1973-74 Kentucky Colonels Schedule and Results

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Record: 53-31, Finished 2nd in ABA Eastern Division

Coach: Babe McCarthy (53-31)

PTS/G: 107.4 (4th of 10) Opp PTS/G: 103.3 (2nd of 10)

SRS: 3.71 (2nd of 10) Pace: 103.4 (5th of 10)

Off Rtg: 103.5 (3rd of 10) Def Rtg: 99.5 (2nd of 10) Net Rtg: +4.0 (2nd of 10)

Expected W-L: 53-31 (2nd of 10)

Arena: Freedom Hall

ABA 1974 Playoffs:
Won ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-0) versus Carolina Cougars (Series Stats)
Lost ABA Eastern Division Finals (0-4) versus New York Nets (Series Stats)

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

ABA box scores researched by Michael Hamel and used with permission.

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 12, 1973	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		111	100	1	0	W 1	at Lexington, KY
2	Sat, Oct 13, 1973	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		103	101	2	0	W 2
3	Wed, Oct 17, 1973	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		116	106	3	0	W 3
4	Fri, Oct 19, 1973	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W		121	109	4	0	W 4	at Greensboro, NC
5	Sat, Oct 20, 1973	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	L		102	105	4	1	L 1
6	Wed, Oct 24, 1973	Box Score		New York Nets	W		100	98	5	1	W 1
7	Fri, Oct 26, 1973	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	W		104	99	6	1	W 2	at Hampton, VA
8	Sat, Oct 27, 1973	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		90	87	7	1	W 3
9	Wed, Oct 31, 1973	Box Score		San Diego Conquistadors	W		146	105	8	1	W 4
10	Fri, Nov 2, 1973	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		121	109	9	1	W 5
11	Sat, Nov 3, 1973	Box Score		New York Nets	W		93	87	10	1	W 6
12	Wed, Nov 7, 1973	Box Score		Memphis Tams	W		113	89	11	1	W 7
13	Fri, Nov 9, 1973	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	L		110	139	11	2	L 1	at Cincinnati, OH
14	Sat, Nov 10, 1973	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		111	107	12	2	W 1
15	Wed, Nov 14, 1973	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	L		102	107	12	3	L 1
16	Sat, Nov 17, 1973	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		100	96	13	3	W 1
17	Wed, Nov 21, 1973	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		145	115	14	3	W 2	at Lexington, KY
18	Fri, Nov 23, 1973	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		114	118	14	4	L 1
19	Sat, Nov 24, 1973	Box Score		San Diego Conquistadors	W		124	121	15	4	W 1	at Cincinnati, OH
20	Mon, Nov 26, 1973	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	L		82	94	15	5	L 1	at Bowling Green, KY
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Wed, Nov 28, 1973	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		99	104	15	6	L 2
22	Thu, Nov 29, 1973	Box Score	@	Memphis Tams	W		102	92	16	6	W 1
23	Fri, Nov 30, 1973	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		104	107	16	7	L 1	at Cincinnati, OH
24	Sat, Dec 1, 1973	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	L		113	120	16	8	L 2	at Charlotte, NC
25	Fri, Dec 7, 1973	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		97	105	16	9	L 3
26	Sat, Dec 8, 1973	Box Score		New York Nets	L		87	102	16	10	L 4	at Cincinnati, OH
27	Wed, Dec 12, 1973	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		96	84	17	10	W 1
28	Fri, Dec 14, 1973	Box Score		Memphis Tams	W		115	94	18	10	W 2	at Cincinnati, OH
29	Sat, Dec 15, 1973	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	W		120	114	19	10	W 3
30	Sun, Dec 16, 1973	Box Score	@	San Diego Conquistadors	W		106	101	20	10	W 4
31	Wed, Dec 19, 1973	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		82	83	20	11	L 1
32	Fri, Dec 21, 1973	Box Score		Utah Stars	L		85	86	20	12	L 2
33	Sat, Dec 22, 1973	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		82	86	20	13	L 3
34	Sun, Dec 23, 1973	Box Score	@	San Diego Conquistadors	W		123	120	21	13	W 1
35	Wed, Dec 26, 1973	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		106	78	22	13	W 2
36	Thu, Dec 27, 1973	Box Score		Denver Rockets	L		100	105	22	14	L 1	at Cincinnati, OH
37	Sat, Dec 29, 1973	Box Score	@	Memphis Tams	W		145	101	23	14	W 1
38	Thu, Jan 3, 1974	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	W		110	109	24	14	W 2	at Norfolk, VA
39	Fri, Jan 4, 1974	Box Score		Memphis Tams	W		125	102	25	14	W 3
40	Sat, Jan 5, 1974	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		92	100	25	15	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 6, 1974	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		100	103	25	16	L 2
42	Thu, Jan 10, 1974	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W		101	98	26	16	W 1	at Charlotte, NC
43	Fri, Jan 11, 1974	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		99	95	27	16	W 2
44	Wed, Jan 16, 1974	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	W		105	102	28	16	W 3
45	Sat, Jan 19, 1974	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		103	101	29	16	W 4
46	Sun, Jan 20, 1974	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		106	105	30	16	W 5
47	Wed, Jan 23, 1974	Box Score		San Diego Conquistadors	L		99	106	30	17	L 1
48	Thu, Jan 24, 1974	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		84	93	30	18	L 2
49	Fri, Jan 25, 1974	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		94	100	30	19	L 3
50	Sun, Jan 27, 1974	Box Score	@	San Diego Conquistadors	W		105	103	31	19	W 1
51	Fri, Feb 1, 1974	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	L		110	111	31	20	L 1	at Hampton, VA
52	Sat, Feb 2, 1974	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L	OT	107	110	31	21	L 2	at Cincinnati, OH
53	Sun, Feb 3, 1974	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		123	91	32	21	W 1
54	Wed, Feb 6, 1974	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W		125	111	33	21	W 2
55	Fri, Feb 8, 1974	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		106	105	34	21	W 3	at Cincinnati, OH
56	Sun, Feb 10, 1974	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		122	116	35	21	W 4
57	Wed, Feb 13, 1974	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	W		119	115	36	21	W 5
58	Thu, Feb 14, 1974	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		117	121	36	22	L 1
59	Fri, Feb 15, 1974	Box Score		New York Nets	L		101	115	36	23	L 2	at Cincinnati, OH
60	Sun, Feb 17, 1974	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	L		113	118	36	24	L 3	at Norfolk, VA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Tue, Feb 19, 1974	Box Score	@	Memphis Tams	W		109	97	37	24	W 1
62	Wed, Feb 20, 1974	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	L		117	124	37	25	L 1
63	Fri, Feb 22, 1974	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		115	101	38	25	W 1
64	Sat, Feb 23, 1974	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		108	96	39	25	W 2
65	Wed, Feb 27, 1974	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		104	83	40	25	W 3
66	Fri, Mar 1, 1974	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		108	93	41	25	W 4
67	Sat, Mar 2, 1974	Box Score		Memphis Tams	W		123	117	42	25	W 5
68	Tue, Mar 5, 1974	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	L		96	112	42	26	L 1	at Raleigh, NC
69	Thu, Mar 7, 1974	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	W		103	89	43	26	W 1	at Norfolk, VA
70	Fri, Mar 8, 1974	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		111	100	44	26	W 2
71	Sat, Mar 9, 1974	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W	OT	113	108	45	26	W 3	at Lexington, KY
72	Sun, Mar 10, 1974	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	L		91	94	45	27	L 1	at Greensboro, NC
73	Tue, Mar 12, 1974	Box Score	@	Memphis Tams	W		88	87	46	27	W 1
74	Wed, Mar 13, 1974	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		96	100	46	28	L 1
75	Fri, Mar 15, 1974	Box Score		Memphis Tams	W		122	109	47	28	W 1	at Cincinnati, OH
76	Sat, Mar 16, 1974	Box Score		New York Nets	L	OT	112	114	47	29	L 1	at Lexington, KY
77	Sun, Mar 17, 1974	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		112	100	48	29	W 1
78	Wed, Mar 20, 1974	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		102	98	49	29	W 2
79	Thu, Mar 21, 1974	Box Score	@	Memphis Tams	W		121	103	50	29	W 3
80	Sat, Mar 23, 1974	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W		101	97	51	29	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Sun, Mar 24, 1974	Box Score		San Diego Conquistadors	W		122	111	52	29	W 5
82	Tue, Mar 26, 1974	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		99	112	52	30	L 1
83	Wed, Mar 27, 1974	Box Score	@	San Diego Conquistadors	L		108	121	52	31	L 2
84	Thu, Mar 28, 1974	Box Score	@	Memphis Tams	W		107	105	53	31	W 1

ABA box scores researched by Michael Hamel and used with permission.

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Mon, Apr 1, 1974	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W	118	102	1	0	W 1
2	Fri, Apr 5, 1974	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W	99	96	2	0	W 2
3	Sat, Apr 6, 1974	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W	120	110	3	0	W 3
4	Mon, Apr 8, 1974	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W	128	119	4	0	W 4
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
5	Sat, Apr 13, 1974	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L	106	119	4	1	L 1
6	Mon, Apr 15, 1974	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L	80	99	4	2	L 2
7	Wed, Apr 17, 1974	Box Score		New York Nets	L	87	89	4	3	L 3
8	Sat, Apr 20, 1974	Box Score		New York Nets	L	90	103	4	4	L 4

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