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1973-74 Kentucky Colonels Roster and Statistics

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53-31, Finished 2nd in ABA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Babe McCarthy (53-31)

Points Per Game: 107.4 (4th of 10) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 103.3 (2nd of 10)
Pythagorean W-L: 53-31 (2nd of 10)

Arena: Freedom Hall ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: 3.71 (2nd of 10) ▪ Pace Factor: 103.4 (5th of 10)
Offensive Rating: 103.5 (3rd of 10) ▪ Defensive Rating: 99.5 (2nd of 10)

Playoffs:
Lost ABA Eastern Division Finals (4-0) versus New York Nets
Won ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-0) versus Carolina Cougars

1973-74 Kentucky Colonels:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
25 Jim Bradley F 6-8 215 March 16, 1952 R Northern Illinois University
10 Louie Dampier G 6-0 170 November 20, 1944 6 University of Kentucky
32 Mike Gale G 6-4 185 July 18, 1950 2 Elizabeth City State University
53 Artis Gilmore C 7-2 240 September 21, 1949 2 Jacksonville University
3 Joe Hamilton G 5-10 160 July 5, 1948 3 North Texas State University
44 Dan Issel C-F 6-9 235 October 25, 1948 3 University of Kentucky
33 Billy James G 6-3 185 February 11, 1950 R Marshall University
22 Collis Jones F 6-7 203 July 3, 1949 2 University of Notre Dame
35 Ron King G 6-4 185 July 11, 1951 R Florida State University
4 Wendell Ladner F 6-5 220 October 6, 1948 3 University of Southern Mississippi
30 Rick Mount G 6-3 175 January 5, 1947 3 Purdue University
Jimmy O'Brien G 6-1 170 April 9, 1949 2 Boston College
9 Red Robbins F-C 6-8 190 September 30, 1944 6 University of Tennessee
11 John Roche G 6-3 170 September 26, 1949 2 University of South Carolina
2 Walter Simon F-G 6-6 200 December 1, 1939 6 Benedict College
8 Ronald Thomas F 6-6 215 November 19, 1950 1 University of Louisville
15 Chuck Williams G 6-2 175 June 6, 1946 3 University of Colorado

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 20235 3681 8075 .456 97 349 .278 1565 2092 .748 1483 2934 4417 2104 644 470 1474 1771 9024 107.4
Opponent 84 20235 3576 8003 .447 104 354 .294 1419 1879 .755 1407 2797 4204 1742 709 317 1462 1967 8675 103.3

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 25 83 3347 829 1726 .480 3 17 .176 457 581 .787 346 501 847 137 69 32 171 199 2118
2 Artis Gilmore 24 84 3502 621 1260 .493 0 3 .000 326 489 .667 478 1060 1538 329 57 287 319 302 1568
3 Louie Dampier 29 84 2942 603 1296 .465 48 124 .387 238 286 .832 46 155 201 473 84 18 230 152 1492
4 Walter Simon 34 80 1164 233 492 .474 2 13 .154 57 68 .838 62 147 209 117 38 10 77 133 525
5 Mike Gale 23 48 1591 200 454 .441 2 11 .182 76 104 .731 57 159 216 200 107 47 125 158 478
6 John Roche 24 34 926 173 369 .469 10 37 .270 52 63 .825 18 45 63 155 16 9 78 71 408
7 Wendell Ladner 25 34 928 154 418 .368 6 37 .162 24 41 .585 71 196 267 84 62 3 66 135 338
8 Ronald Thomas 23 71 976 128 273 .469 1 7 .143 37 63 .587 112 177 289 62 48 7 71 156 294
9 Chuck Williams 27 33 922 109 256 .426 1 3 .333 72 97 .742 19 57 76 170 26 3 86 67 291
10 Jim Bradley 21 35 884 130 309 .421 0 2 .000 31 44 .705 67 147 214 49 37 27 55 106 291
11 Jimmy O'Brien 24 46 761 119 284 .419 2 10 .200 45 54 .833 32 53 85 139 34 1 70 47 285
12 Collis Jones 24 58 719 102 263 .388 0 3 .000 51 78 .654 94 90 184 36 21 13 38 91 255
13 Joe Hamilton 25 30 546 103 250 .412 18 58 .310 25 33 .758 13 36 49 80 25 4 30 62 249
14 Red Robbins 29 34 615 97 201 .483 0 5 .000 41 49 .837 53 87 140 31 8 7 29 38 235
15 Rick Mount 27 18 276 55 151 .364 2 13 .154 19 25 .760 7 13 20 27 7 0 21 37 131
16 Ron King 22 9 126 24 70 .343 2 6 .333 14 17 .824 8 11 19 14 5 2 7 14 64
17 Billy James 23 1 10 1 3 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 2

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 25 83 40.3 10.0 20.8 .480 0.0 0.2 .176 5.5 7.0 .787 4.2 6.0 10.2 1.7 0.8 0.4 2.1 2.4 25.5
2 Artis Gilmore 24 84 41.7 7.4 15.0 .493 0.0 0.0 .000 3.9 5.8 .667 5.7 12.6 18.3 3.9 0.7 3.4 3.8 3.6 18.7
3 Louie Dampier 29 84 35.0 7.2 15.4 .465 0.6 1.5 .387 2.8 3.4 .832 0.5 1.8 2.4 5.6 1.0 0.2 2.7 1.8 17.8
4 John Roche 24 34 27.2 5.1 10.9 .469 0.3 1.1 .270 1.5 1.9 .825 0.5 1.3 1.9 4.6 0.5 0.3 2.3 2.1 12.0
5 Mike Gale 23 48 33.1 4.2 9.5 .441 0.0 0.2 .182 1.6 2.2 .731 1.2 3.3 4.5 4.2 2.2 1.0 2.6 3.3 10.0
6 Wendell Ladner 25 34 27.3 4.5 12.3 .368 0.2 1.1 .162 0.7 1.2 .585 2.1 5.8 7.9 2.5 1.8 0.1 1.9 4.0 9.9
7 Chuck Williams 27 33 27.9 3.3 7.8 .426 0.0 0.1 .333 2.2 2.9 .742 0.6 1.7 2.3 5.2 0.8 0.1 2.6 2.0 8.8
8 Joe Hamilton 25 30 18.2 3.4 8.3 .412 0.6 1.9 .310 0.8 1.1 .758 0.4 1.2 1.6 2.7 0.8 0.1 1.0 2.1 8.3
9 Jim Bradley 21 35 25.3 3.7 8.8 .421 0.0 0.1 .000 0.9 1.3 .705 1.9 4.2 6.1 1.4 1.1 0.8 1.6 3.0 8.3
10 Rick Mount 27 18 15.3 3.1 8.4 .364 0.1 0.7 .154 1.1 1.4 .760 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.5 0.4 0.0 1.2 2.1 7.3
11 Ron King 22 9 14.0 2.7 7.8 .343 0.2 0.7 .333 1.6 1.9 .824 0.9 1.2 2.1 1.6 0.6 0.2 0.8 1.6 7.1
12 Red Robbins 29 34 18.1 2.9 5.9 .483 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 1.4 .837 1.6 2.6 4.1 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.9 1.1 6.9
13 Walter Simon 34 80 14.6 2.9 6.2 .474 0.0 0.2 .154 0.7 0.9 .838 0.8 1.8 2.6 1.5 0.5 0.1 1.0 1.7 6.6
14 Jimmy O'Brien 24 46 16.5 2.6 6.2 .419 0.0 0.2 .200 1.0 1.2 .833 0.7 1.2 1.8 3.0 0.7 0.0 1.5 1.0 6.2
15 Collis Jones 24 58 12.4 1.8 4.5 .388 0.0 0.1 .000 0.9 1.3 .654 1.6 1.6 3.2 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.7 1.6 4.4
16 Ronald Thomas 23 71 13.7 1.8 3.8 .469 0.0 0.1 .143 0.5 0.9 .587 1.6 2.5 4.1 0.9 0.7 0.1 1.0 2.2 4.1
17 Billy James 23 1 10.0 1.0 3.0 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 3.0 2.0

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 25 83 3347 8.9 18.6 .480 0.0 0.2 .176 4.9 6.2 .787 3.7 5.4 9.1 1.5 0.7 0.3 1.8 2.1 22.8
2 Ron King 22 9 126 6.9 20.0 .343 0.6 1.7 .333 4.0 4.9 .824 2.3 3.1 5.4 4.0 1.4 0.6 2.0 4.0 18.3
3 Louie Dampier 29 84 2942 7.4 15.9 .465 0.6 1.5 .387 2.9 3.5 .832 0.6 1.9 2.5 5.8 1.0 0.2 2.8 1.9 18.3
4 Rick Mount 27 18 276 7.2 19.7 .364 0.3 1.7 .154 2.5 3.3 .760 0.9 1.7 2.6 3.5 0.9 0.0 2.7 4.8 17.1
5 Joe Hamilton 25 30 546 6.8 16.5 .412 1.2 3.8 .310 1.6 2.2 .758 0.9 2.4 3.2 5.3 1.6 0.3 2.0 4.1 16.4
6 Walter Simon 34 80 1164 7.2 15.2 .474 0.1 0.4 .154 1.8 2.1 .838 1.9 4.5 6.5 3.6 1.2 0.3 2.4 4.1 16.2
7 Artis Gilmore 24 84 3502 6.4 13.0 .493 0.0 0.0 .000 3.4 5.0 .667 4.9 10.9 15.8 3.4 0.6 3.0 3.3 3.1 16.1
8 John Roche 24 34 926 6.7 14.3 .469 0.4 1.4 .270 2.0 2.4 .825 0.7 1.7 2.4 6.0 0.6 0.3 3.0 2.8 15.9
9 Red Robbins 29 34 615 5.7 11.8 .483 0.0 0.3 .000 2.4 2.9 .837 3.1 5.1 8.2 1.8 0.5 0.4 1.7 2.2 13.8
10 Jimmy O'Brien 24 46 761 5.6 13.4 .419 0.1 0.5 .200 2.1 2.6 .833 1.5 2.5 4.0 6.6 1.6 0.0 3.3 2.2 13.5
11 Wendell Ladner 25 34 928 6.0 16.2 .368 0.2 1.4 .162 0.9 1.6 .585 2.8 7.6 10.4 3.3 2.4 0.1 2.6 5.2 13.1
12 Collis Jones 24 58 719 5.1 13.2 .388 0.0 0.2 .000 2.6 3.9 .654 4.7 4.5 9.2 1.8 1.1 0.7 1.9 4.6 12.8
13 Jim Bradley 21 35 884 5.3 12.6 .421 0.0 0.1 .000 1.3 1.8 .705 2.7 6.0 8.7 2.0 1.5 1.1 2.2 4.3 11.9
14 Chuck Williams 27 33 922 4.3 10.0 .426 0.0 0.1 .333 2.8 3.8 .742 0.7 2.2 3.0 6.6 1.0 0.1 3.4 2.6 11.4
15 Mike Gale 23 48 1591 4.5 10.3 .441 0.0 0.2 .182 1.7 2.4 .731 1.3 3.6 4.9 4.5 2.4 1.1 2.8 3.6 10.8
16 Ronald Thomas 23 71 976 4.7 10.1 .469 0.0 0.3 .143 1.4 2.3 .587 4.1 6.5 10.7 2.3 1.8 0.3 2.6 5.8 10.8
17 Billy James 23 1 10 3.6 10.8 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 3.6 10.8 7.2

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 25 83 3347 20.7 .534 .481 9.8 14.0 11.9 6.2 1.0 0.5 7.9 24.9 114 101 9.5 4.3 13.8
2 Artis Gilmore 24 84 3502 20.7 .531 .493 12.9 28.2 20.6 12.8 0.8 4.3 17.8 19.8 105 93 4.8 7.9 12.7
3 Louie Dampier 29 84 2942 15.7 .525 .484 1.5 4.9 3.2 22.8 1.3 0.3 13.9 21.7 106 104 4.5 2.7 7.2
4 Walter Simon 34 80 1164 14.1 .503 .476 5.0 11.8 8.4 14.2 1.5 0.5 12.9 19.9 103 101 1.1 1.5 2.7
5 Mike Gale 23 48 1591 11.9 .478 .443 3.4 9.3 6.4 16.0 3.1 1.6 20.0 15.2 94 97 -0.1 2.7 2.6
6 Ronald Thomas 23 71 976 11.6 .489 .471 10.9 16.9 13.9 8.2 2.3 0.4 19.1 14.7 98 97 0.3 1.7 2.0
7 John Roche 24 34 926 13.0 .514 .482 1.8 4.5 3.2 23.2 0.8 0.5 16.4 19.8 102 105 0.9 0.7 1.6
8 Red Robbins 29 34 615 13.7 .528 .483 8.1 13.2 10.7 6.7 0.6 0.6 11.5 15.8 110 102 0.9 0.7 1.6
9 Jim Bradley 21 35 884 11.0 .443 .421 7.2 15.5 11.4 7.3 1.9 1.6 14.3 16.8 92 97 -0.2 1.5 1.3
10 Joe Hamilton 25 30 546 13.7 .471 .448 2.3 6.1 4.2 20.3 2.1 0.4 10.2 20.9 103 102 0.6 0.7 1.2
11 Collis Jones 24 58 719 11.3 .429 .388 12.4 11.7 12.0 6.5 1.4 1.0 11.3 18.0 97 101 0.2 1.0 1.2
12 Chuck Williams 27 33 922 10.3 .487 .428 1.9 5.8 3.9 23.3 1.3 0.2 22.4 16.1 95 104 0.1 0.9 1.0
13 Jimmy O'Brien 24 46 761 12.6 .463 .423 4.0 6.5 5.2 24.3 2.1 0.1 18.5 19.2 96 102 0.1 0.9 1.0
14 Wendell Ladner 25 34 928 11.1 .388 .376 7.2 19.7 13.5 12.2 3.1 0.2 13.1 20.9 86 95 -1.1 1.9 0.9
15 Ron King 22 9 126 13.1 .413 .357 6.0 8.1 7.1 15.5 1.8 0.8 8.3 25.9 96 101 0.0 0.2 0.2
16 Billy James 23 1 10 -4.8 .333 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.4 0.0 0.0 25.0 15.5 64 108 0.0 0.0 0.0
17 Rick Mount 27 18 276 7.5 .404 .371 2.4 4.4 3.4 13.8 1.2 0.0 11.5 25.6 87 104 -0.3 0.2 -0.1

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 Artis Gilmore 24 8 344 71 127 0 0 38 66 47 149 28 7 30 29 20 180 .559 .576 43.0 22.5 18.6 3.5
2 Dan Issel 25 8 311 60 135 0 0 28 33 33 87 14 4 6 16 23 148 .444 .848 38.9 18.5 10.9 1.8
3 Louie Dampier 29 8 229 43 89 7 14 14 18 3 16 32 6 0 19 8 107 .483 .500 .778 28.6 13.4 2.0 4.0
4 John Roche 24 8 197 39 85 7 14 6 11 3 9 27 3 2 23 6 91 .459 .500 .545 24.6 11.4 1.1 3.4
5 Chuck Williams 27 8 213 22 54 0 0 23 24 7 20 44 9 2 28 12 67 .407 .958 26.6 8.4 2.5 5.5
6 Jim Bradley 21 8 162 27 69 0 0 6 11 10 39 8 3 5 13 21 60 .391 .545 20.3 7.5 4.9 1.0
7 Joe Hamilton 25 7 129 16 47 6 14 13 17 3 23 21 4 0 17 18 51 .340 .429 .765 18.4 7.3 3.3 3.0
8 Red Robbins 29 8 108 16 27 0 0 13 14 5 32 5 4 5 9 6 45 .593 .929 13.5 5.6 4.0 0.6
9 Ronald Thomas 23 8 109 15 28 0 0 6 10 13 37 4 3 3 3 14 36 .536 .600 13.6 4.5 4.6 0.5
10 Walter Simon 34 8 90 14 35 0 2 2 2 3 9 7 4 3 5 17 30 .400 .000 1.000 11.3 3.8 1.1 0.9
11 Collis Jones 24 4 28 4 12 0 1 5 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 13 .333 .000 .625 7.0 3.3 0.5 0.0

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 Artis Gilmore 24 8 344 23.5 .577 .559 14.0 26.5 20.6 12.6 1.0 4.4 15.7 21.4 112 95 0.8 0.7 1.5
2 Dan Issel 25 8 311 15.4 .495 .444 10.8 15.5 13.3 6.8 0.6 1.0 9.7 21.2 107 103 0.5 0.4 0.8
3 Louie Dampier 29 8 229 13.7 .552 .522 1.3 5.1 3.3 21.1 1.2 0.0 16.4 20.2 106 106 0.3 0.2 0.5
4 Ronald Thomas 23 8 109 15.3 .556 .536 12.2 19.7 16.2 5.1 1.3 1.4 8.5 12.9 121 99 0.2 0.2 0.4
5 Red Robbins 29 8 108 17.8 .679 .593 4.7 22.3 14.1 6.6 1.7 2.3 21.3 15.5 115 97 0.2 0.2 0.4
6 Chuck Williams 27 8 213 11.0 .519 .407 3.4 5.5 4.5 27.6 2.0 0.5 30.3 17.3 94 104 0.0 0.2 0.2
7 Collis Jones 24 4 28 8.1 .419 .333 7.3 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.1 103 111 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Joe Hamilton 25 7 129 9.0 .468 .404 2.4 13.8 8.5 22.4 1.5 0.0 23.8 22.1 88 102 -0.1 0.2 0.0
9 John Roche 24 8 197 10.3 .506 .500 1.6 2.7 2.2 21.0 0.7 0.5 20.4 22.8 92 108 -0.1 0.1 0.0
10 Walter Simon 34 8 90 7.6 .418 .400 3.4 6.0 4.8 11.2 2.1 1.7 12.2 18.1 89 103 -0.1 0.1 0.0
11 Jim Bradley 21 8 162 7.8 .406 .391 6.3 16.0 11.5 7.2 0.9 1.6 15.0 21.3 83 102 -0.3 0.2 0.0