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1970-71 Kentucky Colonels Roster and Stats

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Record: 44-40, Finished 2nd in ABA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Gene Rhodes (10-5), Alex Groza (2-0), Frank Ramsey (32-35)

PTS/G: 122.2 (2nd of 11) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 122.1 (9th of 11)
SRS: -0.17 (4th of 11)
Expected W-L: 42-42 (4th of 11)

Arena: Freedom Hall ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Lost ABA Finals (4-3) versus Utah Stars
Won ABA Eastern Division Finals (4-2) versus Virginia Squires
Won ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-2) versus The Floridians

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
35 Darel Carrier SG 6-3 185 October 26, 1940 3 Western Kentucky University
25 Bobby Croft C 6-10 200 August 10, 1947 R University of Tennessee
10 Louie Dampier PG 6-0 170 November 20, 1944 3 University of Kentucky
32 Tom Hagan G 6-3 185 January 29, 1947 1 Vanderbilt University
4 Dennis Hamilton PF 6-8 210 May 8, 1944 3 Arizona State University
8 Dan Hester C 6-8 210 November 8, 1948 R Louisiana State University
4 Les Hunter PF 6-7 210 August 16, 1942 4 Loyola University of Chicago
44 Dan Issel C 6-9 235 October 25, 1948 R University of Kentucky
22 Goose Ligon PF 6-7 210 February 22, 1944 3
9-24 Cincinnatus Powell SF 6-7 220 February 25, 1942 3 University of Portland
33-54 Mike Pratt SG 6-4 195 August 4, 1948 R University of Kentucky
2 Walter Simon SF 6-6 200 December 1, 1939 3 Benedict College
5-50 Sam Smith SF 6-7 230 January 27, 1944 3 Kentucky Wesleyan College
42 Al Williams F 6-6 200 February 3, 1948 R Drake University
3-45 Howie Wright SG 6-3 185 February 22, 1947 R Austin Peay State University

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 20185 3929 8520 .461 193 597 .323 2213 2930 .755 1604 3186 4790 1878 1569 2271 10264 122.2
Lg Rank 11 3 4 4 4 4 2 3 2 9 6 2 4 6 5 2 2 2
Opponent 84 20185 3948 8586 .460 159 493 .323 2205 2961 .745 4530 1816 1490 2229 10260 122.1
Lg Rank 11 8 9 7 5 5 10 10 10 4 5 5 10 10 9 9

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 42 42 0.05 -0.21 -0.17 .472 13.8 .260 .469 13.1 .257 Freedom Hall
Lg Rank 4 4 4 7 4 4 4 5 7 10 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 Dan Issel 22 83 3274 938 1934 .485 0 15 .000 604 748 .807 421 672 1093 162 221 323 2480
2 Louie Dampier 26 84 3221 566 1353 .418 103 280 .368 320 376 .851 73 224 297 460 244 213 1555
3 Cincinnatus Powell 28 81 2933 578 1173 .493 4 16 .250 302 398 .759 311 579 890 255 235 323 1462
4 Darel Carrier 30 84 2664 495 1140 .434 63 161 .391 327 377 .867 50 182 232 244 199 229 1380
5 Goose Ligon 26 84 2753 429 795 .540 0 6 .000 214 391 .547 312 677 989 211 167 331 1072
6 Les Hunter 28 75 1415 274 606 .452 10 49 .204 155 215 .721 153 319 472 93 135 242 713
7 Walter Simon 31 84 1411 274 578 .474 1 11 .091 100 156 .641 102 213 315 156 128 253 649
8 Mike Pratt 22 78 1213 173 416 .416 3 11 .273 91 121 .752 91 134 225 188 124 135 440
9 Howie Wright 23 52 612 94 245 .384 9 42 .214 40 49 .816 23 57 80 63 59 89 237
10 Bobby Croft 23 33 222 35 114 .307 0 2 .000 25 42 .595 22 43 65 15 17 67 95
11 Sam Smith 27 25 259 33 73 .452 0 2 .000 22 35 .629 29 39 68 16 18 34 88
12 Al Williams 22 11 70 19 43 .442 0 0 5 10 .500 9 17 26 5 7 13 43
13 Dan Hester 22 7 93 18 38 .474 0 1 .000 7 9 .778 8 28 36 5 12 16 43
14 Tom Hagan 24 4 34 2 10 .200 0 1 .000 0 2 .000 0 1 1 4 0 2 4
15 Dennis Hamilton 26 3 11 1 2 .500 0 0 1 1 1.000 0 1 1 1 3 1 3

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 Dan Issel 22 83 39.4 11.3 23.3 .485 0.0 0.2 .000 7.3 9.0 .807 5.1 8.1 13.2 2.0 2.7 3.9 29.9
2 Louie Dampier 26 84 38.3 6.7 16.1 .418 1.2 3.3 .368 3.8 4.5 .851 0.9 2.7 3.5 5.5 2.9 2.5 18.5
3 Cincinnatus Powell 28 81 36.2 7.1 14.5 .493 0.0 0.2 .250 3.7 4.9 .759 3.8 7.1 11.0 3.1 2.9 4.0 18.0
4 Darel Carrier 30 84 31.7 5.9 13.6 .434 0.8 1.9 .391 3.9 4.5 .867 0.6 2.2 2.8 2.9 2.4 2.7 16.4
5 Goose Ligon 26 84 32.8 5.1 9.5 .540 0.0 0.1 .000 2.5 4.7 .547 3.7 8.1 11.8 2.5 2.0 3.9 12.8
6 Les Hunter 28 75 18.9 3.7 8.1 .452 0.1 0.7 .204 2.1 2.9 .721 2.0 4.3 6.3 1.2 1.8 3.2 9.5
7 Walter Simon 31 84 16.8 3.3 6.9 .474 0.0 0.1 .091 1.2 1.9 .641 1.2 2.5 3.8 1.9 1.5 3.0 7.7
8 Dan Hester 22 7 13.3 2.6 5.4 .474 0.0 0.1 .000 1.0 1.3 .778 1.1 4.0 5.1 0.7 1.7 2.3 6.1
9 Mike Pratt 22 78 15.6 2.2 5.3 .416 0.0 0.1 .273 1.2 1.6 .752 1.2 1.7 2.9 2.4 1.6 1.7 5.6
10 Howie Wright 23 52 11.8 1.8 4.7 .384 0.2 0.8 .214 0.8 0.9 .816 0.4 1.1 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.7 4.6
11 Al Williams 22 11 6.4 1.7 3.9 .442 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.9 .500 0.8 1.5 2.4 0.5 0.6 1.2 3.9
12 Sam Smith 27 25 10.4 1.3 2.9 .452 0.0 0.1 .000 0.9 1.4 .629 1.2 1.6 2.7 0.6 0.7 1.4 3.5
13 Bobby Croft 23 33 6.7 1.1 3.5 .307 0.0 0.1 .000 0.8 1.3 .595 0.7 1.3 2.0 0.5 0.5 2.0 2.9
14 Tom Hagan 24 4 8.5 0.5 2.5 .200 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.0 0.5 1.0
15 Dennis Hamilton 26 3 3.7 0.3 0.7 .500 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.3 1.0

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 Dan Issel 22 83 3274 10.3 21.3 .485 0.0 0.2 .000 6.6 8.2 .807 4.6 7.4 12.0 1.8 2.4 3.6 27.3
2 Al Williams 22 11 70 9.8 22.1 .442 0.0 0.0 2.6 5.1 .500 4.6 8.7 13.4 2.6 3.6 6.7 22.1
3 Darel Carrier 30 84 2664 6.7 15.4 .434 0.9 2.2 .391 4.4 5.1 .867 0.7 2.5 3.1 3.3 2.7 3.1 18.6
4 Les Hunter 28 75 1415 7.0 15.4 .452 0.3 1.2 .204 3.9 5.5 .721 3.9 8.1 12.0 2.4 3.4 6.2 18.1
5 Cincinnatus Powell 28 81 2933 7.1 14.4 .493 0.0 0.2 .250 3.7 4.9 .759 3.8 7.1 10.9 3.1 2.9 4.0 17.9
6 Louie Dampier 26 84 3221 6.3 15.1 .418 1.2 3.1 .368 3.6 4.2 .851 0.8 2.5 3.3 5.1 2.7 2.4 17.4
7 Dan Hester 22 7 93 7.0 14.7 .474 0.0 0.4 .000 2.7 3.5 .778 3.1 10.8 13.9 1.9 4.6 6.2 16.6
8 Walter Simon 31 84 1411 7.0 14.7 .474 0.0 0.3 .091 2.6 4.0 .641 2.6 5.4 8.0 4.0 3.3 6.5 16.6
9 Bobby Croft 23 33 222 5.7 18.5 .307 0.0 0.3 .000 4.1 6.8 .595 3.6 7.0 10.5 2.4 2.8 10.9 15.4
10 Goose Ligon 26 84 2753 5.6 10.4 .540 0.0 0.1 .000 2.8 5.1 .547 4.1 8.9 12.9 2.8 2.2 4.3 14.0
11 Howie Wright 23 52 612 5.5 14.4 .384 0.5 2.5 .214 2.4 2.9 .816 1.4 3.4 4.7 3.7 3.5 5.2 13.9
12 Mike Pratt 22 78 1213 5.1 12.3 .416 0.1 0.3 .273 2.7 3.6 .752 2.7 4.0 6.7 5.6 3.7 4.0 13.1
13 Sam Smith 27 25 259 4.6 10.1 .452 0.0 0.3 .000 3.1 4.9 .629 4.0 5.4 9.5 2.2 2.5 4.7 12.2
14 Dennis Hamilton 26 3 11 3.3 6.5 .500 0.0 0.0 3.3 3.3 1.000 0.0 3.3 3.3 3.3 9.8 3.3 9.8
15 Tom Hagan 24 4 34 2.1 10.6 .200 0.0 1.1 .000 0.0 2.1 .000 0.0 1.1 1.1 4.2 0.0 2.1 4.2

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 Dan Issel 22 83 3274 25.0 .548 .485 14.5 7.2 8.9 26.9 8.1 2.6 10.7 .157
2 Cincinnatus Powell 28 81 2933 17.1 .542 .494 13.1 11.2 14.8 19.2 4.6 2.4 7.0 .114
3 Goose Ligon 26 84 2753 15.8 .554 .540 15.6 9.4 14.7 14.6 3.8 2.5 6.3 .110
4 Louie Dampier 26 84 3221 13.6 .512 .456 4.0 17.9 13.8 19.4 3.1 2.0 5.0 .075
5 Darel Carrier 30 84 2664 13.0 .528 .462 3.8 11.6 13.2 20.0 3.6 1.3 4.9 .088
6 Les Hunter 28 75 1415 14.3 .509 .460 14.4 8.4 16.2 21.0 1.2 1.2 2.4 .081
7 Walter Simon 31 84 1411 12.1 .502 .475 9.7 14.2 16.5 19.5 0.9 1.1 2.0 .068
8 Mike Pratt 22 78 1213 10.4 .469 .419 8.0 18.7 20.9 17.4 0.0 0.9 0.9 .037
9 Sam Smith 27 25 259 10.6 .498 .452 11.4 7.3 16.9 14.6 0.1 0.2 0.3 .055
10 Dan Hester 22 7 93 11.9 .512 .474 16.8 6.9 22.2 20.6 0.1 0.1 0.2 .084
11 Al Williams 22 11 70 15.3 .454 .442 16.1 10.2 12.9 27.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 .012
12 Dennis Hamilton 26 3 11 -2.0 .615 .500 3.9 10.3 55.1 17.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 .099
13 Howie Wright 23 52 612 6.6 .445 .402 5.7 12.6 18.1 18.9 -0.3 0.4 0.0 .001
14 Tom Hagan 24 4 34 -0.6 .184 .200 1.3 12.9 0.0 11.4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.189
15 Bobby Croft 23 33 222 4.4 .359 .307 12.7 8.3 11.4 23.9 -0.7 0.2 -0.6 -0.121

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 Dan Issel 22 19 670 206 408 .505 0 0 122 139 .878 79 142 221 28 56 78 534
2 Darel Carrier 30 19 675 130 280 .464 21 58 .362 88 98 .898 11 47 58 69 53 65 369
3 Cincinnatus Powell 28 19 702 138 382 .361 3 7 .429 71 102 .696 77 171 248 47 51 83 350
4 Louie Dampier 26 19 828 117 304 .385 22 69 .319 66 89 .742 24 54 78 179 54 56 322
5 Goose Ligon 26 19 587 81 170 .476 0 0 38 67 .567 76 143 219 35 21 74 200
6 Les Hunter 28 19 352 65 168 .387 1 5 .200 45 73 .616 25 63 88 33 38 76 176
7 Walter Simon 31 19 385 70 155 .452 0 6 .000 34 49 .694 34 63 97 52 26 67 174
8 Mike Pratt 22 19 318 47 124 .379 0 2 .000 37 47 .787 37 29 66 53 29 30 131
9 Howie Wright 23 5 36 7 20 .350 2 8 .250 4 9 .444 0 2 2 4 1 6 20
10 Dan Hester 22 7 42 4 14 .286 0 0 8 9 .889 3 10 13 1 2 9 16

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 Dan Issel 22 19 35.3 10.8 21.5 .505 0.0 0.0 6.4 7.3 .878 4.2 7.5 11.6 1.5 2.9 4.1 28.1
2 Darel Carrier 30 19 35.5 6.8 14.7 .464 1.1 3.1 .362 4.6 5.2 .898 0.6 2.5 3.1 3.6 2.8 3.4 19.4
3 Cincinnatus Powell 28 19 36.9 7.3 20.1 .361 0.2 0.4 .429 3.7 5.4 .696 4.1 9.0 13.1 2.5 2.7 4.4 18.4
4 Louie Dampier 26 19 43.6 6.2 16.0 .385 1.2 3.6 .319 3.5 4.7 .742 1.3 2.8 4.1 9.4 2.8 2.9 16.9
5 Goose Ligon 26 19 30.9 4.3 8.9 .476 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.5 .567 4.0 7.5 11.5 1.8 1.1 3.9 10.5
6 Les Hunter 28 19 18.5 3.4 8.8 .387 0.1 0.3 .200 2.4 3.8 .616 1.3 3.3 4.6 1.7 2.0 4.0 9.3
7 Walter Simon 31 19 20.3 3.7 8.2 .452 0.0 0.3 .000 1.8 2.6 .694 1.8 3.3 5.1 2.7 1.4 3.5 9.2
8 Mike Pratt 22 19 16.7 2.5 6.5 .379 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 2.5 .787 1.9 1.5 3.5 2.8 1.5 1.6 6.9
9 Howie Wright 23 5 7.2 1.4 4.0 .350 0.4 1.6 .250 0.8 1.8 .444 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.2 1.2 4.0
10 Dan Hester 22 7 6.0 0.6 2.0 .286 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.3 .889 0.4 1.4 1.9 0.1 0.3 1.3 2.3

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 Dan Issel 22 19 670 11.1 21.9 .505 0.0 0.0 6.6 7.5 .878 4.2 7.6 11.9 1.5 3.0 4.2 28.7
2 Howie Wright 23 5 36 7.0 20.0 .350 2.0 8.0 .250 4.0 9.0 .444 0.0 2.0 2.0 4.0 1.0 6.0 20.0
3 Darel Carrier 30 19 675 6.9 14.9 .464 1.1 3.1 .362 4.7 5.2 .898 0.6 2.5 3.1 3.7 2.8 3.5 19.7
4 Les Hunter 28 19 352 6.6 17.2 .387 0.1 0.5 .200 4.6 7.5 .616 2.6 6.4 9.0 3.4 3.9 7.8 18.0
5 Cincinnatus Powell 28 19 702 7.1 19.6 .361 0.2 0.4 .429 3.6 5.2 .696 3.9 8.8 12.7 2.4 2.6 4.3 17.9
6 Walter Simon 31 19 385 6.5 14.5 .452 0.0 0.6 .000 3.2 4.6 .694 3.2 5.9 9.1 4.9 2.4 6.3 16.3
7 Mike Pratt 22 19 318 5.3 14.0 .379 0.0 0.2 .000 4.2 5.3 .787 4.2 3.3 7.5 6.0 3.3 3.4 14.8
8 Louie Dampier 26 19 828 5.1 13.2 .385 1.0 3.0 .319 2.9 3.9 .742 1.0 2.3 3.4 7.8 2.3 2.4 14.0
9 Dan Hester 22 7 42 3.4 12.0 .286 0.0 0.0 6.9 7.7 .889 2.6 8.6 11.1 0.9 1.7 7.7 13.7
10 Goose Ligon 26 19 587 5.0 10.4 .476 0.0 0.0 2.3 4.1 .567 4.7 8.8 13.4 2.1 1.3 4.5 12.3

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 Dan Issel 22 19 670 25.7 .569 .505 6.6 10.7 2.3 1.0 3.3 .238
2 Darel Carrier 30 19 675 14.4 .571 .502 13.7 14.1 1.7 0.6 2.3 .165
3 Goose Ligon 26 19 587 13.8 .501 .476 7.4 9.5 0.3 1.0 1.3 .105
4 Louie Dampier 26 19 828 12.5 .469 .421 27.0 13.6 0.1 1.1 1.2 .068
5 Walter Simon 31 19 385 13.2 .493 .452 17.8 12.8 0.2 0.6 0.8 .101
6 Mike Pratt 22 19 318 13.2 .453 .379 21.0 16.7 -0.1 0.5 0.4 .056
7 Les Hunter 28 19 352 4.7 .440 .390 12.4 16.0 -0.3 0.5 0.2 .025
8 Howie Wright 23 5 36 4.9 .417 .400 14.9 4.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.044
9 Dan Hester 22 7 42 4.6 .445 .286 2.8 10.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 .038
10 Cincinnatus Powell 28 19 702 8.5 .410 .365 9.0 10.7 -1.3 1.1 -0.2 -0.014