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1974-75 Kentucky Colonels Roster and Stats

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Record: 58-26, Finished 1st in ABA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Hubie Brown (58-26)

PTS/G: 108.9 (7th of 10) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 101.7 (1st of 10)
SRS: 6.23 (3rd of 10) ▪ Pace: 102.4 (7th of 10)
Off Rtg: 105.3 (5th of 10) ▪ Def Rtg: 98.3 (1st of 10)
Expected W-L: 61-23 (2nd of 10)

Arena: Freedom Hall ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Won ABA Finals (4-1) versus Indiana Pacers
Won ABA Eastern Division Finals (4-1) versus Spirits of St. Louis
Won ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-1) versus Memphis Sounds
Won ABA Eastern Division Tiebreaker (1-0) versus New York Nets

ABA Champions

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
14 Bird Averitt SG 6-1 170 July 22, 1952 1 Pepperdine University
25 Jim Bradley PF 6-8 215 March 16, 1952 1 Northern Illinois University
10 Louie Dampier PG 6-0 170 November 20, 1944 7 University of Kentucky
53 Artis Gilmore C 7-2 240 September 21, 1949 3 Jacksonville University
12 Joe Hamilton PG 5-10 160 July 5, 1948 4 North Texas State University
44 Dan Issel PF 6-9 235 October 25, 1948 4 University of Kentucky
22 Wil Jones SF 6-8 205 February 27, 1947 5 Albany State University
23 Gene Littles PG 6-0 160 June 29, 1943 5 High Point University
24 Ted McClain SG 6-1 180 August 30, 1946 3 Tennessee State University
Red Robbins C 6-8 190 September 30, 1944 7 University of Tennessee
31 Marv Roberts SF 6-8 200 January 29, 1950 3 Utah State University
11 John Roche SG 6-3 170 September 26, 1949 3 University of South Carolina
42 Ronald Thomas PF 6-6 215 November 19, 1950 2 University of Louisville

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 3733 7785 .480 54 191 .283 1631 2233 .730 1401 2888 4289 2177 727 511 1580 2017 9151 108.9
Lg Rank 3 7 7 3 7 7 4 4 3 10 4 1 2 2 5 2 6 5 7 7
Opponent 84 20360 3425 7687 .446 99 315 .314 1593 2012 .792 1276 2605 3881 1846 734 382 1546 2011 8542 101.7
Lg Rank 3 1 3 1 7 6 8 4 2 10 2 5 4 2 6 3 4 6 1 1

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 61 23 7.25 -1.02 6.23 105.3 98.3 102.4 .483 15.3 35.0 .210 .452 15.3 69.4 .207 Freedom Hall
Lg Rank 2 2 3 9 3 5 1 7 3 6 5 5 1 4 1 7

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 Artis Gilmore 25 84 3493 784 1351 .580 1 2 .500 412 592 .696 427 934 1361 208 63 258 344 318 1981
2 Dan Issel 26 83 2864 614 1303 .471 0 5 .000 237 321 .738 258 452 710 188 76 48 157 197 1465
3 Louie Dampier 30 83 2879 598 1195 .500 38 96 .396 161 199 .809 42 169 211 449 92 53 146 140 1395
4 Bird Averitt 22 84 2031 422 1014 .416 7 47 .149 249 320 .778 51 134 185 319 87 13 232 212 1100
5 Wil Jones 27 84 2689 458 948 .483 0 5 .000 139 189 .735 198 409 607 256 108 70 199 353 1055
6 Ted McClain 28 72 1971 256 582 .440 1 8 .125 104 138 .754 65 203 268 365 130 15 167 231 617
7 Marv Roberts 25 83 1370 201 467 .430 0 1 .000 127 164 .774 91 155 246 103 27 4 100 200 529
8 Jim Bradley 22 56 922 144 327 .440 0 4 .000 76 103 .738 101 183 284 68 27 30 73 112 364
9 Ronald Thomas 24 79 830 115 256 .449 1 3 .333 57 119 .479 124 176 300 46 51 14 71 133 288
10 Gene Littles 31 61 900 85 202 .421 2 8 .250 43 58 .741 30 56 86 119 52 4 62 81 215
11 John Roche 25 19 258 29 79 .367 1 7 .143 15 18 .833 4 5 9 34 8 1 18 23 74
12 Joe Hamilton 26 9 124 15 40 .375 3 5 .600 5 6 .833 2 9 11 21 4 0 9 13 38
13 Red Robbins 30 4 29 12 21 .571 0 0 6 6 1.000 8 3 11 1 2 1 2 4 30

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 Artis Gilmore 25 84 41.6 9.3 16.1 .580 0.0 0.0 .500 4.9 7.0 .696 5.1 11.1 16.2 2.5 0.8 3.1 4.1 3.8 23.6
2 Dan Issel 26 83 34.5 7.4 15.7 .471 0.0 0.1 .000 2.9 3.9 .738 3.1 5.4 8.6 2.3 0.9 0.6 1.9 2.4 17.7
3 Louie Dampier 30 83 34.7 7.2 14.4 .500 0.5 1.2 .396 1.9 2.4 .809 0.5 2.0 2.5 5.4 1.1 0.6 1.8 1.7 16.8
4 Bird Averitt 22 84 24.2 5.0 12.1 .416 0.1 0.6 .149 3.0 3.8 .778 0.6 1.6 2.2 3.8 1.0 0.2 2.8 2.5 13.1
5 Wil Jones 27 84 32.0 5.5 11.3 .483 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 2.3 .735 2.4 4.9 7.2 3.0 1.3 0.8 2.4 4.2 12.6
6 Ted McClain 28 72 27.4 3.6 8.1 .440 0.0 0.1 .125 1.4 1.9 .754 0.9 2.8 3.7 5.1 1.8 0.2 2.3 3.2 8.6
7 Red Robbins 30 4 7.3 3.0 5.3 .571 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.5 1.000 2.0 0.8 2.8 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.5 1.0 7.5
8 Jim Bradley 22 56 16.5 2.6 5.8 .440 0.0 0.1 .000 1.4 1.8 .738 1.8 3.3 5.1 1.2 0.5 0.5 1.3 2.0 6.5
9 Marv Roberts 25 83 16.5 2.4 5.6 .430 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.0 .774 1.1 1.9 3.0 1.2 0.3 0.0 1.2 2.4 6.4
10 Joe Hamilton 26 9 13.8 1.7 4.4 .375 0.3 0.6 .600 0.6 0.7 .833 0.2 1.0 1.2 2.3 0.4 0.0 1.0 1.4 4.2
11 John Roche 25 19 13.6 1.5 4.2 .367 0.1 0.4 .143 0.8 0.9 .833 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.8 0.4 0.1 0.9 1.2 3.9
12 Ronald Thomas 24 79 10.5 1.5 3.2 .449 0.0 0.0 .333 0.7 1.5 .479 1.6 2.2 3.8 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.9 1.7 3.6
13 Gene Littles 31 61 14.8 1.4 3.3 .421 0.0 0.1 .250 0.7 1.0 .741 0.5 0.9 1.4 2.0 0.9 0.1 1.0 1.3 3.5

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 Red Robbins 30 4 29 14.9 26.1 .571 0.0 0.0 7.4 7.4 1.000 9.9 3.7 13.7 1.2 2.5 1.2 2.5 5.0 37.2
2 Artis Gilmore 25 84 3493 8.1 13.9 .580 0.0 0.0 .500 4.2 6.1 .696 4.4 9.6 14.0 2.1 0.6 2.7 3.5 3.3 20.4
3 Bird Averitt 22 84 2031 7.5 18.0 .416 0.1 0.8 .149 4.4 5.7 .778 0.9 2.4 3.3 5.7 1.5 0.2 4.1 3.8 19.5
4 Dan Issel 26 83 2864 7.7 16.4 .471 0.0 0.1 .000 3.0 4.0 .738 3.2 5.7 8.9 2.4 1.0 0.6 2.0 2.5 18.4
5 Louie Dampier 30 83 2879 7.5 14.9 .500 0.5 1.2 .396 2.0 2.5 .809 0.5 2.1 2.6 5.6 1.2 0.7 1.8 1.8 17.4
6 Jim Bradley 22 56 922 5.6 12.8 .440 0.0 0.2 .000 3.0 4.0 .738 3.9 7.1 11.1 2.7 1.1 1.2 2.9 4.4 14.2
7 Wil Jones 27 84 2689 6.1 12.7 .483 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 2.5 .735 2.7 5.5 8.1 3.4 1.4 0.9 2.7 4.7 14.1
8 Marv Roberts 25 83 1370 5.3 12.3 .430 0.0 0.0 .000 3.3 4.3 .774 2.4 4.1 6.5 2.7 0.7 0.1 2.6 5.3 13.9
9 Ronald Thomas 24 79 830 5.0 11.1 .449 0.0 0.1 .333 2.5 5.2 .479 5.4 7.6 13.0 2.0 2.2 0.6 3.1 5.8 12.5
10 Ted McClain 28 72 1971 4.7 10.6 .440 0.0 0.1 .125 1.9 2.5 .754 1.2 3.7 4.9 6.7 2.4 0.3 3.1 4.2 11.3
11 Joe Hamilton 26 9 124 4.4 11.6 .375 0.9 1.5 .600 1.5 1.7 .833 0.6 2.6 3.2 6.1 1.2 0.0 2.6 3.8 11.0
12 John Roche 25 19 258 4.0 11.0 .367 0.1 1.0 .143 2.1 2.5 .833 0.6 0.7 1.3 4.7 1.1 0.1 2.5 3.2 10.3
13 Gene Littles 31 61 900 3.4 8.1 .421 0.1 0.3 .250 1.7 2.3 .741 1.2 2.2 3.4 4.8 2.1 0.2 2.5 3.2 8.6

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 Artis Gilmore 25 84 3493 22.6 .615 .581 12.4 26.1 19.4 8.6 0.8 4.1 17.6 22.0 113 94 7.9 8.3 16.2 .222
2 Louie Dampier 30 83 2879 16.8 .544 .516 1.5 5.7 3.7 22.0 1.5 1.0 10.2 19.5 114 102 6.1 3.9 10.1 .168
3 Dan Issel 26 83 2864 16.9 .507 .471 9.2 15.4 12.4 9.3 1.2 0.9 9.8 22.0 108 99 4.4 4.9 9.3 .156
4 Wil Jones 27 84 2689 13.6 .512 .483 7.5 14.9 11.3 12.8 1.9 1.4 16.2 18.0 102 97 1.8 5.1 6.9 .124
5 Ted McClain 28 72 1971 12.3 .480 .441 3.4 10.1 6.8 23.5 3.1 0.4 20.6 16.2 98 97 0.3 3.8 4.1 .099
6 Bird Averitt 22 84 2031 13.0 .476 .420 2.6 6.5 4.5 22.2 2.0 0.4 16.7 26.9 95 101 -0.4 3.0 2.6 .061
7 Marv Roberts 25 83 1370 9.8 .491 .430 6.8 11.1 8.9 9.8 0.9 0.2 15.6 18.4 100 102 0.5 1.9 2.4 .084
8 Jim Bradley 22 56 922 14.0 .489 .440 11.1 19.4 15.4 9.7 1.4 1.8 16.4 19.0 100 97 0.4 1.8 2.3 .119
9 Ronald Thomas 24 79 830 13.3 .467 .451 15.2 20.7 18.0 7.1 2.9 0.9 18.7 18.0 95 94 -0.1 2.0 1.8 .107
10 Gene Littles 31 61 900 9.1 .472 .426 3.4 6.1 4.8 16.1 2.7 0.2 21.4 12.7 96 100 0.0 1.5 1.4 .075
11 Red Robbins 30 4 29 39.8 .635 .571 28.0 10.1 18.9 6.9 3.2 1.9 7.8 34.8 130 96 0.2 0.1 0.3 .420
12 Joe Hamilton 26 9 124 8.7 .446 .413 1.6 7.1 4.4 21.3 1.5 0.0 17.4 16.4 95 102 0.0 0.2 0.2 .060
13 John Roche 25 19 258 6.5 .426 .373 1.6 1.9 1.7 16.4 1.5 0.2 17.2 16.0 90 104 -0.2 0.3 0.1 .026

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 Artis Gilmore 25 15 679 132 245 .539 0 0 98 127 .772 75 189 264 38 15 31 59 59 362
2 Dan Issel 26 15 578 122 261 .467 0 0 60 74 .811 36 83 119 29 16 12 33 51 304
3 Louie Dampier 30 15 604 108 212 .509 5 13 .385 33 38 .868 9 27 36 113 19 7 29 34 254
4 Ted McClain 28 15 544 74 177 .418 0 5 .000 32 41 .780 20 63 83 87 29 5 39 54 180
5 Marv Roberts 25 15 259 60 115 .522 0 0 31 41 .756 27 27 54 23 3 0 18 29 151
6 Wil Jones 27 15 454 62 142 .437 0 1 .000 19 24 .792 48 52 100 48 17 12 30 60 143
7 Bird Averitt 22 14 265 56 154 .364 1 5 .200 25 31 .806 5 17 22 30 7 0 24 32 138
8 Ronald Thomas 24 15 167 25 42 .595 0 0 12 16 .750 26 30 56 11 11 0 10 25 62
9 Gene Littles 31 8 30 2 9 .222 0 0 0 0 4 1 5 4 1 0 1 0 4
10 Jim Bradley 22 4 20 0 7 .000 0 0 1 2 .500 3 4 7 3 1 0 2 3 1

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 Artis Gilmore 25 15 45.3 8.8 16.3 .539 0.0 0.0 6.5 8.5 .772 5.0 12.6 17.6 2.5 1.0 2.1 3.9 3.9 24.1
2 Dan Issel 26 15 38.5 8.1 17.4 .467 0.0 0.0 4.0 4.9 .811 2.4 5.5 7.9 1.9 1.1 0.8 2.2 3.4 20.3
3 Louie Dampier 30 15 40.3 7.2 14.1 .509 0.3 0.9 .385 2.2 2.5 .868 0.6 1.8 2.4 7.5 1.3 0.5 1.9 2.3 16.9
4 Ted McClain 28 15 36.3 4.9 11.8 .418 0.0 0.3 .000 2.1 2.7 .780 1.3 4.2 5.5 5.8 1.9 0.3 2.6 3.6 12.0
5 Marv Roberts 25 15 17.3 4.0 7.7 .522 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.7 .756 1.8 1.8 3.6 1.5 0.2 0.0 1.2 1.9 10.1
6 Bird Averitt 22 14 18.9 4.0 11.0 .364 0.1 0.4 .200 1.8 2.2 .806 0.4 1.2 1.6 2.1 0.5 0.0 1.7 2.3 9.9
7 Wil Jones 27 15 30.3 4.1 9.5 .437 0.0 0.1 .000 1.3 1.6 .792 3.2 3.5 6.7 3.2 1.1 0.8 2.0 4.0 9.5
8 Ronald Thomas 24 15 11.1 1.7 2.8 .595 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.1 .750 1.7 2.0 3.7 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.7 1.7 4.1
9 Gene Littles 31 8 3.8 0.3 1.1 .222 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.5
10 Jim Bradley 22 4 5.0 0.0 1.8 .000 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 .500 0.8 1.0 1.8 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.8 0.3

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 Marv Roberts 25 15 259 8.3 16.0 .522 0.0 0.0 4.3 5.7 .756 3.8 3.8 7.5 3.2 0.4 0.0 2.5 4.0 21.0
2 Artis Gilmore 25 15 679 7.0 13.0 .539 0.0 0.0 5.2 6.7 .772 4.0 10.0 14.0 2.0 0.8 1.6 3.1 3.1 19.2
3 Dan Issel 26 15 578 7.6 16.3 .467 0.0 0.0 3.7 4.6 .811 2.2 5.2 7.4 1.8 1.0 0.7 2.1 3.2 18.9
4 Bird Averitt 22 14 265 7.6 20.9 .364 0.1 0.7 .200 3.4 4.2 .806 0.7 2.3 3.0 4.1 1.0 0.0 3.3 4.3 18.7
5 Louie Dampier 30 15 604 6.4 12.6 .509 0.3 0.8 .385 2.0 2.3 .868 0.5 1.6 2.1 6.7 1.1 0.4 1.7 2.0 15.1
6 Ronald Thomas 24 15 167 5.4 9.1 .595 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.4 .750 5.6 6.5 12.1 2.4 2.4 0.0 2.2 5.4 13.4
7 Ted McClain 28 15 544 4.9 11.7 .418 0.0 0.3 .000 2.1 2.7 .780 1.3 4.2 5.5 5.8 1.9 0.3 2.6 3.6 11.9
8 Wil Jones 27 15 454 4.9 11.3 .437 0.0 0.1 .000 1.5 1.9 .792 3.8 4.1 7.9 3.8 1.3 1.0 2.4 4.8 11.3
9 Gene Littles 31 8 30 2.4 10.8 .222 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.8 1.2 6.0 4.8 1.2 0.0 1.2 0.0 4.8
10 Jim Bradley 22 4 20 0.0 12.6 .000 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.6 .500 5.4 7.2 12.6 5.4 1.8 0.0 3.6 5.4 1.8

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 Artis Gilmore 25 15 679 21.2 .602 .539 11.0 28.2 19.5 8.0 1.1 2.7 16.4 21.4 114 95 1.4 1.6 3.0 .213
2 Louie Dampier 30 15 604 16.0 .555 .521 1.5 4.5 3.0 26.3 1.5 0.7 11.3 17.2 118 104 1.2 0.8 2.1 .164
3 Dan Issel 26 15 578 15.8 .518 .467 6.2 14.5 10.3 7.4 1.3 1.2 10.1 22.8 107 101 0.7 1.0 1.7 .141
4 Wil Jones 27 15 454 12.0 .469 .437 10.5 11.6 11.1 14.0 1.8 1.6 16.4 16.2 101 100 0.1 0.8 1.0 .100
5 Ted McClain 28 15 544 12.1 .461 .418 3.7 11.7 7.7 21.2 2.6 0.5 16.7 17.4 98 100 0.0 1.0 1.0 .089
6 Marv Roberts 25 15 259 18.1 .567 .522 10.4 10.6 10.5 13.5 0.6 0.0 11.9 23.6 115 104 0.6 0.3 0.9 .175
7 Ronald Thomas 24 15 167 18.3 .632 .595 15.5 18.2 16.8 8.9 3.2 0.0 16.9 14.3 123 96 0.4 0.4 0.8 .223
8 Gene Littles 31 8 30 6.4 .222 .222 13.3 3.4 8.4 16.2 1.6 0.0 10.0 13.5 81 105 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.012
9 Jim Bradley 22 4 20 -2.0 .063 .000 14.9 20.3 17.6 16.8 2.4 0.0 20.2 20.0 45 97 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.219
10 Bird Averitt 22 14 265 7.9 .412 .367 1.9 6.5 4.2 16.7 1.3 0.0 12.5 29.2 87 104 -0.5 0.4 -0.2 -0.028