1971-72 Carolina Cougars Schedule and Results

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Record: 35-49, Finished 5th in ABA Eastern Division

Coach: Tom Meschery (35-49)

PTS/G: 114.8 (5th of 11) Opp PTS/G: 118.1 (10th of 11)

SRS: -3.03 (9th of 11) Pace: 114.6 (3rd of 11)

Off Rtg: 99.8 (8th of 11) Def Rtg: 102.7 (9th of 11) Net Rtg: -2.9 (9th of 11)

Expected W-L: 34-50 (9th of 11)

Arena: Greensboro Coliseum

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 15, 1971	Box Score		Virginia Squires	L		114	118	0	1	L 1	at Greensboro, NC
2	Sat, Oct 16, 1971	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		98	106	0	2	L 2
3	Tue, Oct 19, 1971	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		93	150	0	3	L 3
4	Wed, Oct 20, 1971	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L	OT	113	115	0	4	L 4
5	Fri, Oct 22, 1971	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	W		108	102	1	4	W 1
6	Sat, Oct 23, 1971	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		101	99	2	4	W 2	at Greensboro, NC
7	Wed, Oct 27, 1971	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	L		121	131	2	5	L 1	at Charlotte, NC
8	Thu, Oct 28, 1971	Box Score	@	The Floridians	L		91	104	2	6	L 2
9	Fri, Oct 29, 1971	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	L		121	142	2	7	L 3	at Roanoke, VA
10	Tue, Nov 2, 1971	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		116	137	2	8	L 4
11	Fri, Nov 5, 1971	Box Score		The Floridians	W		109	106	3	8	W 1	at Greensboro, NC
12	Sat, Nov 6, 1971	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	L		92	97	3	9	L 1	at Charlotte, NC
13	Thu, Nov 11, 1971	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	W		127	109	4	9	W 1
14	Sat, Nov 13, 1971	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		129	109	5	9	W 2	at Charlotte, NC
15	Wed, Nov 17, 1971	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		113	101	6	9	W 3	at Charlotte, NC
16	Fri, Nov 19, 1971	Box Score		New York Nets	L		127	129	6	10	L 1	at Greensboro, NC
17	Sat, Nov 20, 1971	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		107	120	6	11	L 2
18	Tue, Nov 23, 1971	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	W		102	98	7	11	W 1	at Hampton, VA
19	Wed, Nov 24, 1971	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W		120	106	8	11	W 2	at Raleigh, NC
20	Fri, Nov 26, 1971	Box Score		Utah Stars	L		115	124	8	12	L 1	at Greensboro, NC
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Sat, Nov 27, 1971	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		110	116	8	13	L 2	at Charlotte, NC
22	Wed, Dec 1, 1971	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W		118	117	9	13	W 1	at Charlotte, NC
23	Fri, Dec 3, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		122	134	9	14	L 1
24	Sat, Dec 4, 1971	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		108	115	9	15	L 2
25	Tue, Dec 7, 1971	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	L		102	122	9	16	L 3
26	Wed, Dec 8, 1971	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L		111	121	9	17	L 4	at Charlotte, NC
27	Fri, Dec 10, 1971	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	L		138	144	9	18	L 5	at Greensboro, NC
28	Sat, Dec 11, 1971	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	L		125	130	9	19	L 6
29	Mon, Dec 13, 1971	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	W		124	115	10	19	W 1
30	Tue, Dec 14, 1971	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		125	121	11	19	W 2	at Greensboro, NC
31	Wed, Dec 15, 1971	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		93	137	11	20	L 1
32	Fri, Dec 17, 1971	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	W	OT	146	143	12	20	W 1
33	Sat, Dec 18, 1971	Box Score		New York Nets	L		106	118	12	21	L 1	at Charlotte, NC
34	Wed, Dec 22, 1971	Box Score		Memphis Pros	L		102	113	12	22	L 2	at Greensboro, NC
35	Thu, Dec 23, 1971	Box Score	N	The Floridians	L		109	125	12	23	L 3	at New York, NY
36	Sat, Dec 25, 1971	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	L		102	110	12	24	L 4
37	Sun, Dec 26, 1971	Box Score		New York Nets	W		123	117	13	24	W 1	at Raleigh, NC
38	Tue, Dec 28, 1971	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	L		126	129	13	25	L 1	at Richmond, VA
39	Wed, Dec 29, 1971	Box Score		Virginia Squires	L		117	126	13	26	L 2	at Raleigh, NC
40	Thu, Dec 30, 1971	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	L		120	124	13	27	L 3	at Hampton, VA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Fri, Dec 31, 1971	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L		106	124	13	28	L 4	at Greensboro, NC
42	Tue, Jan 4, 1972	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	W		130	116	14	28	W 1
43	Wed, Jan 5, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		116	125	14	29	L 1
44	Fri, Jan 7, 1972	Box Score		Virginia Squires	L		99	106	14	30	L 2	at Winston-Salem, NC
45	Sat, Jan 8, 1972	Box Score		New York Nets	W		118	115	15	30	W 1	at Winston-Salem, NC
46	Fri, Jan 14, 1972	Box Score		The Floridians	W		105	98	16	30	W 2	at Greensboro, NC
47	Sat, Jan 15, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		98	109	16	31	L 1
48	Wed, Jan 19, 1972	Box Score		The Floridians	W		108	104	17	31	W 1	at Charlotte, NC
49	Thu, Jan 20, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		122	124	17	32	L 1
50	Fri, Jan 21, 1972	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W		122	98	18	32	W 1	at Greensboro, NC
51	Tue, Jan 25, 1972	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	L		97	117	18	33	L 1	at Greensboro, NC
52	Thu, Jan 27, 1972	Box Score	@	The Floridians	W		102	101	19	33	W 1
53	Mon, Jan 31, 1972	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		115	135	19	34	L 1
54	Tue, Feb 1, 1972	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	W		117	108	20	34	W 1
55	Wed, Feb 2, 1972	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	W		110	101	21	34	W 2
56	Fri, Feb 4, 1972	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	W		106	100	22	34	W 3
57	Sat, Feb 5, 1972	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	L		129	136	22	35	L 1	at Greensboro, NC
58	Wed, Feb 9, 1972	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L		106	126	22	36	L 2	at Charlotte, NC
59	Fri, Feb 11, 1972	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		110	105	23	36	W 1	at Winston-Salem, NC
60	Sun, Feb 13, 1972	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		98	121	23	37	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Tue, Feb 15, 1972	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W		126	113	24	37	W 1	at Fort Bragg, NC
62	Thu, Feb 17, 1972	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		145	122	25	37	W 2	at Charlotte, NC
63	Fri, Feb 18, 1972	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L		111	119	25	38	L 1	at Greensboro, NC
64	Sun, Feb 20, 1972	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		113	134	25	39	L 2
65	Wed, Feb 23, 1972	Box Score		The Floridians	W		132	118	26	39	W 1	at Charlotte, NC
66	Sat, Feb 26, 1972	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W		146	130	27	39	W 2	at Charlotte, NC
67	Sun, Feb 27, 1972	Box Score		Denver Rockets	L		105	113	27	40	L 1	at Greensboro, NC
68	Wed, Mar 1, 1972	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		125	134	27	41	L 2
69	Fri, Mar 3, 1972	Box Score	@	The Floridians	L		127	130	27	42	L 3
70	Sat, Mar 4, 1972	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		124	123	28	42	W 1	at Greensboro, NC
71	Sun, Mar 5, 1972	Box Score		New York Nets	L		96	114	28	43	L 1	at Raleigh, NC
72	Tue, Mar 7, 1972	Box Score	@	The Floridians	W		116	108	29	43	W 1
73	Wed, Mar 8, 1972	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L		96	98	29	44	L 1	at Raleigh, NC
74	Sat, Mar 11, 1972	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		122	112	30	44	W 1	at Charlotte, NC
75	Sun, Mar 12, 1972	Box Score		Utah Stars	L		111	123	30	45	L 1	at Raleigh, NC
76	Tue, Mar 14, 1972	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L		105	113	30	46	L 2
77	Thu, Mar 16, 1972	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	L		121	131	30	47	L 3
78	Fri, Mar 17, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		127	147	30	48	L 4	at Uniondale, NY
79	Sat, Mar 18, 1972	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		139	125	31	48	W 1	at Greensboro, NC
80	Sun, Mar 19, 1972	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	W		121	113	32	48	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Wed, Mar 22, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		117	113	33	48	W 3	at Uniondale, NY
82	Fri, Mar 24, 1972	Box Score		The Floridians	L	OT	115	116	33	49	L 1	at Greensboro, NC
83	Sat, Mar 25, 1972	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		121	104	34	49	W 1	at Greensboro, NC
84	Tue, Mar 28, 1972	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	W		127	121	35	49	W 2	at Norfolk, VA

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