1972-73 Carolina Cougars Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 57-27
Finishing 1st in the ABA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 7-5 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated New York Nets 4-1
Division Finals - Lost to Kentucky Colonels 4-3
Coach: Larry Brown (57-27)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina; Greensboro, North Carolina; Raleigh, North Carolina

1972-73 Carolina Cougars Roster
1972-73 Carolina Cougars Results

The Carolina Cougars of the American Basketball Association ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 57 wins and 27 losses, finishing first in the ABA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-5.

Carolina racked up 9,707 points and yielded 9,296. Billy Cunningham tossed in a team-best 2,028 points for the Cougars and racked up 1,012 rebounds. Billy Cunningham dished out 530 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Billy Cunningham added 216 thefts.

Larry Brown coached the team. The 1972-73 Carolina Cougars lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF	Pts
Billy Cunningham	F-C	84	3248	1583	771	49	14	598	472	240	772	1012	530	216	381	309	2028
Mack Calvin	G	84	2228	944	478	28	11	582	500	97	118	215	301	0	247	219	1467
Joe Caldwell	F-G	77	2739	1118	555	6	1	405	172	189	206	395	352	166	246	252	1283
Tom Owens	C-F	83	2209	727	393	2	0	284	193	229	417	646	94	0	173	318	979
Steve Jones	G-F	67	1670	696	348	28	11	178	145	50	128	178	84	0	110	177	852
Gene Littles	G	84	2060	622	310	30	8	246	179	104	158	262	245	0	125	198	807
Ted McClain	G	84	1816	652	325	24	8	204	145	108	155	263	225	120	185	256	803
Ed Manning	F	83	1631	554	263	1	0	84	64	110	283	393	64	0	84	247	590
Dennis Wuycik	F	83	973	329	151	4	0	108	75	69	110	179	79	0	116	165	377
Bobby Warren	G	17	353	106	54	0	0	60	49	26	39	65	22	0	33	43	157
Mike Lewis	C-F	15	430	119	59	0	0	41	33	44	78	122	41	0	27	48	151
Roger Brown	C	62	579	129	59	0	0	51	28	62	116	178	25	0	46	120	146
Steve Previs	G	30	147	60	23	8	1	15	8	6	8	14	24	0	13	26	55
Ira Harge	C	4	77	18	5	0	0	4	2	7	16	23	3	0	11	16	12
Totals		857	20160	7657	3794	180	54	2860	2065	1341	2604	3945	2089	502	1797	2394	9707

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF	Pts
Billy Cunningham	F-C	84	38.7	48.7	28.6	78.9	2.9	9.2	12.0	6.3	2.6	4.5	3.7	24.1
Mack Calvin	G	84	26.5	50.6	39.3	85.9	1.2	1.4	2.6	3.6	0.0	2.9	2.6	17.5
Joe Caldwell	F-G	77	35.6	49.6	16.7	42.5	2.5	2.7	5.1	4.6	2.2	3.2	3.3	16.7
Tom Owens	C-F	83	26.6	54.1	0.0	68.0	2.8	5.0	7.8	1.1	0.0	2.1	3.8	11.8
Steve Jones	G-F	67	24.9	50.0	39.3	81.5	0.7	1.9	2.7	1.3	0.0	1.6	2.6	12.7
Gene Littles	G	84	24.5	49.8	26.7	72.8	1.2	1.9	3.1	2.9	0.0	1.5	2.4	9.6
Ted McClain	G	84	21.6	49.8	33.3	71.1	1.3	1.8	3.1	2.7	1.4	2.2	3.0	9.6
Ed Manning	F	83	19.7	47.5	0.0	76.2	1.3	3.4	4.7	0.8	0.0	1.0	3.0	7.1
Dennis Wuycik	F	83	11.7	45.9	0.0	69.4	0.8	1.3	2.2	1.0	0.0	1.4	2.0	4.5
Bobby Warren	G	17	20.8	50.9		81.7	1.5	2.3	3.8	1.3	0.0	1.9	2.5	9.2
Mike Lewis	C-F	15	28.7	49.6		80.5	2.9	5.2	8.1	2.7	0.0	1.8	3.2	10.1
Roger Brown	C	62	9.3	45.7		54.9	1.0	1.9	2.9	0.4	0.0	0.7	1.9	2.4
Steve Previs	G	30	4.9	38.3	12.5	53.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.4	0.9	1.8
Ira Harge	C	4	19.3	27.8		50.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	0.8	0.0	2.8	4.0	3.0
Averages		857	23.5	49.5	30.0	72.2	1.6	3.0	4.6	2.4	0.6	2.1	2.8	11.3

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Billy Cunningham	F-C	12	472	223	112		1	83	57	35	107	142	61	50	48	282
Mack Calvin	G	12	370	154	72		2	88	72	12	22	34	52	33	35	218
Joe Caldwell	F-G	12	467	163	80		3	50	24	35	33	68	40	44	35	187
Tom Owens	C-F	12	377	127	65		0	60	45	53	84	137	19	19	49	175
Steve Jones	G-F	12	368	135	61		2	42	34	8	28	36	9	28	40	158
Ed Manning	F	12	262	82	44		0	23	18	18	39	57	8	14	40	106
Gene Littles	G	12	223	67	30		0	32	20	14	22	36	16	13	22	80
Ted McClain	G	12	234	74	22		1	15	11	21	22	43	22	23	39	56
Dennis Wuycik	F	12	81	20	7		0	10	6	6	10	16	2	8	14	20
Roger Brown	C	7	40	7	5		0	1	1	4	7	11	1	3	6	11
Steve Previs	G	2	11	7	1		1	0	0	1	2	3	3	4	2	3
Totals		117	2905	1059	499	0	10	404	288	207	376	583	233	239	330	1296

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Billy Cunningham	F-C	12	39.3	50.2	68.7	2.9	8.9	11.8	5.1	4.2	4.0	23.5
Mack Calvin	G	12	30.8	46.8	81.8	1.0	1.8	2.8	4.3	2.8	2.9	18.2
Joe Caldwell	F-G	12	38.9	49.1	48.0	2.9	2.8	5.7	3.3	3.7	2.9	15.6
Tom Owens	C-F	12	31.4	51.2	75.0	4.4	7.0	11.4	1.6	1.6	4.1	14.6
Steve Jones	G-F	12	30.7	45.2	81.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	0.8	2.3	3.3	13.2
Ed Manning	F	12	21.8	53.7	78.3	1.5	3.3	4.8	0.7	1.2	3.3	8.8
Gene Littles	G	12	18.6	44.8	62.5	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.3	1.1	1.8	6.7
Ted McClain	G	12	19.5	29.7	73.3	1.8	1.8	3.6	1.8	1.9	3.3	4.7
Dennis Wuycik	F	12	6.8	35.0	60.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.2	0.7	1.2	1.7
Roger Brown	C	7	5.7	71.4	100.0	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.6
Steve Previs	G	2	5.5	14.3		0.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	2.0	1.0	1.5
Averages		857	24.8	47.1	71.3	1.8	3.2	5.0	2.0	2.0	2.8	11.1