Team: | Kentucky Colonels |
League: | ABA |
End Year: | 1969 |
Wins: | 42 |
Losses: | 36 |
Division: | Eastern |
Division Place: | 3rd |
Coach: | Gene Rhodes |
Arena: | Louisville Convention Center |
Playoffs: | Lost in the Eastern Division Semifinals |
The 1968–69 Kentucky Colonels season was the second season of the Colonels in the American Basketball Association. Penny Ann Early became the first female player in the history of professional basketball, playing very briefly on November 27, 1968.
In the Eastern Division Semifinals, they lost to the Indiana Pacers 4 games to 3.
44 | 34 | .564 | - | ||
43 | 35 | .551 | 1 | ||
42 | 36 | .538 | 2 | ||
36 | 42 | .462 | 8 | ||
17 | 61 | .218 | 27 |
Eastern Division Semifinals[1]
Game | Date | Location | Score | Record | Attendance | |
1 | April 8 | Indiana | 128–118 | 1–0 | 6,319 | |
2 | April 9 | Indiana | 115–120 | 1–1 | 6,789 | |
3 | April 10 | Kentucky | 130–111 | 2–1 | 4,235 | |
4 | April 13 | Kentucky | 105–104 (OT) | 3–1 | 3,079 | |
5 | April 14 | Indiana | 97–116 | 3–2 | 5,612 | |
6 | April 15 | Kentucky | 89–107 | 3–3 | 4,633 | |
7 | April 17 | Indiana | 111–120 | 3–4 | 11,005 |
1969 ABA All-Star Game selections (game played on January 28, 1969, in Louisville, Kentucky)
Gene Rhodes was selected to coach the Eastern Conference