 .375 .375 22.5 15.2 18.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.1 25.2 88 107 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.025

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 Mack Calvin 26 4 143 34 74 .459 2 7 .286 27 32 .844 8 11 19 13 5 0 12 14 97
2 Ted McClain 27 4 133 22 53 .415 0 2 .000 7 12 .583 4 15 19 11 7 0 6 18 51
3 Marv Roberts 24 4 119 20 48 .417 0 0 10 12 .833 11 14 25 7 2 1 2 10 50
4 Jim Chones 24 4 96 21 47 .447 0 0 4 8 .500 6 18 24 3 2 4 3 17 46
5 Ed Manning 30 4 81 18 37 .486 1 1 1.000 5 5 1.000 4 9 13 0 0 1 4 11 42
6 Joe Caldwell 32 4 105 16 34 .471 0 2 .000 6 12 .500 18 9 27 13 8 0 12 14 38
7 Gene Littles 30 4 106 15 34 .441 4 7 .571 3 8 .375 4 7 11 18 6 0 2 7 37
8 Tom Owens 24 4 78 15 36 .417 0 0 1 3 .333 7 8 15 5 1 0 4 18 31
9 Billy Cunningham 30 3 61 9 31 .290 0 2 .000 4 5 .800 4 12 16 6 4 0 6 9 22
10 Oliver Taylor 26 2 25 4 7 .571 0 0 1 1 1.000 3 0 3 1 2 0 2 2 9
11 Dennis Wuycik 23 3 13 1 4 .250 0 0 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 4

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 Mack Calvin 26 4 35.8 8.5 18.5 .459 0.5 1.8 .286 6.8 8.0 .844 2.0 2.8 4.8 3.3 1.3 0.0 3.0 3.5 24.3
2 Ted McClain 27 4 33.3 5.5 13.3 .415 0.0 0.5 .000 1.8 3.0 .583 1.0 3.8 4.8 2.8 1.8 0.0 1.5 4.5 12.8
3 Marv Roberts 24 4 29.8 5.0 12.0 .417 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.0 .833 2.8 3.5 6.3 1.8 0.5 0.3 0.5 2.5 12.5
4 Jim Chones 24 4 24.0 5.3 11.8 .447 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 .500 1.5 4.5 6.0 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.8 4.3 11.5
5 Ed Manning 30 4 20.3 4.5 9.3 .486 0.3 0.3 1.000 1.3 1.3 1.000 1.0 2.3 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0 2.8 10.5
6 Joe Caldwell 32 4 26.3 4.0 8.5 .471 0.0 0.5 .000 1.5 3.0 .500 4.5 2.3 6.8 3.3 2.0 0.0 3.0 3.5 9.5
7 Gene Littles 30 4 26.5 3.8 8.5 .441 1.0 1.8 .571 0.8 2.0 .375 1.0 1.8 2.8 4.5 1.5 0.0 0.5 1.8 9.3
8 Tom Owens 24 4 19.5 3.8 9.0 .417 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 .333 1.8 2.0 3.8 1.3 0.3 0.0 1.0 4.5 7.8
9 Billy Cunningham 30 3 20.3 3.0 10.3 .290 0.0 0.7 .000 1.3 1.7 .800 1.3 4.0 5.3 2.0 1.3 0.0 2.0 3.0 7.3
10 Oliver Taylor 26 2 12.5 2.0 3.5 .571 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.000 1.5 0.0 1.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 4.5
11 Dennis Wuycik 23 3 4.3 0.3 1.3 .250 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7 1.000 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.3

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 Mack Calvin 26 4 143 8.6 18.6 .459 0.5 1.8 .286 6.8 8.1 .844 2.0 2.8 4.8 3.3 1.3 0.0 3.0 3.5 24.4
2 Ed Manning 30 4 81 8.0 16.4 .486 0.4 0.4 1.000 2.2 2.2 1.000 1.8 4.0 5.8 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.8 4.9 18.7
3 Jim Chones 24 4 96 7.9 17.6 .447 0.0 0.0 1.5 3.0 .500 2.3 6.8 9.0 1.1 0.7 1.5 1.1 6.4 17.2
4 Marv Roberts 24 4 119 6.1 14.5 .417 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.6 .833 3.3 4.2 7.6 2.1 0.6 0.3 0.6 3.0 15.1
5 Tom Owens 24 4 78 6.9 16.6 .417 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.4 .333 3.2 3.7 6.9 2.3 0.5 0.0 1.8 8.3 14.3
6 Ted McClain 27 4 133 6.0 14.3 .415 0.0 0.5 .000 1.9 3.2 .583 1.1 4.1 5.1 3.0 1.9 0.0 1.6 4.9 13.8
7 Joe Caldwell 32 4 105 5.5 11.7 .471 0.0 0.7 .000 2.1 4.1 .500 6.2 3.1 9.3 4.5 2.7 0.0 4.1 4.8 13.0
8 Billy Cunningham 30 3 61 5.3 18.3 .290 0.0 1.2 .000 2.4 3.0 .800 2.4 7.1 9.4 3.5 2.4 0.0 3.5 5.3 13.0
9 Oliver Taylor 26 2 25 5.8 10.1 .571 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.4 1.000 4.3 0.0 4.3 1.4 2.9 0.0 2.9 2.9 13.0
10 Gene Littles 30 4 106 5.1 11.5 .441 1.4 2.4 .571 1.0 2.7 .375 1.4 2.4 3.7 6.1 2.0 0.0 0.7 2.4 12.6
11 Dennis Wuycik 23 3 13 2.8 11.1 .250 0.0 0.0 5.5 5.5 1.000 2.8 5.5 8.3 2.8 0.0 0.0 2.8 0.0 11.1

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 Mack Calvin 26 4 143 19.3 .551 .473 4.8 8.7 6.5 13.5 1.6 0.0 12.0 26.7 110 112 0.3 0.0 0.4 .120
2 Marv Roberts 24 4 119 14.2 .469 .417 7.9 13.3 10.2 7.9 0.8 0.5 3.6 17.7 111 112 0.2 0.0 0.2 .084
3 Gene Littles 30 4 106 15.3 .493 .500 3.2 7.5 5.0 22.1 2.6 0.0 5.1 14.2 116 110 0.2 0.0 0.2 .104
4 Ed Manning 30 4 81 12.3 .536 .500 4.2 12.5 7.8 0.0 0.0 0.7 9.3 20.4 106 113 0.1 0.0 0.1 .054
5 Jim Chones 24 4 96 13.4 .455 .447 5.3 21.2 12.2 4.5 0.9 2.4 5.6 21.3 99 108 0.0 0.1 0.1 .048
6 Joe Caldwell 32 4 105 14.3 .484 .471 14.6 9.7 12.5 16.3 3.5 0.0 23.4 18.6 95 107 0.0 0.1 0.1 .028
7 Dennis Wuycik 23 3 13 8.6 .410 .250 6.6 17.4 11.2 9.2 0.0 0.0 17.0 17.3 89 113 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.037
8 Ted McClain 27 4 133 10.6 .438 .415 2.6 12.7 6.9 11.1 2.4 0.0 9.3 18.4 94 109 0.0 0.1 0.0 .014
9 Tom Owens 24 4 78 7.9 .415 .417 7.7 11.6 9.3 8.9 0.6 0.0 9.7 20.2 91 112 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.027
10 Oliver Taylor 26 2 25 13.8 .605 .571 10.2 0.0 5.8 5.3 3.6 0.0 21.2 14.4 108 110 0.0 0.0 0.0 .071
11 Billy Cunningham 30 3 61 7.1 .331 .290 5.6 22.2 12.7 12.9 3.0 0.0 15.3 24.5 73 105 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 -0.118