1968-69 Minnesota Pipers Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 36-42
Finishing 4th in the ABA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 3-4 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Miami Floridians 4-3
Coach: Jim Harding (18-8)
Coach: Vern Mikkelsen (6-6)
Coach: Verl Young (10-23)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota

1968-69 Minnesota Pipers Roster
1968-69 Minnesota Pipers Results

The Minnesota Pipers of the American Basketball Association ended the 1968-69 season with a record of 36 wins and 42 losses, finishing fourth in the ABA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.

Minnesota scored 8,912 points and surrendered 8,904. Connie Hawkins tossed in a team-leading 1,420 points for the Pipers, while Charles Williams netted 18 or more per game also. Trooper Washington racked up 868 boards. Art Heyman dished out 217 assists for the squad.

Jim Harding, Vern Mikkelsen and Verl Young coached the team. The 1968-69 Minnesota Pipers 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	TO	PF	Pts
Connie Hawkins	F-C	47	1852	971	496	22	3	554	425	167	367	534	184	155	166	1420
Charles Williams	G	66	2282	1298	484	212	66	286	203	110	136	246	163	204	222	1237
Chico Vaughn	G	69	2301	1170	415	523	145	329	253	44	121	165	107	150	178	1228
Trooper Washington	F-C	69	2625	839	421	6	0	316	190	367	501	868	178	190	239	1032
Art Heyman	F-G	71	2362	832	350	118	37	409	285	223	271	494	217	163	195	1022
Steve Vacendak	G	60	1589	716	288	8	2	215	167	90	120	210	166	139	158	745
Frank Card	F	76	1596	537	222	5	1	244	146	185	234	419	81	110	155	591
Mike Lewis	C-F	52	1160	405	172	2	0	167	106	193	258	451	78	89	178	450
Arvesta Kelly	G	68	1066	425	155	105	25	103	63	54	103	157	61	89	141	398
George Sutor	C	64	886	397	139	0	0	114	71	175	173	348	27	60	170	349
Dan W. Anderson	C	29	628	228	112	0	0	50	37	98	120	218	26	30	72	261
Willie Porter	F	11	137	45	25	0	0	27	13	24	24	48	6	10	23	63
Jim Jarvis	G	11	134	45	14	5	2	12	10	3	11	14	15	9	24	40
Tom Hoover	C	9	83	26	12	0	0	21	10	16	15	31	6	8	21	34
Steve Chubin	G	8	54	21	6	0	0	6	6	3	9	12	12	14	17	18
Leroy Wright	F	10	95	13	4	0	0	5	0	12	18	30	1	2	15	8
Ken Wilburn	F	6	34	9	2	0	0	5	2	6	12	18	2	6	6	6
Jim Kissane	F	2	15	6	2	0	0	2	2	0	3	3	0	1	3	6
Tom Kondla	C	2	11	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	4
Tony Jackson	F-G	1	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0
Totals		731	18920	7987	3320	1006	281	2868	1991	1771	2497	4268	1331	1429	1988	8912

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Connie Hawkins	F-C	47	39.4	51.1	13.6	76.7	3.6	7.8	11.4	3.9	3.3	3.5	30.2
Charles Williams	G	66	34.6	37.3	31.1	71.0	1.7	2.1	3.7	2.5	3.1	3.4	18.7
Chico Vaughn	G	69	33.3	35.5	27.7	76.9	0.6	1.8	2.4	1.6	2.2	2.6	17.8
Trooper Washington	F-C	69	38.0	50.2	0.0	60.1	5.3	7.3	12.6	2.6	2.8	3.5	15.0
Art Heyman	F-G	71	33.3	42.1	31.4	69.7	3.1	3.8	7.0	3.1	2.3	2.7	14.4
Steve Vacendak	G	60	26.5	40.2	25.0	77.7	1.5	2.0	3.5	2.8	2.3	2.6	12.4
Frank Card	F	76	21.0	41.3	20.0	59.8	2.4	3.1	5.5	1.1	1.4	2.0	7.8
Mike Lewis	C-F	52	22.3	42.5	0.0	63.5	3.7	5.0	8.7	1.5	1.7	3.4	8.7
Arvesta Kelly	G	68	15.7	36.5	23.8	61.2	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.9	1.3	2.1	5.9
George Sutor	C	64	13.8	35.0		62.3	2.7	2.7	5.4	0.4	0.9	2.7	5.5
Dan W. Anderson	C	29	21.7	49.1		74.0	3.4	4.1	7.5	0.9	1.0	2.5	9.0
Willie Porter	F	11	12.5	55.6		48.1	2.2	2.2	4.4	0.5	0.9	2.1	5.7
Jim Jarvis	G	11	12.2	31.1	40.0	83.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.4	0.8	2.2	3.6
Tom Hoover	C	9	9.2	46.2		47.6	1.8	1.7	3.4	0.7	0.9	2.3	3.8
Steve Chubin	G	8	6.8	28.6		100.0	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.5	1.8	2.1	2.3
Leroy Wright	F	10	9.5	30.8		0.0	1.2	1.8	3.0	0.1	0.2	1.5	0.8
Ken Wilburn	F	6	5.7	22.2		40.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.3	1.0	1.0	1.0
Jim Kissane	F	2	7.5	33.3		100.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	1.5	3.0
Tom Kondla	C	2	5.5	50.0		66.7	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.0
Tony Jackson	F-G	1	10.0	0.0			1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	0.0
Averages		731	25.9	41.6	27.9	69.4	2.4	3.4	5.8	1.8	2.0	2.7	12.2

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Connie Hawkins	F-C	7	320	172	65	8	4	62	40	86	27	19	25	174
Art Heyman	F-G	7	264	92	41	18	7	41	32	51	20	18	24	121
Charles Williams	G	7	255	112	41	38	11	39	27	24	14	19	28	120
Steve Vacendak	G	7	214	85	39	0	0	41	37	17	12	16	24	115
Trooper Washington	F-C	6	230	62	26	0	0	21	15	79	14	15	17	67
Frank Card	F	6	113	41	23	1	0	13	8	28	6	10	17	54
Mike Lewis	C-F	7	131	52	20	0	0	19	10	47	11	5	28	50
Chico Vaughn	G	5	57	37	11	21	6	7	6	6	1	1	5	34
Arvesta Kelly	G	5	50	22	8	14	5	3	3	11	5	4	14	24
Dan W. Anderson	C	5	38	13	6	0	0	4	3	10	5	2	8	15
Leroy Wright	F	1	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
George Sutor	C	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
Totals		64	1680	692	280	100	33	251	181	359	115	110	194	774

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Connie Hawkins	F-C	7	45.7	37.8	50.0	64.5	12.3	3.9	2.7	3.6	24.9
Art Heyman	F-G	7	37.7	44.6	38.9	78.0	7.3	2.9	2.6	3.4	17.3
Charles Williams	G	7	36.4	36.6	28.9	69.2	3.4	2.0	2.7	4.0	17.1
Steve Vacendak	G	7	30.6	45.9		90.2	2.4	1.7	2.3	3.4	16.4
Trooper Washington	F-C	6	38.3	41.9		71.4	13.2	2.3	2.5	2.8	11.2
Frank Card	F	6	18.8	56.1	0.0	61.5	4.7	1.0	1.7	2.8	9.0
Mike Lewis	C-F	7	18.7	38.5		52.6	6.7	1.6	0.7	4.0	7.1
Chico Vaughn	G	5	11.4	29.7	28.6	85.7	1.2	0.2	0.2	1.0	6.8
Arvesta Kelly	G	5	10.0	36.4	35.7	100.0	2.2	1.0	0.8	2.8	4.8
Dan W. Anderson	C	5	7.6	46.2		75.0	2.0	1.0	0.4	1.6	3.0
Leroy Wright	F	1	5.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0
George Sutor	C	1	3.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0
Averages		731	26.3	40.5	33.0	72.1	5.6	1.8	1.7	3.0	12.1