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1970-71 Kentucky Colonels Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 44-40, Finished 2nd in ABA Eastern Division

Coach: Gene Rhodes (10-5), Alex Groza (2-0), Frank Ramsey (32-35)

PTS/G: 122.2 (2nd of 11) Opp PTS/G: 122.1 (9th of 11)

SRS: -0.17 (4th of 11) Pace: 113.5 (4th of 11)

Off Rtg: 107.5 (4th of 11) Def Rtg: 107.5 (10th of 11) Net Rtg: +0.0 (4th of 11)

Expected W-L: 42-42 (4th of 11)

Arena: Freedom Hall

ABA 1971 Playoffs:
Won ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-2) versus The Floridians (Series Stats)
Won ABA Eastern Division Finals (4-2) versus Virginia Squires (Series Stats)
Lost ABA Finals (3-4) versus Utah Stars (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
35	Darel Carrier	SG	6-3	185	October 26, 1940	us	3	Western Kentucky
25	Bobby Croft	C	6-10	200	March 17, 1946	ca	R	Tennessee
10	Louie Dampier	PG	6-0	170	November 20, 1944	us	3	Kentucky
32	Tom Hagan	G	6-3	185	January 29, 1947	us	1	Vanderbilt
4	Dennis Hamilton	PF	6-8	210	May 8, 1944	us	3	Arizona State
8	Dan Hester	C	6-8	210	November 8, 1948		R	, LSU
4	Les Hunter	PF	6-7	210	August 16, 1942	us	4	Loyola Chicago
44	Dan Issel	C	6-9	235	October 25, 1948	us	R	Kentucky
22	Goose Ligon	PF	6-7	210	February 22, 1944	us	3
9, 24	Cincy Powell	SF	6-7	220	February 25, 1942	us	3	University of Portland
33, 54	Mike Pratt	SG	6-4	195	August 4, 1948	us	R	Kentucky
2	Walt Simon	SF	6-6	200	December 1, 1939	us	3	Benedict College
5, 50	Sam Smith	SF	6-7	230	January 27, 1944	us	3	Louisville, Kentucky Wesleyan College
42	Al Williams	F	6-6	200	February 3, 1948		R	Drake University
3, 45	Howie Wright	SG	6-3	185	February 22, 1947	us	R	Austin Peay State University

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Dan Issel	22	83		39.4	11.3	23.3	.485	0.0	0.2	.000	11.3	23.1	.489	.485	7.3	9.0	.807	5.1	8.1	13.2	2.0			2.7	3.9	29.9
2	Louie Dampier	26	84		38.3	6.7	16.1	.418	1.2	3.3	.368	5.5	12.8	.432	.456	3.8	4.5	.851	0.9	2.7	3.5	5.5			2.9	2.5	18.5
3	Cincy Powell	28	81		36.2	7.1	14.5	.493	0.0	0.2	.250	7.1	14.3	.496	.494	3.7	4.9	.759	3.8	7.1	11.0	3.1			2.9	4.0	18.0
4	Goose Ligon	26	84		32.8	5.1	9.5	.540	0.0	0.1	.000	5.1	9.4	.544	.540	2.5	4.7	.547	3.7	8.1	11.8	2.5			2.0	3.9	12.8
5	Darel Carrier	30	84		31.7	5.9	13.6	.434	0.8	1.9	.391	5.1	11.7	.441	.462	3.9	4.5	.867	0.6	2.2	2.8	2.9			2.4	2.7	16.4
6	Les Hunter	28	75		18.9	3.7	8.1	.452	0.1	0.7	.204	3.5	7.4	.474	.460	2.1	2.9	.721	2.0	4.3	6.3	1.2			1.8	3.2	9.5
7	Walt Simon	31	84		16.8	3.3	6.9	.474	0.0	0.1	.091	3.3	6.8	.481	.475	1.2	1.9	.641	1.2	2.5	3.8	1.9			1.5	3.0	7.7
8	Mike Pratt	22	78		15.6	2.2	5.3	.416	0.0	0.1	.273	2.2	5.2	.420	.419	1.2	1.6	.752	1.2	1.7	2.9	2.4			1.6	1.7	5.6
9	Dan Hester	22	7		13.3	2.6	5.4	.474	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	5.3	.486	.474	1.0	1.3	.778	1.1	4.0	5.1	0.7			1.7	2.3	6.1
10	Howie Wright	23	52		11.8	1.8	4.7	.384	0.2	0.8	.214	1.6	3.9	.419	.402	0.8	0.9	.816	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.2			1.1	1.7	4.6
11	Sam Smith	27	25		10.4	1.3	2.9	.452	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.8	.465	.452	0.9	1.4	.629	1.2	1.6	2.7	0.6			0.7	1.4	3.5
12	Tom Hagan	24	4		8.5	0.5	2.5	.200	0.0	0.3	.000	0.5	2.3	.222	.200	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0			0.0	0.5	1.0
13	Bobby Croft	24	33		6.7	1.1	3.5	.307	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	3.4	.313	.307	0.8	1.3	.595	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.5			0.5	2.0	2.9
14	Al Williams	22	11		6.4	1.7	3.9	.442	0.0	0.0		1.7	3.9	.442	.442	0.5	0.9	.500	0.8	1.5	2.4	0.5			0.6	1.2	3.9
15	Dennis Hamilton	26	3		3.7	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.7	.500	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3			1.0	0.3	1.0

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Louie Dampier	26	19		43.6	6.2	16.0	.385	1.2	3.6	.319	5.0	12.4	.404	.421	3.5	4.7	.742	1.3	2.8	4.1	9.4			2.8	2.9	16.9
2	Cincy Powell	28	19		36.9	7.3	14.8	.489	0.2	0.4	.429	7.1	14.5	.491	.495	3.7	5.4	.696	4.1	9.0	13.1	2.5			2.7	4.4	18.4
3	Darel Carrier	30	19		35.5	6.8	14.7	.464	1.1	3.1	.362	5.7	11.7	.491	.502	4.6	5.2	.898	0.6	2.5	3.1	3.6			2.8	3.4	19.4
4	Dan Issel	22	19		35.3	10.8	21.5	.505	0.0	0.0		10.8	21.5	.505	.505	6.4	7.3	.878	4.2	7.5	11.6	1.5			2.9	4.1	28.1
5	Goose Ligon	26	19		30.9	4.3	8.9	.476	0.0	0.0		4.3	8.9	.476	.476	2.0	3.5	.567	4.0	7.5	11.5	1.8			1.1	3.9	10.5
6	Walt Simon	31	19		20.3	3.7	8.2	.452	0.0	0.3	.000	3.7	7.8	.470	.452	1.8	2.6	.694	1.8	3.3	5.1	2.7			1.4	3.5	9.2
7	Les Hunter	28	19		18.5	3.4	8.8	.387	0.1	0.3	.200	3.4	8.6	.393	.390	2.4	3.8	.616	1.3	3.3	4.6	1.7			2.0	4.0	9.3
8	Mike Pratt	22	19		16.7	2.5	6.5	.379	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	6.4	.385	.379	1.9	2.5	.787	1.9	1.5	3.5	2.8			1.5	1.6	6.9
9	Howie Wright	23	5		7.2	1.4	4.0	.350	0.4	1.6	.250	1.0	2.4	.417	.400	0.8	1.8	.444	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.8			0.2	1.2	4.0
10	Dan Hester	22	7		6.0	0.6	2.0	.286	0.0	0.0		0.6	2.0	.286	.286	1.1	1.3	.889	0.4	1.4	1.9	0.1			0.3	1.3	2.3

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Dan Issel	22	83		3274	938	1934	.485	0	15	.000	938	1919	.489	.485	604	748	.807	421	672	1093	162			221	323	2480
2	Louie Dampier	26	84		3221	566	1353	.418	103	280	.368	463	1073	.432	.456	320	376	.851	73	224	297	460			244	213	1555
3	Cincy Powell	28	81		2933	578	1173	.493	4	16	.250	574	1157	.496	.494	302	398	.759	311	579	890	255			235	323	1462
4	Goose Ligon	26	84		2753	429	795	.540	0	6	.000	429	789	.544	.540	214	391	.547	312	677	989	211			167	331	1072
5	Darel Carrier	30	84		2664	495	1140	.434	63	161	.391	432	979	.441	.462	327	377	.867	50	182	232	244			199	229	1380
6	Les Hunter	28	75		1415	274	606	.452	10	49	.204	264	557	.474	.460	155	215	.721	153	319	472	93			135	242	713
7	Walt Simon	31	84		1411	274	578	.474	1	11	.091	273	567	.481	.475	100	156	.641	102	213	315	156			128	253	649
8	Mike Pratt	22	78		1213	173	416	.416	3	11	.273	170	405	.420	.419	91	121	.752	91	134	225	188			124	135	440
9	Howie Wright	23	52		612	94	245	.384	9	42	.214	85	203	.419	.402	40	49	.816	23	57	80	63			59	89	237
10	Sam Smith	27	25		259	33	73	.452	0	2	.000	33	71	.465	.452	22	35	.629	29	39	68	16			18	34	88
11	Bobby Croft	24	33		222	35	114	.307	0	2	.000	35	112	.313	.307	25	42	.595	22	43	65	15			17	67	95
12	Dan Hester	22	7		93	18	38	.474	0	1	.000	18	37	.486	.474	7	9	.778	8	28	36	5			12	16	43
13	Al Williams	22	11		70	19	43	.442	0	0		19	43	.442	.442	5	10	.500	9	17	26	5			7	13	43
14	Tom Hagan	24	4		34	2	10	.200	0	1	.000	2	9	.222	.200	0	2	.000	0	1	1	4			0	2	4
15	Dennis Hamilton	26	3		11	1	2	.500	0	0		1	2	.500	.500	1	1	1.000	0	1	1	1			3	1	3
			84		20185	3929	8520	.461	193	597	.323	3736	7923	.472	.472	2213	2930	.755	1604	3186	4790	1878			1569	2271	10264

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Louie Dampier	26	19		828	117	304	.385	22	69	.319	95	235	.404	.421	66	89	.742	24	54	78	179			54	56	322
2	Cincy Powell	28	19		702	138	282	.489	3	7	.429	135	275	.491	.495	71	102	.696	77	171	248	47			51	83	350
3	Darel Carrier	30	19		675	130	280	.464	21	58	.362	109	222	.491	.502	88	98	.898	11	47	58	69			53	65	369
4	Dan Issel	22	19		670	206	408	.505	0	0		206	408	.505	.505	122	139	.878	79	142	221	28			56	78	534
5	Goose Ligon	26	19		587	81	170	.476	0	0		81	170	.476	.476	38	67	.567	76	143	219	35			21	74	200
6	Walt Simon	31	19		385	70	155	.452	0	6	.000	70	149	.470	.452	34	49	.694	34	63	97	52			26	67	174
7	Les Hunter	28	19		352	65	168	.387	1	5	.200	64	163	.393	.390	45	73	.616	25	63	88	33			38	76	176
8	Mike Pratt	22	19		318	47	124	.379	0	2	.000	47	122	.385	.379	37	47	.787	37	29	66	53			29	30	131
9	Dan Hester	22	7		42	4	14	.286	0	0		4	14	.286	.286	8	9	.889	3	10	13	1			2	9	16
10	Howie Wright	23	5		36	7	20	.350	2	8	.250	5	12	.417	.400	4	9	.444	0	2	2	4			1	6	20

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Dan Issel	22	83	3274	25.0	.548	.008	.387			14.5	7.2			8.9	26.9		8.1	2.6	10.7	.157
2	Louie Dampier	26	84	3221	13.6	.512	.207	.278			4.0	17.9			13.8	19.4		3.1	2.0	5.0	.075
3	Cincy Powell	28	81	2933	17.1	.542	.014	.339			13.1	11.2			14.8	19.2		4.6	2.4	7.0	.114
4	Goose Ligon	26	84	2753	15.8	.554	.008	.492			15.6	9.4			14.7	14.6		3.8	2.5	6.3	.110
5	Darel Carrier	30	84	2664	13.0	.528	.141	.331			3.8	11.6			13.2	20.0		3.6	1.3	4.9	.088
6	Les Hunter	28	75	1415	14.3	.509	.081	.355			14.4	8.4			16.2	21.0		1.2	1.2	2.4	.081
7	Walt Simon	31	84	1411	12.1	.502	.019	.270			9.7	14.2			16.5	19.5		0.9	1.1	2.0	.068
8	Mike Pratt	22	78	1213	10.4	.469	.026	.291			8.0	18.7			20.9	17.4		0.0	0.9	0.9	.037
9	Howie Wright	23	52	612	6.6	.445	.171	.200			5.7	12.6			18.1	18.9		-0.3	0.4	0.0	.001
10	Sam Smith	27	25	259	10.6	.498	.027	.479			11.4	7.3			16.9	14.6		0.1	0.2	0.3	.055
11	Bobby Croft	24	33	222	4.4	.359	.018	.368			12.7	8.3			11.4	23.9		-0.7	0.2	-0.6	-0.121
12	Dan Hester	22	7	93	11.9	.512	.026	.237			16.8	6.9			22.2	20.6		0.1	0.1	0.2	.084
13	Al Williams	22	11	70	15.3	.454	.000	.233			16.1	10.2			12.9	27.6		0.0	0.1	0.0	.012
14	Tom Hagan	24	4	34	-0.6	.184	.100	.200			1.3	12.9			0.0	11.4		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.189
15	Dennis Hamilton	26	3	11	-2.0	.615	.000	.500			3.9	10.3			55.1	17.5		0.0	0.0	0.0	.099

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Louie Dampier	26	19	828	12.2	.469	.227	.293				27.0			13.6			0.1	1.1	1.2	.068
2	Cincy Powell	28	19	702	16.1	.535	.025	.362				9.0			13.5			1.1	1.1	2.2	.151
3	Darel Carrier	30	19	675	14.2	.571	.207	.350				13.7			14.1			1.7	0.6	2.3	.165
4	Dan Issel	22	19	670	25.2	.569	.000	.341				6.6			10.7			2.3	1.0	3.3	.238
5	Goose Ligon	26	19	587	13.5	.501	.000	.394				7.4			9.5			0.3	1.0	1.3	.105
6	Walt Simon	31	19	385	12.9	.493	.039	.316				17.8			12.8			0.2	0.6	0.8	.101
7	Les Hunter	28	19	352	4.6	.440	.030	.435				12.4			16.0			-0.3	0.5	0.2	.025
8	Mike Pratt	22	19	318	13.0	.453	.016	.379				21.0			16.7			-0.1	0.5	0.4	.056
9	Dan Hester	22	7	42	4.5	.445	.000	.643				2.8			10.0			0.0	0.1	0.0	.038
10	Howie Wright	23	5	36	4.8	.417	.400	.450				14.9			4.0			-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.044

Players on League Leaderboards

Qualified players in the top 20 · Includes full-season stats for all players who saw court time during the regular season or playoffs.

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