1972-73 Virginia Squires Schedule and Results

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Record: 42-42, Finished 3rd in ABA Eastern Division

Coach: Al Bianchi (42-42)

PTS/G: 114.1 (4th of 10) Opp PTS/G: 114.4 (8th of 10)

SRS: -0.38 (6th of 10) Pace: 112.5 (2nd of 10)

Off Rtg: 102.4 (5th of 10) Def Rtg: 102.7 (7th of 10) Net Rtg: -0.3 (6th of 10)

Expected W-L: 41-43 (6th of 10)

Arena: Norfolk Scope

ABA 1973 Playoffs:
Lost ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (1-4) versus Kentucky Colonels (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	Thu, Oct 12, 1972	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	L		115	123	0	1	L 1	3,084		at Richmond, VA
2	Sat, Oct 14, 1972	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		110	130	0	2	L 2	8,876
3	Tue, Oct 17, 1972	Box Score	@	San Diego Conquistadors	L		112	117	0	3	L 3	2,112
4	Wed, Oct 18, 1972	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	L		109	115	0	4	L 4	3,106
5	Fri, Oct 20, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		130	120	1	4	W 1	6,214
6	Sat, Oct 21, 1972	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W		119	110	2	4	W 2	9,158		at Norfolk, VA
7	Tue, Oct 24, 1972	Box Score	@	Memphis Tams	W		123	111	3	4	W 3	4,125
8	Thu, Oct 26, 1972	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		2	0	4	4	W 4	4,643		On 11/7/72, ABA ruled a forfeit and statistics expunged. In the 2nd half Alex Hannum had his Rockets foul players in pretense of a pressure defense experiment. They committed 56 fouls, 7 players fouled out, and the Squires shot 56 FT in the 4th quarter
9	Fri, Oct 27, 1972	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	L		103	108	4	5	L 1	4,628		at Hampton, VA
10	Sat, Oct 28, 1972	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	L		109	141	4	6	L 2	7,364		at Greensboro, NC
11	Tue, Oct 31, 1972	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W		120	114	5	6	W 1	5,321		at Greensboro, NC
12	Wed, Nov 1, 1972	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		109	120	5	7	L 1	8,331
13	Fri, Nov 3, 1972	Box Score		San Diego Conquistadors	W		127	123	6	7	W 1	4,003		at Richmond, VA
14	Sun, Nov 5, 1972	Box Score	@	San Diego Conquistadors	L		121	132	6	8	L 1	3,471
15	Wed, Nov 8, 1972	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	W		116	111	7	8	W 1	4,755
16	Thu, Nov 9, 1972	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		134	126	8	8	W 2	3,979		at Hampton, VA
17	Fri, Nov 10, 1972	Box Score		San Diego Conquistadors	W		125	97	9	8	W 3	7,244		at Norfolk, VA
18	Sat, Nov 11, 1972	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	L		128	136	9	9	L 1	6,499		at Charlotte, NC
19	Tue, Nov 14, 1972	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	L		118	127	9	10	L 2	6,793		at Richmond, VA
20	Thu, Nov 16, 1972	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		131	127	10	10	W 1	6,791		at Norfolk, VA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Nov 17, 1972	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		122	115	11	10	W 2	6,369		at Hampton, VA
22	Sun, Nov 19, 1972	Box Score	@	Memphis Tams	L		118	130	11	11	L 1	3,725
23	Wed, Nov 22, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		105	109	11	12	L 2	8,673
24	Thu, Nov 23, 1972	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W		116	106	12	12	W 1	6,642		at Hampton, VA
25	Sat, Nov 25, 1972	Box Score		Memphis Tams	W		122	108	13	12	W 2	5,127		at Richmond, VA
26	Tue, Nov 28, 1972	Box Score	@	Memphis Tams	W		120	115	14	12	W 3	3,333
27	Wed, Nov 29, 1972	Box Score		Memphis Tams	W		128	117	15	12	W 4	5,684		at Norfolk, VA
28	Sat, Dec 2, 1972	Box Score		San Diego Conquistadors	W		111	107	16	12	W 5	5,168		at Hampton, VA
29	Sun, Dec 3, 1972	Box Score	@	Memphis Tams	L		115	124	16	13	L 1	2,477
30	Wed, Dec 6, 1972	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		105	119	16	14	L 2	5,883
31	Thu, Dec 7, 1972	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		132	129	17	14	W 1	3,851		at Richmond, VA
32	Fri, Dec 8, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		124	126	17	15	L 1	8,136
33	Sat, Dec 9, 1972	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		101	98	18	15	W 1	6,978		at Richmond, VA
34	Tue, Dec 12, 1972	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		104	123	18	16	L 1	5,675
35	Thu, Dec 14, 1972	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	L		99	103	18	17	L 2	4,833
36	Fri, Dec 15, 1972	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	L		97	113	18	18	L 3	7,393		at Norfolk, VA
37	Sat, Dec 16, 1972	Box Score		New York Nets	W		124	107	19	18	W 1	5,156		at Hampton, VA
38	Sun, Dec 17, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		108	112	19	19	L 1	7,802
39	Sat, Dec 23, 1972	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W		112	107	20	19	W 1	7,636		at Richmond, VA
40	Tue, Dec 26, 1972	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L		126	131	20	20	L 1	4,136
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Dec 27, 1972	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	L		113	115	20	21	L 2	7,050
42	Thu, Dec 28, 1972	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W		124	117	21	21	W 1	6,988		at Hampton, VA
43	Sat, Dec 30, 1972	Box Score		Memphis Tams	W		120	104	22	21	W 2	7,949		at Norfolk, VA
44	Thu, Jan 4, 1973	Box Score		New York Nets	W		128	97	23	21	W 3	4,106		at Hampton, VA
45	Fri, Jan 5, 1973	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	L		118	135	23	22	L 1	10,111		at Greensboro, NC
46	Sat, Jan 6, 1973	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		113	109	24	22	W 1	9,164		at Norfolk, VA
47	Tue, Jan 9, 1973	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		106	113	24	23	L 1	9,822
48	Fri, Jan 12, 1973	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		103	93	25	23	W 1	7,204
49	Tue, Jan 16, 1973	Box Score	@	Memphis Tams	W		127	122	26	23	W 2	3,039
50	Thu, Jan 18, 1973	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		116	110	27	23	W 3	6,087		at Norfolk, VA
51	Fri, Jan 19, 1973	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		121	129	27	24	L 1	6,191		at Richmond, VA
52	Sat, Jan 20, 1973	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		110	121	27	25	L 2	10,079
53	Fri, Jan 26, 1973	Box Score		Utah Stars	L		121	127	27	26	L 3	5,179		at Richmond, VA
54	Sat, Jan 27, 1973	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L		99	106	27	27	L 4	10,099		at Norfolk, VA
55	Mon, Jan 29, 1973	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	W		122	121	28	27	W 1	7,867
56	Tue, Jan 30, 1973	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L	OT	129	135	28	28	L 1	2,076
57	Wed, Jan 31, 1973	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		100	94	29	28	W 1	7,628
58	Thu, Feb 1, 1973	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	L		98	113	29	29	L 1	7,288		at Norfolk, VA
59	Sat, Feb 3, 1973	Box Score		Memphis Tams	W		142	125	30	29	W 1	5,725		at Hampton, VA
60	Thu, Feb 8, 1973	Box Score		New York Nets	W		123	108	31	29	W 2	6,564		at Norfolk, VA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Feb 10, 1973	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		105	100	32	29	W 3	6,769		at Richmond, VA
62	Mon, Feb 12, 1973	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L	OT	119	127	32	30	L 1	8,655
63	Sat, Feb 17, 1973	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L		105	112	32	31	L 2	8,359		at Hampton, VA
64	Tue, Feb 20, 1973	Box Score	@	Memphis Tams	L		103	107	32	32	L 3	3,201
65	Sat, Feb 24, 1973	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		126	115	33	32	W 1	5,452		at Norfolk, VA
66	Wed, Feb 28, 1973	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		97	117	33	33	L 1	6,271
67	Thu, Mar 1, 1973	Box Score		San Diego Conquistadors	W		125	124	34	33	W 1	4,188		at Norfolk, VA
68	Fri, Mar 2, 1973	Box Score		Memphis Tams	W		112	109	35	33	W 2	5,034		at Hampton, VA
69	Sun, Mar 4, 1973	Box Score	@	San Diego Conquistadors	L		110	115	35	34	L 1	3,034
70	Mon, Mar 5, 1973	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		110	117	35	35	L 2	10,161
71	Tue, Mar 6, 1973	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W		121	105	36	35	W 1	6,408		at Norfolk, VA
72	Thu, Mar 8, 1973	Box Score		New York Nets	W		130	118	37	35	W 2	5,394		at Richmond, VA
73	Fri, Mar 9, 1973	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L		113	119	37	36	L 1	9,219		at Norfolk, VA
74	Sat, Mar 10, 1973	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		106	103	38	36	W 1	6,405		at Hampton, VA
75	Wed, Mar 14, 1973	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	W		125	114	39	36	W 2	1,633
76	Fri, Mar 16, 1973	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W		123	118	40	36	W 3	7,643		at Greensboro, NC
77	Sat, Mar 17, 1973	Box Score		Utah Stars	L		103	112	40	37	L 1	8,142		at Norfolk, VA
78	Sun, Mar 18, 1973	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		105	119	40	38	L 2	9,632
79	Tue, Mar 20, 1973	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L		120	122	40	39	L 3	1,102
80	Thu, Mar 22, 1973	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		115	134	40	40	L 4	11,464
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 23, 1973	Box Score	@	San Diego Conquistadors	L		92	104	40	41	L 5	2,519
82	Sat, Mar 24, 1973	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		119	104	41	41	W 1	4,398		at Hampton, VA
83	Sun, Mar 25, 1973	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		95	111	41	42	L 1	6,733
84	Wed, Mar 28, 1973	Box Score		New York Nets	W		121	106	42	42	W 1	5,589		at Norfolk, VA

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

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.
1	Fri, Mar 30, 1973	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		101	129	0	1	L 1	4,692
2	Sun, Apr 1, 1973	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	W		109	94	1	1	W 1	5,139
3	Tue, Apr 3, 1973	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L	OT	113	115	1	2	L 1	9,621
4	Fri, Apr 6, 1973	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L		90	108	1	3	L 2	8,644
5	Sat, Apr 7, 1973	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		103	114	1	4	L 3	16,887

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