1971-72 Kentucky Colonels Schedule and Results

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Record: 68-16, Finished 1st in ABA Eastern Division

Coach: Joe Mullaney (68-16)

PTS/G: 116.0 (4th of 11) Opp PTS/G: 107.0 (2nd of 11)

SRS: 7.99 (1st of 11) Pace: 110.7 (7th of 11)

Off Rtg: 104.2 (2nd of 11) Def Rtg: 96.2 (1st of 11) Net Rtg: +8.1 (1st of 11)

Expected W-L: 63-21 (1st of 11)

Arena: Freedom Hall

ABA 1972 Playoffs:
Lost ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-4) versus New York Nets (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

ABA box scores researched by Michael Hamel and used with permission.

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Oct 16, 1971	Box Score		New York Nets	W		107	98	1	0	W 1	8,813
2	Wed, Oct 20, 1971	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		106	104	2	0	W 2	5,228
3	Fri, Oct 22, 1971	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		102	105	2	1	L 1	9,479
4	Sun, Oct 24, 1971	Box Score		The Floridians	W		116	110	3	1	W 1	8,367
5	Wed, Oct 27, 1971	Box Score		Virginia Squires	L		107	110	3	2	L 1	6,461
6	Fri, Oct 29, 1971	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	L		102	112	3	3	L 2	2,850
7	Sat, Oct 30, 1971	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		133	105	4	3	W 1	10,878
8	Sun, Oct 31, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		103	107	4	4	L 1	5,962
9	Tue, Nov 2, 1971	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	W		123	109	5	4	W 1	4,551
10	Wed, Nov 3, 1971	Box Score	@	The Floridians	W		118	111	6	4	W 2	3,876
11	Fri, Nov 5, 1971	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		115	110	7	4	W 3	11,551
12	Sat, Nov 6, 1971	Box Score		New York Nets	W		102	97	8	4	W 4	11,984
13	Tue, Nov 9, 1971	Box Score	N	Denver Rockets	W		106	96	9	4	W 5	5,676		at Memphis, TN
14	Wed, Nov 10, 1971	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W		115	89	10	4	W 6	5,992
15	Sat, Nov 13, 1971	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		111	116	10	5	L 1	16,621
16	Wed, Nov 17, 1971	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		117	112	11	5	W 1	6,793
17	Fri, Nov 19, 1971	Box Score		The Floridians	W		114	102	12	5	W 2	6,662
18	Sat, Nov 20, 1971	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W		120	107	13	5	W 3	13,403
19	Thu, Nov 25, 1971	Box Score		New York Nets	W		133	117	14	5	W 4	5,661
20	Sat, Nov 27, 1971	Box Score		Utah Stars	L		106	111	14	6	L 1	5,833
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sun, Nov 28, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W	OT	108	106	15	6	W 1	6,541
22	Fri, Dec 3, 1971	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	W		105	91	16	6	W 2	6,041
23	Sat, Dec 4, 1971	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	W		109	106	17	6	W 3	6,032
24	Mon, Dec 6, 1971	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		100	104	17	7	L 1	12,292
25	Wed, Dec 8, 1971	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W		121	111	18	7	W 1	3,853		at Charlotte, NC
26	Thu, Dec 9, 1971	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		103	101	19	7	W 2	9,479
27	Fri, Dec 10, 1971	Box Score		The Floridians	W		116	100	20	7	W 3	7,986
28	Sat, Dec 11, 1971	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	L	OT	120	128	20	8	L 1	8,318		at Hampton, VA
29	Wed, Dec 15, 1971	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W		137	93	21	8	W 1	9,762
30	Fri, Dec 17, 1971	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		128	104	22	8	W 2	8,381
31	Sat, Dec 18, 1971	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W		94	84	23	8	W 3	7,449
32	Tue, Dec 21, 1971	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	W		113	111	24	8	W 4	4,038
33	Wed, Dec 22, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		95	91	25	8	W 5	6,275
34	Thu, Dec 23, 1971	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	W		139	123	26	8	W 6	10,134
35	Sun, Dec 26, 1971	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		111	117	26	9	L 1	14,661
36	Wed, Dec 29, 1971	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		125	111	27	9	W 1	15,732
37	Thu, Dec 30, 1971	Box Score	@	The Floridians	W		111	89	28	9	W 2	4,525
38	Fri, Dec 31, 1971	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W		124	106	29	9	W 3	4,801		at Greensboro, NC
39	Sun, Jan 2, 1972	Box Score		New York Nets	W		116	84	30	9	W 4	9,945
40	Tue, Jan 4, 1972	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	W		106	103	31	9	W 5	4,505
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 5, 1972	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	W		129	123	32	9	W 6	11,795
42	Fri, Jan 7, 1972	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	W		120	102	33	9	W 7	1,787
43	Sat, Jan 8, 1972	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		107	96	34	9	W 8	5,733
44	Fri, Jan 14, 1972	Box Score	N	Dallas Chaparrals	W		120	104	35	9	W 9	7,225		at Toronto, Canada
45	Sat, Jan 15, 1972	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W		123	115	36	9	W 10	9,734
46	Wed, Jan 19, 1972	Box Score		Virginia Squires	L		132	138	36	10	L 1	7,823
47	Thu, Jan 20, 1972	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	W		118	115	37	10	W 1	10,163		at Norfolk, VA
48	Fri, Jan 21, 1972	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		108	88	38	10	W 2	5,733
49	Sun, Jan 23, 1972	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		130	94	39	10	W 3	9,861
50	Tue, Jan 25, 1972	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	L		99	107	39	11	L 1	8,602
51	Wed, Jan 26, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		105	118	39	12	L 2	6,410
52	Thu, Jan 27, 1972	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		98	94	40	12	W 1	9,011
53	Fri, Feb 4, 1972	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W		131	111	41	12	W 2	8,812
54	Sat, Feb 5, 1972	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		117	106	42	12	W 3	4,119
55	Sun, Feb 6, 1972	Box Score		New York Nets	W		118	106	43	12	W 4	5,826
56	Wed, Feb 9, 1972	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W		126	106	44	12	W 5	3,833		at Charlotte, NC
57	Thu, Feb 10, 1972	Box Score	@	The Floridians	W		119	101	45	12	W 6	2,208
58	Sun, Feb 13, 1972	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W		121	98	46	12	W 7	7,927
59	Tue, Feb 15, 1972	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		101	99	47	12	W 8	9,797
60	Wed, Feb 16, 1972	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W		129	105	48	12	W 9	4,670
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 18, 1972	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W		119	111	49	12	W 10	5,344		at Greensboro, NC
62	Sat, Feb 19, 1972	Box Score		The Floridians	W		130	102	50	12	W 11	5,113
63	Sun, Feb 20, 1972	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W		134	113	51	12	W 12	7,773
64	Wed, Feb 23, 1972	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		116	133	51	13	L 1	12,201
65	Fri, Feb 25, 1972	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L		92	100	51	14	L 2	8,318
66	Sat, Feb 26, 1972	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		123	100	52	14	W 1	8,448
67	Sun, Feb 27, 1972	Box Score	@	The Floridians	W		135	112	53	14	W 2	4,319		at Tampa, FL
68	Wed, Mar 1, 1972	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W		134	125	54	14	W 3	6,460
69	Thu, Mar 2, 1972	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	W	OT	135	130	55	14	W 4	9,884		at Richmond, VA
70	Sat, Mar 4, 1972	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W		98	88	56	14	W 5	8,469
71	Sun, Mar 5, 1972	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W		134	124	57	14	W 6	15,325
72	Tue, Mar 7, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W	OT	117	112	58	14	W 7	6,642		at Uniondale, NY
73	Wed, Mar 8, 1972	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W		98	96	59	14	W 8	4,136		at Raleigh, NC
74	Sun, Mar 12, 1972	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		104	101	60	14	W 9	8,837
75	Fri, Mar 17, 1972	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	W		112	104	61	14	W 10	6,458		at Hampton, VA
76	Sat, Mar 18, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		108	109	61	15	L 1	11,090		at Uniondale, NY
77	Sun, Mar 19, 1972	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	L		113	121	61	16	L 2	8,591
78	Tue, Mar 21, 1972	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	W		102	99	62	16	W 1	4,241
79	Wed, Mar 22, 1972	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W		125	121	63	16	W 2	6,962
80	Fri, Mar 24, 1972	Box Score	N	Pittsburgh Condors	W		134	107	64	16	W 3	3,000		at Birmingham, AL
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sat, Mar 25, 1972	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		134	117	65	16	W 4	9,710
82	Sun, Mar 26, 1972	Box Score		The Floridians	W		105	104	66	16	W 5	7,177
83	Tue, Mar 28, 1972	Box Score	N	Pittsburgh Condors	W		136	134	67	16	W 6	5,000		at Tucson, AZ
84	Wed, Mar 29, 1972	Box Score	@	The Floridians	W		117	109	68	16	W 7	1,347

ABA box scores researched by Michael Hamel and used with permission.

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.
1	Sat, Apr 1, 1972	Box Score		New York Nets	L	108	122	0	1	L 1	4,772
2	Tue, Apr 4, 1972	Box Score		New York Nets	L	90	105	0	2	L 2	8,212
3	Wed, Apr 5, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W	105	99	1	2	W 1	14,056
4	Fri, Apr 7, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L	92	100	1	3	L 1	14,091
5	Sat, Apr 8, 1972	Box Score		New York Nets	W	109	93	2	3	W 1	7,949
6	Mon, Apr 10, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L	96	101	2	4	L 1	11,533

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