1975-76 Kentucky Colonels Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 46-38
Finishing 4th in the ABA
Postseason: 5-5 Lost semifinals
First Round - Defeated Indiana Pacers 2-1
Semifinals - Lost to Denver Nuggets 4-3
Coach: Hubie Brown (46-38)
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Attendance: 299,827, Avg. 6,973 in 43 home dates

1975-76 Kentucky Colonels Roster
1975-76 Kentucky Colonels Results

The Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association ended the 1975-76 season with a record of 46 wins and 38 losses, finishing fourth in the ABA. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-5.

The Colonels racked up 9,326 points and surrendered 9,253. Artis Gilmore scored a team-best 2,067 points for Kentucky and contributed 1,303 rebounds. Lou Dampier dished out 467 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Bird Averitt added 106 steals, while Artis Gilmore blocked 205 shots.

Hubie Brown coached the team. The 1975-76 Kentucky Colonels lost in the semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Artis Gilmore	C	84	3286	1401	773	0	0	764	521	402	901	1303	211	58	205	295	341	2067
Bird Averitt	G	78	2272	1274	546	128	40	346	266	55	158	213	297	106	22	221	208	1398
Wil Jones	F	83	2635	1015	483	6	3	204	158	243	382	625	209	84	54	200	326	1127
Lou Dampier	G	82	2835	949	455	87	32	146	126	35	124	159	467	60	46	148	141	1068
Maurice Lucas	F-C	58	1796	798	368	7	3	190	149	191	357	548	147	56	36	186	228	888
Marv Roberts	F-C	40	1003	385	170	0	0	113	88	74	85	159	78	21	6	68	96	428
Johnny Neumann	G-F	42	812	399	171	86	29	77	55	39	70	109	104	31	10	93	107	426
Ted McClain	G	43	1231	328	139	2	1	69	54	25	110	135	204	81	13	109	165	333
Ron Thomas	F	83	1117	277	134	2	1	94	55	148	223	371	67	61	18	71	168	324
Jan Van Breda Kolff	F-G	43	861	192	95	2	1	68	56	63	132	195	81	29	42	64	87	247
Kevin Joyce	G	34	650	203	78	7	1	42	33	6	36	42	83	19	3	57	75	190
Caldwell Jones	C-F	15	457	171	80	0	0	37	26	59	99	158	13	17	16	36	73	186
Jim McDaniels	C-F	29	365	165	78	0	0	28	23	40	84	124	21	8	17	37	64	179
Travis Grant	F	22	261	123	52	0	0	23	18	12	27	39	12	6	5	19	30	122
Tom Owens	C-F	19	326	105	46	0	0	44	26	33	60	93	19	6	17	26	50	118
Allen Murphy	G-F	29	248	114	43	1	0	37	27	24	23	47	13	10	8	27	52	113
Jimmy Conner	G	24	240	86	42	3	0	29	22	12	16	28	38	11	5	32	35	106
Jimmie Baker	F	5	40	15	3	0	0	2	0	4	10	14	4	0	3	6	11	6
Totals		813	20435	8000	3756	331	111	2313	1703	1465	2897	4362	2068	664	526	1695	2257	9326

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Artis Gilmore	C	84	39.1	55.2		68.2	4.8	10.7	15.5	2.5	0.7	2.4	3.5	4.1	24.6
Bird Averitt	G	78	29.1	42.9	31.3	76.9	0.7	2.0	2.7	3.8	1.4	0.3	2.8	2.7	17.9
Wil Jones	F	83	31.7	47.6	50.0	77.5	2.9	4.6	7.5	2.5	1.0	0.7	2.4	3.9	13.6
Lou Dampier	G	82	34.6	47.9	36.8	86.3	0.4	1.5	1.9	5.7	0.7	0.6	1.8	1.7	13.0
Maurice Lucas	F-C	58	31.0	46.1	42.9	78.4	3.3	6.2	9.4	2.5	1.0	0.6	3.2	3.9	15.3
Marv Roberts	F-C	40	25.1	44.2		77.9	1.9	2.1	4.0	2.0	0.5	0.2	1.7	2.4	10.7
Johnny Neumann	G-F	42	19.3	42.9	33.7	71.4	0.9	1.7	2.6	2.5	0.7	0.2	2.2	2.5	10.1
Ted McClain	G	43	28.6	42.4	50.0	78.3	0.6	2.6	3.1	4.7	1.9	0.3	2.5	3.8	7.7
Ron Thomas	F	83	13.5	48.4	50.0	58.5	1.8	2.7	4.5	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.9	2.0	3.9
Jan Van Breda Kolff	F-G	43	20.0	49.5	50.0	82.4	1.5	3.1	4.5	1.9	0.7	1.0	1.5	2.0	5.7
Kevin Joyce	G	34	19.1	38.4	14.3	78.6	0.2	1.1	1.2	2.4	0.6	0.1	1.7	2.2	5.6
Caldwell Jones	C-F	15	30.5	46.8		70.3	3.9	6.6	10.5	0.9	1.1	1.1	2.4	4.9	12.4
Jim McDaniels	C-F	29	12.6	47.3		82.1	1.4	2.9	4.3	0.7	0.3	0.6	1.3	2.2	6.2
Travis Grant	F	22	11.9	42.3		78.3	0.5	1.2	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.9	1.4	5.5
Tom Owens	C-F	19	17.2	43.8		59.1	1.7	3.2	4.9	1.0	0.3	0.9	1.4	2.6	6.2
Allen Murphy	G-F	29	8.6	37.7	0.0	73.0	0.8	0.8	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.9	1.8	3.9
Jimmy Conner	G	24	10.0	48.8	0.0	75.9	0.5	0.7	1.2	1.6	0.5	0.2	1.3	1.5	4.4
Jimmie Baker	F	5	8.0	20.0		0.0	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.8	0.0	0.6	1.2	2.2	1.2
Averages		813	25.1	47.0	33.5	73.6	1.8	3.6	5.4	2.5	0.8	0.6	2.1	2.8	11.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Artis Gilmore	C	10	390	153	93		0	74	56	50	102	152	19	11	36	44	49	242
Bird Averitt	G	10	358	198	80		2	42	37	7	15	22	61	12	2	30	31	199
Maurice Lucas	F-C	10	330	152	75		0	19	15	40	68	108	22	8	6	15	48	165
Lou Dampier	G	10	393	129	67		8	20	18	3	10	13	77	11	5	16	20	160
Wil Jones	F	10	324	108	52		0	17	16	26	41	67	20	11	0	21	41	120
Johnny Neumann	G-F	8	112	76	33		5	14	11	2	2	4	7	6	1	8	20	82
Jan Van Breda Kolff	F-G	10	186	40	21		0	14	11	17	19	36	16	6	5	11	12	53
Ron Thomas	F	10	142	41	20		0	13	5	18	36	54	9	4	3	8	23	45
Jim McDaniels	C-F	10	98	41	19		0	7	4	9	26	35	5	3	5	4	16	42
Kevin Joyce	G	9	117	36	10		0	12	10	1	2	3	30	3	0	17	14	30
Totals		97	2450	974	470	0	15	232	183	173	321	494	266	75	63	174	274	1138

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Artis Gilmore	C	10	39.0	60.8	75.7	5.0	10.2	15.2	1.9	1.1	3.6	4.4	4.9	24.2
Bird Averitt	G	10	35.8	40.4	88.1	0.7	1.5	2.2	6.1	1.2	0.2	3.0	3.1	19.9
Maurice Lucas	F-C	10	33.0	49.3	78.9	4.0	6.8	10.8	2.2	0.8	0.6	1.5	4.8	16.5
Lou Dampier	G	10	39.3	51.9	90.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	7.7	1.1	0.5	1.6	2.0	16.0
Wil Jones	F	10	32.4	48.1	94.1	2.6	4.1	6.7	2.0	1.1	0.0	2.1	4.1	12.0
Johnny Neumann	G-F	8	14.0	43.4	78.6	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.9	0.8	0.1	1.0	2.5	10.3
Jan Van Breda Kolff	F-G	10	18.6	52.5	78.6	1.7	1.9	3.6	1.6	0.6	0.5	1.1	1.2	5.3
Ron Thomas	F	10	14.2	48.8	38.5	1.8	3.6	5.4	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.8	2.3	4.5
Jim McDaniels	C-F	10	9.8	46.3	57.1	0.9	2.6	3.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.4	1.6	4.2
Kevin Joyce	G	9	13.0	27.8	83.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	3.3	0.3	0.0	1.9	1.6	3.3
Averages		813	25.3	48.3	78.9	1.8	3.3	5.1	2.7	0.8	0.6	1.8	2.8	11.7