1971-72 Kentucky Colonels Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 68-16
Finishing 1st in the ABA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 2-4 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to New York Nets 4-2
Coach: Joe Mullaney (68-16)
Location: Louisville, Kentucky

1971-72 Kentucky Colonels Roster
1971-72 Kentucky Colonels Results

The Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 68 wins and 16 losses, finishing first in the ABA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.

Kentucky scored 9,743 points and gave up 8,989. Dan Issel scored a team-best 2,538 points for the Colonels, and Artis Gilmore contributed 19 or more per game, too. Artis Gilmore accounted for 1,491 rebounds. Lou Dampier dished out 515 assists for the squad.

Artis Gilmore blocked 422 shots.

Joe Mullaney coached the team. The 1971-72 Kentucky Colonels lost in the division semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Dan Issel	C-F	83	3570	2001	972	11	3	753	591	353	578	931	195	0	244	242	2538
Artis Gilmore	C	84	3666	1348	806	0	0	605	391	421	1070	1491	230	422	335	280	2003
Lou Dampier	G	83	3214	1078	477	233	84	336	281	43	216	259	515	0	211	237	1319
Cincy Powell	F-C	65	2288	907	430	13	4	256	185	158	342	500	237	0	178	219	1049
Walt Simon	F-G	67	1111	464	243	10	1	156	109	72	161	233	137	0	72	157	596
Mike Gale	G	78	1701	447	201	3	0	140	95	100	171	271	200	0	113	206	497
Les Hunter	F-C	70	967	383	183	16	5	144	101	65	160	225	93	0	93	154	472
Mike Pratt	G-F	65	889	301	133	40	16	98	84	67	91	158	98	0	81	151	366
Jimmy O'Brien	G	66	1424	354	139	23	4	66	54	46	128	174	299	0	114	152	336
Darel Carrier	G	23	629	288	117	37	16	88	76	11	46	57	44	0	38	64	326
Pierce Russell	F-G	51	397	153	65	3	0	21	16	40	53	93	51	0	33	56	146
Goose Ligon	F-C	16	400	72	37	2	1	33	20	43	67	110	37	0	30	41	95
Howie Wright	G	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals		752	20260	7796	3803	391	134	2697	2003	1419	3083	4502	2136	422	1543	1959	9743

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Dan Issel	C-F	83	43.0	48.6	27.3	78.5	4.3	7.0	11.2	2.3	0.0	2.9	2.9	30.6
Artis Gilmore	C	84	43.6	59.8		64.6	5.0	12.7	17.8	2.7	5.0	4.0	3.3	23.8
Lou Dampier	G	83	38.7	44.2	36.1	83.6	0.5	2.6	3.1	6.2	0.0	2.5	2.9	15.9
Cincy Powell	F-C	65	35.2	47.4	30.8	72.3	2.4	5.3	7.7	3.6	0.0	2.7	3.4	16.1
Walt Simon	F-G	67	16.6	52.4	10.0	69.9	1.1	2.4	3.5	2.0	0.0	1.1	2.3	8.9
Mike Gale	G	78	21.8	45.0	0.0	67.9	1.3	2.2	3.5	2.6	0.0	1.4	2.6	6.4
Les Hunter	F-C	70	13.8	47.8	31.3	70.1	0.9	2.3	3.2	1.3	0.0	1.3	2.2	6.7
Mike Pratt	G-F	65	13.7	44.2	40.0	85.7	1.0	1.4	2.4	1.5	0.0	1.2	2.3	5.6
Jimmy O'Brien	G	66	21.6	39.3	17.4	81.8	0.7	1.9	2.6	4.5	0.0	1.7	2.3	5.1
Darel Carrier	G	23	27.3	40.6	43.2	86.4	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.9	0.0	1.7	2.8	14.2
Pierce Russell	F-G	51	7.8	42.5	0.0	76.2	0.8	1.0	1.8	1.0	0.0	0.6	1.1	2.9
Goose Ligon	F-C	16	25.0	51.4	50.0	60.6	2.7	4.2	6.9	2.3	0.0	1.9	2.6	5.9
Howie Wright	G	1	4.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		752	26.9	48.8	34.3	74.3	1.9	4.1	6.0	2.8	0.6	2.1	2.6	13.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Dan Issel	C-F	6	269	114	47		0	50	38	54	5	31	23	132
Artis Gilmore	C	6	285	91	52		0	38	27	106	25	29	17	131
Lou Dampier	G	6	254	69	29		11	16	10	19	45	16	17	79
Mike Pratt	G-F	6	170	63	33		1	5	5	17	15	11	23	72
Cincy Powell	F-C	6	169	52	28		0	19	15	24	9	13	17	71
Les Hunter	F-C	6	123	41	22		2	11	9	21	8	10	14	55
Walt Simon	F-G	6	99	39	16		0	8	7	12	3	2	21	39
Jimmy O'Brien	G	5	23	7	3		0	3	3	3	3	0	0	9
Mike Gale	G	2	31	14	3		0	0	0	2	8	1	2	6
Darel Carrier	G	2	17	8	3		0	0	0	1	1	4	3	6
Totals		51	1440	498	236	0	14	150	114	259	122	117	137	600

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Dan Issel	C-F	6	44.8	41.2	76.0	9.0	0.8	5.2	3.8	22.0
Artis Gilmore	C	6	47.5	57.1	71.1	17.7	4.2	4.8	2.8	21.8
Lou Dampier	G	6	42.3	42.0	62.5	3.2	7.5	2.7	2.8	13.2
Mike Pratt	G-F	6	28.3	52.4	100.0	2.8	2.5	1.8	3.8	12.0
Cincy Powell	F-C	6	28.2	53.8	78.9	4.0	1.5	2.2	2.8	11.8
Les Hunter	F-C	6	20.5	53.7	81.8	3.5	1.3	1.7	2.3	9.2
Walt Simon	F-G	6	16.5	41.0	87.5	2.0	0.5	0.3	3.5	6.5
Jimmy O'Brien	G	5	4.6	42.9	100.0	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	1.8
Mike Gale	G	2	15.5	21.4		1.0	4.0	0.5	1.0	3.0
Darel Carrier	G	2	8.5	37.5		0.5	0.5	2.0	1.5	3.0
Averages		752	28.2	47.4	76.0	5.1	2.4	2.3	2.7	11.8