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1972-73 Kentucky Colonels Roster and Statistics

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56-28, Finished 2nd in ABA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Joe Mullaney (56-28)

Points Per Game: 111.9 (5th of 10) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 105.5 (1st of 10)
Pythagorean W-L: 58-26 (1st of 10)

Arena: Freedom Hall ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: 5.62 (1st of 10)

Playoffs:
Lost ABA Finals (4-3) versus Indiana Pacers
Won ABA Eastern Division Finals (4-3) versus Carolina Cougars
Won ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-1) versus Virginia Squires

1972-73 Kentucky Colonels:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
42 Bill Chamberlain F 6-6 188 December 16, 1949 R University of North Carolina
10 Louie Dampier G 6-0 170 November 20, 1944 5 University of Kentucky
32 Mike Gale G 6-4 185 July 18, 1950 1 Elizabeth City State University
53 Artis Gilmore C 7-2 240 September 21, 1949 1 Jacksonville University
44 Dan Issel C-F 6-9 235 October 25, 1948 2 University of Kentucky
4 Wendell Ladner F 6-5 220 October 6, 1948 2 University of Southern Mississippi
30 Rick Mount G 6-3 175 January 5, 1947 2 Purdue University
14 Jimmy O'Brien G 6-1 170 April 9, 1949 1 Boston College
15 Pierre Russell F-G 6-4 190 December 13, 1949 1 University of Kansas
2 Walter Simon F-G 6-6 200 December 1, 1939 5 Benedict College
8 Ronald Thomas F 6-6 215 November 19, 1950 R University of Louisville
24 Claude Virden F 6-6 195 November 25, 1947 R Murray State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 84 20160 3770 7900 .477 82 296 .277 1779 2453 .725 1379 2784 4163 2287 1359 1976 9401 111.9
Opponent 84 20160 3504 7563 .463 84 340 .247 1768 2369 .746 1393 2884 4277 1865 1624 2055 8860 105.5

Player Statistics

Totals

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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 24 84 3531 902 1757 .513 3 15 .200 485 635 .764 329 593 922 220 216 255 2292
2 Artis Gilmore 23 84 3502 687 1228 .559 1 2 .500 368 572 .643 449 1027 1476 295 259 286 302 1743
3 Louie Dampier 28 80 3039 515 1143 .451 54 155 .348 262 334 .784 55 158 213 521 188 216 1346
4 Walter Simon 33 83 2403 433 897 .483 1 17 .059 143 191 .749 122 273 395 336 156 271 1010
5 Rick Mount 26 61 1780 369 804 .459 9 30 .300 159 198 .803 50 88 138 194 119 172 906
6 Mike Gale 22 81 1854 218 463 .471 1 6 .167 100 143 .699 78 163 241 248 131 108 207 537
7 Jimmy O'Brien 23 68 1014 126 317 .397 0 9 .000 68 89 .764 27 65 92 174 77 103 320
8 Claude Virden 25 31 825 130 327 .398 0 2 .000 46 59 .780 49 105 154 74 49 84 306
9 Pierre Russell 23 59 618 119 266 .447 2 17 .118 49 78 .628 54 75 129 61 33 80 289
10 Wendell Ladner 24 37 659 109 318 .343 8 38 .211 44 58 .759 57 124 181 72 52 132 270
11 Bill Chamberlain 23 43 566 101 248 .407 1 3 .333 34 55 .618 56 51 107 69 54 81 237
12 Ronald Thomas 22 31 369 62 132 .470 0 2 .000 21 41 .512 53 62 115 23 21 73 145

Per Game

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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 24 84 42.0 10.7 20.9 .513 0.0 0.2 .200 5.8 7.6 .764 3.9 7.1 11.0 2.6 2.6 3.0 27.3
2 Artis Gilmore 23 84 41.7 8.2 14.6 .559 0.0 0.0 .500 4.4 6.8 .643 5.3 12.2 17.6 3.5 3.1 3.4 3.6 20.8
3 Louie Dampier 28 80 38.0 6.4 14.3 .451 0.7 1.9 .348 3.3 4.2 .784 0.7 2.0 2.7 6.5 2.4 2.7 16.8
4 Rick Mount 26 61 29.2 6.0 13.2 .459 0.1 0.5 .300 2.6 3.2 .803 0.8 1.4 2.3 3.2 2.0 2.8 14.9
5 Walter Simon 33 83 29.0 5.2 10.8 .483 0.0 0.2 .059 1.7 2.3 .749 1.5 3.3 4.8 4.0 1.9 3.3 12.2
6 Claude Virden 25 31 26.6 4.2 10.5 .398 0.0 0.1 .000 1.5 1.9 .780 1.6 3.4 5.0 2.4 1.6 2.7 9.9
7 Wendell Ladner 24 37 17.8 2.9 8.6 .343 0.2 1.0 .211 1.2 1.6 .759 1.5 3.4 4.9 1.9 1.4 3.6 7.3
8 Mike Gale 22 81 22.9 2.7 5.7 .471 0.0 0.1 .167 1.2 1.8 .699 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.1 1.6 1.3 2.6 6.6
9 Bill Chamberlain 23 43 13.2 2.3 5.8 .407 0.0 0.1 .333 0.8 1.3 .618 1.3 1.2 2.5 1.6 1.3 1.9 5.5
10 Pierre Russell 23 59 10.5 2.0 4.5 .447 0.0 0.3 .118 0.8 1.3 .628 0.9 1.3 2.2 1.0 0.6 1.4 4.9
11 Jimmy O'Brien 23 68 14.9 1.9 4.7 .397 0.0 0.1 .000 1.0 1.3 .764 0.4 1.0 1.4 2.6 1.1 1.5 4.7
12 Ronald Thomas 22 31 11.9 2.0 4.3 .470 0.0 0.1 .000 0.7 1.3 .512 1.7 2.0 3.7 0.7 0.7 2.4 4.7

Per 36 Minutes

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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 24 84 3531 9.2 17.9 .513 0.0 0.2 .200 4.9 6.5 .764 3.4 6.0 9.4 2.2 2.2 2.6 23.4
2 Rick Mount 26 61 1780 7.5 16.3 .459 0.2 0.6 .300 3.2 4.0 .803 1.0 1.8 2.8 3.9 2.4 3.5 18.3
3 Artis Gilmore 23 84 3502 7.1 12.6 .559 0.0 0.0 .500 3.8 5.9 .643 4.6 10.6 15.2 3.0 2.7 2.9 3.1 17.9
4 Pierre Russell 23 59 618 6.9 15.5 .447 0.1 1.0 .118 2.9 4.5 .628 3.1 4.4 7.5 3.6 1.9 4.7 16.8
5 Louie Dampier 28 80 3039 6.1 13.5 .451 0.6 1.8 .348 3.1 4.0 .784 0.7 1.9 2.5 6.2 2.2 2.6 15.9
6 Walter Simon 33 83 2403 6.5 13.4 .483 0.0 0.3 .059 2.1 2.9 .749 1.8 4.1 5.9 5.0 2.3 4.1 15.1
7 Bill Chamberlain 23 43 566 6.4 15.8 .407 0.1 0.2 .333 2.2 3.5 .618 3.6 3.2 6.8 4.4 3.4 5.2 15.1
8 Wendell Ladner 24 37 659 6.0 17.4 .343 0.4 2.1 .211 2.4 3.2 .759 3.1 6.8 9.9 3.9 2.8 7.2 14.7
9 Ronald Thomas 22 31 369 6.0 12.9 .470 0.0 0.2 .000 2.0 4.0 .512 5.2 6.0 11.2 2.2 2.0 7.1 14.1
10 Claude Virden 25 31 825 5.7 14.3 .398 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 2.6 .780 2.1 4.6 6.7 3.2 2.1 3.7 13.4
11 Jimmy O'Brien 23 68 1014 4.5 11.3 .397 0.0 0.3 .000 2.4 3.2 .764 1.0 2.3 3.3 6.2 2.7 3.7 11.4
12 Mike Gale 22 81 1854 4.2 9.0 .471 0.0 0.1 .167 1.9 2.8 .699 1.5 3.2 4.7 4.8 2.5 2.1 4.0 10.4

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Artis Gilmore 23 84 3502 24.1 .589 .560 12.1 28.3 20.1 11.4 4.1 16.2 19.7 8.7 9.8 18.5
2 Dan Issel 24 84 3531 22.4 .563 .514 8.8 16.2 12.5 9.2 9.6 24.9 8.8 6.9 15.8
3 Louie Dampier 28 80 3039 14.3 .522 .474 1.7 5.0 3.3 22.4 12.7 19.0 2.8 4.7 7.4
4 Walter Simon 33 83 2403 13.8 .515 .483 4.8 11.0 7.9 18.5 13.7 18.5 1.7 4.4 6.1
5 Mike Gale 22 81 1854 13.5 .511 .472 4.0 8.5 6.2 16.4 3.3 17.0 13.3 0.8 3.1 3.9
6 Rick Mount 26 61 1780 13.1 .508 .465 2.7 4.8 3.7 15.0 11.8 22.1 1.2 2.3 3.5
7 Pierre Russell 23 59 618 14.2 .481 .451 8.3 11.7 10.0 13.3 9.9 21.0 -0.1 1.2 1.1
8 Jimmy O'Brien 23 68 1014 8.6 .449 .397 2.5 6.2 4.3 21.2 17.8 16.7 -0.7 1.7 1.0
9 Ronald Thomas 22 31 369 12.5 .483 .470 13.6 16.2 14.9 8.1 12.3 18.1 0.0 0.8 0.8
10 Claude Virden 25 31 825 9.6 .433 .398 5.6 12.3 8.9 11.5 12.2 19.0 -1.0 1.4 0.4
11 Bill Chamberlain 23 43 566 9.6 .435 .409 9.4 8.7 9.0 16.1 16.6 22.5 -0.8 1.1 0.3
12 Wendell Ladner 24 37 659 8.4 .393 .355 8.2 18.2 13.1 14.2 13.1 23.4 -1.8 1.5 -0.3

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Dan Issel 24 19 825 198 398 1 6 124 156 60 225 28 47 71 521 .497 .167 .795 43.4 27.4 11.8 1.5
2 Artis Gilmore 23 19 780 142 261 0 0 77 123 84 260 75 63 68 361 .544 .626 41.1 19.0 13.7 3.9
3 Rick Mount 26 19 676 119 293 10 22 73 87 21 47 49 42 48 321 .406 .455 .839 35.6 16.9 2.5 2.6
4 Walter Simon 33 19 639 92 207 0 4 27 31 19 93 79 38 67 211 .444 .000 .871 33.6 11.1 4.9 4.2
5 Louie Dampier 28 12 411 65 126 10 22 21 30 6 25 39 19 35 161 .516 .455 .700 34.3 13.4 2.1 3.3
6 Wendell Ladner 24 19 269 55 142 14 53 12 14 18 56 21 25 67 136 .387 .264 .857 14.2 7.2 2.9 1.1
7 Jimmy O'Brien 23 19 435 33 93 1 3 39 45 9 34 82 33 35 106 .355 .333 .867 22.9 5.6 1.8 4.3
8 Ronald Thomas 22 17 247 38 77 0 1 9 23 28 75 13 24 44 85 .494 .000 .391 14.5 5.0 4.4 0.8
9 Mike Gale 22 12 291 23 58 0 2 20 23 8 30 40 15 41 66 .397 .000 .870 24.3 5.5 2.5 3.3
10 Pierre Russell 23 12 37 7 12 0 0 3 6 5 12 2 1 5 17 .583 .500 3.1 1.4 1.0 0.2

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Dan Issel 24 19 825 24.4 .558 .499 13.7 5.7 9.2 26.0 2.4 1.2 3.6
2 Artis Gilmore 23 19 780 21.9 .573 .544 16.8 14.7 16.7 20.2 1.9 1.4 3.4
3 Louie Dampier 28 12 411 14.2 .578 .556 3.1 14.0 12.0 16.1 0.9 0.4 1.3
4 Walter Simon 33 19 639 11.6 .478 .444 7.3 17.8 14.7 16.9 0.1 0.8 0.9
5 Rick Mount 26 19 676 13.0 .484 .423 3.5 11.0 11.3 23.0 0.3 0.6 0.8
6 Jimmy O'Brien 23 19 435 9.8 .470 .360 3.9 24.8 22.6 14.0 0.0 0.6 0.6
7 Ronald Thomas 22 17 247 10.2 .488 .494 15.3 7.7 21.6 18.8 0.1 0.4 0.5
8 Mike Gale 22 12 291 8.3 .484 .397 5.2 18.1 18.0 11.9 0.1 0.3 0.4
9 Pierre Russell 23 12 37 22.9 .581 .583 16.3 8.3 6.4 17.6 0.1 0.1 0.2
10 Wendell Ladner 24 19 269 9.9 .459 .437 10.5 12.3 14.4 26.8 -0.1 0.4 0.2