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1975-76 Kentucky Colonels Roster and Statistics

Franchise Index: Previous Season

46-38, Finished 4th in ABA(Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Hubie Brown (46-38)

Points Per Game: 111.0 (6th of 9) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 110.2 (3rd of 9)
Pythagorean W-L: 44-40 (4th of 9)

Arena: Freedom Hall ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: 0.51 (4th of 9) ▪ Pace Factor: 105.8 (6th of 9)
Offensive Rating: 103.5 (6th of 9) ▪ Defensive Rating: 102.7 (2nd of 9)

Playoffs:
Lost ABA Semifinals (4-3) versus Denver Nuggets
Won ABA First Round (2-1) versus Indiana Pacers

1975-76 Kentucky Colonels:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
14 Bird Averitt G 6-1 170 July 22, 1952 2 Pepperdine University
32 Jimmie Baker F 6-9 220 December 25, 1953 R University of Hawaii
21 Jimmy Conner G 6-4 190 March 20, 1953 R University of Kentucky
10 Louie Dampier G 6-0 170 November 20, 1944 8 University of Kentucky
53 Artis Gilmore C 7-2 240 September 21, 1949 4 Jacksonville University
5 Travis Grant F 6-7 215 January 1, 1950 3 Kentucky State University
3 Caldwell Jones C-F 6-11 217 August 4, 1950 2 Albany State University
22 Wil Jones F 6-8 205 February 27, 1947 6 Albany State University
43 Kevin Joyce G 6-3 190 June 27, 1951 2 University of South Carolina
25 Maurice Lucas F-C 6-9 215 February 18, 1952 1 Marquette University
24 Ted McClain G 6-1 180 August 30, 1946 4 Tennessee State University
45 Jim McDaniels C-F 6-11 228 April 2, 1948 3 Western Kentucky University
20 Allen Murphy G 6-5 190 July 15, 1952 R University of Louisville
31 Johnny Neumann G-F 6-6 200 September 11, 1951 4 University of Mississippi
Tom Owens C-F 6-10 215 June 28, 1949 4 University of South Carolina
Marv Roberts F-C 6-8 200 January 29, 1950 4 Utah State University
42 Ronald Thomas F 6-6 215 November 19, 1950 3 University of Louisville
5 Jan Van Breda Kolff F-G 6-7 195 December 16, 1951 1 Vanderbilt 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 20435 3756 8000 .470 111 331 .335 1703 2313 .736 1465 2897 4362 2068 664 526 1695 2257 9326 111.0
Opponent 84 20435 3581 8022 .446 87 287 .303 2004 2581 .776 1449 2719 4168 1901 791 423 1522 2132 9253 110.2

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 Artis Gilmore 26 84 3286 773 1401 .552 0 0 521 764 .682 402 901 1303 211 58 205 295 341 2067
2 Bird Averitt 23 78 2272 546 1274 .429 40 128 .313 266 346 .769 55 158 213 297 106 22 221 208 1398
3 Wil Jones 28 83 2635 483 1015 .476 3 6 .500 158 204 .775 243 382 625 209 84 54 200 326 1127
4 Louie Dampier 31 82 2835 455 949 .479 32 87 .368 126 146 .863 35 124 159 467 60 46 148 141 1068
5 Maurice Lucas 23 58 1796 368 798 .461 3 7 .429 149 190 .784 191 357 548 147 56 36 186 228 888
6 Marv Roberts 26 40 1003 170 385 .442 0 0 88 113 .779 74 85 159 78 21 6 68 96 428
7 Johnny Neumann 24 42 812 171 399 .429 29 86 .337 55 77 .714 39 70 109 104 31 10 93 107 426
8 Ted McClain 29 43 1231 139 328 .424 1 2 .500 54 69 .783 25 110 135 204 81 13 109 165 333
9 Ronald Thomas 25 83 1117 134 277 .484 1 2 .500 55 94 .585 148 223 371 67 61 18 71 168 324
10 Jan Van Breda Kolff 24 43 861 95 192 .495 1 2 .500 56 68 .824 63 132 195 81 29 42 64 87 247
11 Kevin Joyce 24 34 650 78 203 .384 1 7 .143 33 42 .786 6 36 42 83 19 3 57 75 190
12 Caldwell Jones 25 15 457 80 171 .468 0 0 26 37 .703 59 99 158 13 17 16 36 73 186
13 Jim McDaniels 27 29 365 78 165 .473 0 0 23 28 .821 40 84 124 21 8 17 37 64 179
14 Travis Grant 26 22 261 52 123 .423 0 0 18 23 .783 12 27 39 12 6 5 19 30 122
15 Tom Owens 26 19 326 46 105 .438 0 0 26 44 .591 33 60 93 19 6 17 26 50 118
16 Allen Murphy 23 29 248 43 114 .377 0 1 .000 27 37 .730 24 23 47 13 10 8 27 52 113
17 Jimmy Conner 22 24 240 42 86 .488 0 3 .000 22 29 .759 12 16 28 38 11 5 32 35 106
18 Jimmie Baker 22 5 40 3 15 .200 0 0 0 2 .000 4 10 14 4 0 3 6 11 6

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 Artis Gilmore 26 84 39.1 9.2 16.7 .552 0.0 0.0 6.2 9.1 .682 4.8 10.7 15.5 2.5 0.7 2.4 3.5 4.1 24.6
2 Bird Averitt 23 78 29.1 7.0 16.3 .429 0.5 1.6 .313 3.4 4.4 .769 0.7 2.0 2.7 3.8 1.4 0.3 2.8 2.7 17.9
3 Maurice Lucas 23 58 31.0 6.3 13.8 .461 0.1 0.1 .429 2.6 3.3 .784 3.3 6.2 9.4 2.5 1.0 0.6 3.2 3.9 15.3
4 Wil Jones 28 83 31.7 5.8 12.2 .476 0.0 0.1 .500 1.9 2.5 .775 2.9 4.6 7.5 2.5 1.0 0.7 2.4 3.9 13.6
5 Louie Dampier 31 82 34.6 5.5 11.6 .479 0.4 1.1 .368 1.5 1.8 .863 0.4 1.5 1.9 5.7 0.7 0.6 1.8 1.7 13.0
6 Caldwell Jones 25 15 30.5 5.3 11.4 .468 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.5 .703 3.9 6.6 10.5 0.9 1.1 1.1 2.4 4.9 12.4
7 Marv Roberts 26 40 25.1 4.3 9.6 .442 0.0 0.0 2.2 2.8 .779 1.9 2.1 4.0 2.0 0.5 0.2 1.7 2.4 10.7
8 Johnny Neumann 24 42 19.3 4.1 9.5 .429 0.7 2.0 .337 1.3 1.8 .714 0.9 1.7 2.6 2.5 0.7 0.2 2.2 2.5 10.1
9 Ted McClain 29 43 28.6 3.2 7.6 .424 0.0 0.0 .500 1.3 1.6 .783 0.6 2.6 3.1 4.7 1.9 0.3 2.5 3.8 7.7
10 Tom Owens 26 19 17.2 2.4 5.5 .438 0.0 0.0 1.4 2.3 .591 1.7 3.2 4.9 1.0 0.3 0.9 1.4 2.6 6.2
11 Jim McDaniels 27 29 12.6 2.7 5.7 .473 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.0 .821 1.4 2.9 4.3 0.7 0.3 0.6 1.3 2.2 6.2
12 Jan Van Breda Kolff 24 43 20.0 2.2 4.5 .495 0.0 0.0 .500 1.3 1.6 .824 1.5 3.1 4.5 1.9 0.7 1.0 1.5 2.0 5.7
13 Kevin Joyce 24 34 19.1 2.3 6.0 .384 0.0 0.2 .143 1.0 1.2 .786 0.2 1.1 1.2 2.4 0.6 0.1 1.7 2.2 5.6
14 Travis Grant 26 22 11.9 2.4 5.6 .423 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.0 .783 0.5 1.2 1.8 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.9 1.4 5.5
15 Jimmy Conner 22 24 10.0 1.8 3.6 .488 0.0 0.1 .000 0.9 1.2 .759 0.5 0.7 1.2 1.6 0.5 0.2 1.3 1.5 4.4
16 Allen Murphy 23 29 8.6 1.5 3.9 .377 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.3 .730 0.8 0.8 1.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.9 1.8 3.9
17 Ronald Thomas 25 83 13.5 1.6 3.3 .484 0.0 0.0 .500 0.7 1.1 .585 1.8 2.7 4.5 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.9 2.0 3.9
18 Jimmie Baker 22 5 8.0 0.6 3.0 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 .000 0.8 2.0 2.8 0.8 0.0 0.6 1.2 2.2 1.2

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 Artis Gilmore 26 84 3286 8.5 15.3 .552 0.0 0.0 5.7 8.4 .682 4.4 9.9 14.3 2.3 0.6 2.2 3.2 3.7 22.6
2 Bird Averitt 23 78 2272 8.7 20.2 .429 0.6 2.0 .313 4.2 5.5 .769 0.9 2.5 3.4 4.7 1.7 0.3 3.5 3.3 22.2
3 Johnny Neumann 24 42 812 7.6 17.7 .429 1.3 3.8 .337 2.4 3.4 .714 1.7 3.1 4.8 4.6 1.4 0.4 4.1 4.7 18.9
4 Maurice Lucas 23 58 1796 7.4 16.0 .461 0.1 0.1 .429 3.0 3.8 .784 3.8 7.2 11.0 2.9 1.1 0.7 3.7 4.6 17.8
5 Jim McDaniels 27 29 365 7.7 16.3 .473 0.0 0.0 2.3 2.8 .821 3.9 8.3 12.2 2.1 0.8 1.7 3.6 6.3 17.7
6 Travis Grant 26 22 261 7.2 17.0 .423 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.2 .783 1.7 3.7 5.4 1.7 0.8 0.7 2.6 4.1 16.8
7 Allen Murphy 23 29 248 6.2 16.5 .377 0.0 0.1 .000 3.9 5.4 .730 3.5 3.3 6.8 1.9 1.5 1.2 3.9 7.5 16.4
8 Jimmy Conner 22 24 240 6.3 12.9 .488 0.0 0.5 .000 3.3 4.3 .759 1.8 2.4 4.2 5.7 1.6 0.7 4.8 5.2 15.9
9 Marv Roberts 26 40 1003 6.1 13.8 .442 0.0 0.0 3.2 4.1 .779 2.7 3.1 5.7 2.8 0.8 0.2 2.4 3.4 15.4
10 Wil Jones 28 83 2635 6.6 13.9 .476 0.0 0.1 .500 2.2 2.8 .775 3.3 5.2 8.5 2.9 1.1 0.7 2.7 4.5 15.4
11 Caldwell Jones 25 15 457 6.3 13.5 .468 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.9 .703 4.6 7.8 12.4 1.0 1.3 1.3 2.8 5.8 14.7
12 Louie Dampier 31 82 2835 5.8 12.1 .479 0.4 1.1 .368 1.6 1.9 .863 0.4 1.6 2.0 5.9 0.8 0.6 1.9 1.8 13.6
13 Tom Owens 26 19 326 5.1 11.6 .438 0.0 0.0 2.9 4.9 .591 3.6 6.6 10.3 2.1 0.7 1.9 2.9 5.5 13.0
14 Kevin Joyce 24 34 650 4.3 11.2 .384 0.1 0.4 .143 1.8 2.3 .786 0.3 2.0 2.3 4.6 1.1 0.2 3.2 4.2 10.5
15 Ronald Thomas 25 83 1117 4.3 8.9 .484 0.0 0.1 .500 1.8 3.0 .585 4.8 7.2 12.0 2.2 2.0 0.6 2.3 5.4 10.4
16 Jan Van Breda Kolff 24 43 861 4.0 8.0 .495 0.0 0.1 .500 2.3 2.8 .824 2.6 5.5 8.2 3.4 1.2 1.8 2.7 3.6 10.3
17 Ted McClain 29 43 1231 4.1 9.6 .424 0.0 0.1 .500 1.6 2.0 .783 0.7 3.2 3.9 6.0 2.4 0.4 3.2 4.8 9.7
18 Jimmie Baker 22 5 40 2.7 13.5 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 .000 3.6 9.0 12.6 3.6 0.0 2.7 5.4 9.9 5.4

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 26 84 3286 23.5 .595 .552 12.0 25.8 19.0 9.4 0.8 3.3 14.5 23.6 115 98 9.2 5.8 15.1
2 Louie Dampier 31 82 2835 13.0 .527 .496 1.2 4.1 2.7 21.7 1.0 0.9 12.7 15.6 111 108 4.4 1.7 6.0
3 Wil Jones 28 83 2635 13.6 .510 .477 9.0 13.6 11.4 10.8 1.4 1.1 15.3 18.9 103 103 2.3 3.1 5.4
4 Bird Averitt 23 78 2272 15.3 .490 .444 2.4 6.5 4.5 19.3 2.1 0.5 13.4 27.7 100 105 1.4 2.2 3.7
5 Maurice Lucas 23 58 1796 15.0 .504 .463 10.4 18.7 14.6 11.5 1.4 1.1 17.4 22.7 99 101 0.8 2.5 3.3
6 Ronald Thomas 25 83 1117 12.9 .509 .486 12.9 18.8 15.9 7.5 2.5 0.9 18.2 13.3 104 99 0.9 1.9 2.7
7 Jan Van Breda Kolff 24 43 861 12.5 .557 .497 7.1 14.4 10.9 11.6 1.5 2.6 22.4 12.7 105 101 0.7 1.2 1.9
8 Marv Roberts 26 40 1003 11.6 .492 .442 7.2 8.0 7.6 10.4 0.9 0.3 13.5 19.1 102 106 0.8 0.7 1.5
9 Ted McClain 29 43 1231 9.4 .465 .425 2.0 8.4 5.3 20.6 3.0 0.6 23.3 14.5 92 102 -0.5 1.6 1.1
10 Caldwell Jones 25 15 457 13.5 .497 .468 12.6 20.4 16.6 3.8 1.7 1.8 16.1 18.6 99 99 0.2 0.7 0.9
11 Johnny Neumann 24 42 812 12.4 .492 .465 4.7 8.1 6.4 18.1 1.7 0.7 17.7 24.7 95 105 0.0 0.8 0.8
12 Jim McDaniels 27 29 365 14.5 .505 .473 10.7 21.6 16.3 8.2 1.0 2.5 17.3 22.4 97 100 0.1 0.6 0.7
13 Tom Owens 26 19 326 11.2 .474 .438 9.9 17.3 13.7 7.5 0.8 2.8 17.3 17.6 96 101 0.0 0.4 0.4
14 Jimmy Conner 22 24 240 12.2 .537 .488 4.9 6.3 5.6 21.3 2.1 1.1 24.5 20.8 96 104 0.0 0.2 0.3
15 Travis Grant 26 22 261 9.9 .458 .423 4.5 9.7 7.2 6.4 1.0 1.0 12.5 22.2 93 105 -0.1 0.2 0.1
16 Allen Murphy 23 29 248 8.4 .434 .377 9.5 8.7 9.1 7.0 1.8 1.7 17.2 24.2 88 103 -0.3 0.3 0.0
17 Jimmie Baker 22 5 40 -3.2 .189 .200 9.8 23.5 16.8 11.8 0.0 4.0 27.4 20.9 48 100 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
18 Kevin Joyce 24 34 650 5.6 .429 .387 0.9 5.2 3.1 16.0 1.3 0.2 20.5 16.3 85 107 -0.7 0.5 -0.2

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 26 10 390 93 153 0 0 56 74 50 152 19 11 36 44 49 242 .608 .757 39.0 24.2 15.2 1.9
2 Bird Averitt 23 10 358 80 198 2 13 37 42 7 22 61 12 2 30 31 199 .404 .154 .881 35.8 19.9 2.2 6.1
3 Maurice Lucas 23 10 330 75 152 0 0 15 19 40 108 22 8 6 15 48 165 .493 .789 33.0 16.5 10.8 2.2
4 Louie Dampier 31 10 393 67 129 8 16 18 20 3 13 77 11 5 16 20 160 .519 .500 .900 39.3 16.0 1.3 7.7
5 Wil Jones 28 10 324 52 108 0 1 16 17 26 67 20 11 0 21 41 120 .481 .000 .941 32.4 12.0 6.7 2.0
6 Johnny Neumann 24 8 112 33 76 5 13 11 14 2 4 7 6 1 8 20 82 .434 .385 .786 14.0 10.3 0.5 0.9
7 Jan Van Breda Kolff 24 10 186 21 40 0 0 11 14 17 36 16 6 5 11 12 53 .525 .786 18.6 5.3 3.6 1.6
8 Ronald Thomas 25 10 142 20 41 0 0 5 13 18 54 9 4 3 8 23 45 .488 .385 14.2 4.5 5.4 0.9
9 Jim McDaniels 27 10 98 19 41 0 0 4 7 9 35 5 3 5 4 16 42 .463 .571 9.8 4.2 3.5 0.5
10 Kevin Joyce 24 9 117 10 36 0 0 10 12 1 3 30 3 0 17 14 30 .278 .833 13.0 3.3 0.3 3.3

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 26 10 390 24.2 .652 .608 12.7 26.5 19.6 6.8 1.3 5.0 19.2 23.1 115 101 0.9 0.7 1.6
2 Louie Dampier 31 10 393 15.8 .581 .550 0.8 2.6 1.7 24.8 1.3 0.7 10.4 15.3 124 112 1.0 0.1 1.1
3 Maurice Lucas 23 10 330 17.5 .514 .493 12.0 20.9 16.4 9.1 1.1 1.0 8.6 20.8 113 106 0.6 0.4 1.0
4 Wil Jones 28 10 324 11.4 .520 .481 8.0 12.8 10.4 7.7 1.6 0.0 15.4 16.5 105 109 0.2 0.3 0.5
5 Jan Van Breda Kolff 24 10 186 12.8 .574 .525 9.1 10.4 9.7 10.2 1.5 1.5 19.2 12.0 113 109 0.2 0.2 0.4
6 Ronald Thomas 25 10 142 12.9 .482 .488 12.6 25.7 19.1 7.7 1.3 1.1 14.6 15.1 103 104 0.1 0.2 0.3
7 Jim McDaniels 27 10 98 15.6 .476 .463 9.1 26.9 17.9 6.7 1.4 2.8 8.3 19.2 105 102 0.1 0.2 0.2
8 Bird Averitt 23 10 358 13.5 .460 .409 1.9 4.3 3.1 23.2 1.6 0.3 12.2 27.0 99 111 0.1 0.2 0.2
9 Johnny Neumann 24 8 112 14.9 .499 .467 1.8 1.8 1.8 9.4 2.5 0.5 8.9 31.6 102 110 0.1 0.1 0.1
10 Kevin Joyce 24 9 117 3.5 .363 .278 0.8 1.7 1.3 29.3 1.2 0.0 29.2 19.5 77 113 -0.3 0.0 -0.3