1973-74 Carolina Cougars Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 47-37
Finishing 3rd in the ABA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 0-4 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Kentucky Colonels 4-0
Coach: Larry Brown (47-37)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina; Greensboro, North Carolina; Raleigh, North Carolina

1973-74 Carolina Cougars Roster
1973-74 Carolina Cougars Results

The Carolina Cougars of the American Basketball Association ended the 1973-74 season with a record of 47 wins and 37 losses, finishing third in the ABA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-4.

Carolina netted 9,278 points and conceded 8,987. Mack Calvin tossed in a team-best 1,496 points for the Cougars, and Tom Owens racked up 717 boards. Joe Caldwell dished out 350 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Ted McClain added 250 steals, while Jim Chones blocked 131 shots.

Larry Brown coached the team. The 1973-74 Carolina Cougars 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	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Mack Calvin	G	83	2592	1078	498	43	10	560	490	78	165	243	347	135	7	234	244	1496
Jim Chones	C-F	83	2387	1017	535	2	0	252	155	191	454	645	118	59	131	206	347	1225
Joe Caldwell	F-G	79	2654	1027	502	17	3	258	128	177	235	412	350	170	35	242	255	1135
Tom Owens	C-F	81	2284	843	444	6	2	294	226	301	416	717	127	54	41	171	308	1116
Ted McClain	G	84	2582	872	423	27	2	325	251	121	237	358	348	250	25	239	326	1099
Gene Littles	G	84	2017	626	294	23	4	161	115	87	144	231	280	105	17	122	159	707
Ed Manning	F	82	1816	609	297	2	1	101	86	105	265	370	100	93	16	95	210	681
Billy Cunningham	F-C	32	1190	537	253	8	1	187	149	86	245	331	150	59	21	127	105	656
Marv Roberts	F-C	39	954	361	160	0	0	102	81	103	137	240	75	34	5	52	81	401
Steve Jones	G-F	44	935	365	161	7	0	59	44	30	65	95	57	13	9	66	96	366
Dennis Wuycik	F	49	492	190	88	2	1	77	51	51	55	106	31	16	4	40	88	228
Ollie Taylor	G-F	23	443	126	56	3	1	71	49	29	45	74	44	17	6	49	54	162
Mike Lewis	C-F	3	14	8	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	0	0	0	1	2	6
Totals		766	20360	7659	3714	140	25	2447	1825	1362	2465	3827	2027	1005	317	1644	2275	9278

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Mack Calvin	G	83	31.2	46.2	23.3	87.5	0.9	2.0	2.9	4.2	1.6	0.1	2.8	2.9	18.0
Jim Chones	C-F	83	28.8	52.6	0.0	61.5	2.3	5.5	7.8	1.4	0.7	1.6	2.5	4.2	14.8
Joe Caldwell	F-G	79	33.6	48.9	17.6	49.6	2.2	3.0	5.2	4.4	2.2	0.4	3.1	3.2	14.4
Tom Owens	C-F	81	28.2	52.7	33.3	76.9	3.7	5.1	8.9	1.6	0.7	0.5	2.1	3.8	13.8
Ted McClain	G	84	30.7	48.5	7.4	77.2	1.4	2.8	4.3	4.1	3.0	0.3	2.8	3.9	13.1
Gene Littles	G	84	24.0	47.0	17.4	71.4	1.0	1.7	2.8	3.3	1.3	0.2	1.5	1.9	8.4
Ed Manning	F	82	22.1	48.8	50.0	85.1	1.3	3.2	4.5	1.2	1.1	0.2	1.2	2.6	8.3
Billy Cunningham	F-C	32	37.2	47.1	12.5	79.7	2.7	7.7	10.3	4.7	1.8	0.7	4.0	3.3	20.5
Marv Roberts	F-C	39	24.5	44.3		79.4	2.6	3.5	6.2	1.9	0.9	0.1	1.3	2.1	10.3
Steve Jones	G-F	44	21.3	44.1	0.0	74.6	0.7	1.5	2.2	1.3	0.3	0.2	1.5	2.2	8.3
Dennis Wuycik	F	49	10.0	46.3	50.0	66.2	1.0	1.1	2.2	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.8	4.7
Ollie Taylor	G-F	23	19.3	44.4	33.3	69.0	1.3	2.0	3.2	1.9	0.7	0.3	2.1	2.3	7.0
Mike Lewis	C-F	3	4.7	37.5			1.0	0.7	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	2.0
Averages		766	26.6	48.5	17.9	74.6	1.8	3.2	5.0	2.6	1.3	0.4	2.1	3.0	12.1

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Mack Calvin	G	4	143	74	34		2	32	27	8	11	19	13	5	0	12	14	97
Ted McClain	G	4	133	53	22		0	12	7	4	15	19	11	7	0	6	18	51
Marv Roberts	F-C	4	119	48	20		0	12	10	11	14	25	7	2	1	2	10	50
Jim Chones	C-F	4	96	47	21		0	8	4	6	18	24	3	2	4	3	17	46
Ed Manning	F	4	81	37	18		1	5	5	4	9	13	0	0	1	4	11	42
Joe Caldwell	F-G	4	105	34	16		0	12	6	18	9	27	13	8	0	12	14	38
Gene Littles	G	4	106	34	15		4	8	3	4	7	11	18	6	0	2	7	37
Tom Owens	C-F	4	78	36	15		0	3	1	7	8	15	5	1	0	4	18	31
Billy Cunningham	F-C	3	61	31	9		0	5	4	4	12	16	6	4	0	6	9	22
Ollie Taylor	G-F	2	25	7	4		0	1	1	3	0	3	1	2	0	2	2	9
Dennis Wuycik	F	3	13	4	1		0	2	2	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	4
Totals		40	960	405	175	0	7	100	70	70	105	175	78	37	6	54	120	427

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Mack Calvin	G	4	35.8	45.9	84.4	2.0	2.8	4.8	3.3	1.3	0.0	3.0	3.5	24.3
Ted McClain	G	4	33.3	41.5	58.3	1.0	3.8	4.8	2.8	1.8	0.0	1.5	4.5	12.8
Marv Roberts	F-C	4	29.8	41.7	83.3	2.8	3.5	6.3	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.5	2.5	12.5
Jim Chones	C-F	4	24.0	44.7	50.0	1.5	4.5	6.0	0.8	0.5	1.0	0.8	4.3	11.5
Ed Manning	F	4	20.3	48.6	100.0	1.0	2.3	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	2.8	10.5
Joe Caldwell	F-G	4	26.3	47.1	50.0	4.5	2.3	6.8	3.3	2.0	0.0	3.0	3.5	9.5
Gene Littles	G	4	26.5	44.1	37.5	1.0	1.8	2.8	4.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	1.8	9.3
Tom Owens	C-F	4	19.5	41.7	33.3	1.8	2.0	3.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	4.5	7.8
Billy Cunningham	F-C	3	20.3	29.0	80.0	1.3	4.0	5.3	2.0	1.3	0.0	2.0	3.0	7.3
Ollie Taylor	G-F	2	12.5	57.1	100.0	1.5	0.0	1.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	4.5
Dennis Wuycik	F	3	4.3	25.0	100.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.3
Averages		766	24.0	43.2	70.0	1.8	2.6	4.4	2.0	0.9	0.2	1.4	3.0	10.7