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1967–68 Dallas Chaparrals season
1967–68 Dallas Chaparrals season
Head coach	Cliff Hagan
General manager	Max Williams
Arena	Moody Coliseum; Dallas Memorial Auditorium
Results
Record	46–32 (.590)
Place	Division: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost in the Division finals
	1968–69 >

The 1967–68 Dallas Chaparrals season was the first season of the Chaparrals in the American Basketball Association. The Chaps fell to the New Orleans Buccaneers in the Division Finals after beating the Houston Mavericks in the Semifinals. That playoff victory would be their only victory for the Chaparrals, as they fell in the Semifinals throughout the next four years before officially moving the team to San Antonio to become the San Antonio Spurs.

Draft picks

First five rounds:

#1. Matt Aitch, Michigan State University (Sr.)
#2. Jim Burns, Northwestern University (Sr.)
#3. Gary Gray, Oklahoma City University (Sr.)
#4. Pat Riley, University of Kentucky (Sr.)
#5. Jamie Thompson, Wichita State University (Sr.)

Extra Rounds:

#6 Paul Brateris, Tennessee Wesleyan College (Sr.)
#7 Jeff Fitch, East Texas State College (Sr.)
#8 Ted Manning, North Carolina A&T State University (Sr.)
#9 Duane Heckman, Dickinson College (Sr.)
#10 Gilbert McDowell, Tennessee Wesleyan College (Sr.)
#11 Jerry Southwood, Vanderbilt University (Sr.)
#12 Tom Storm, Montana State University (Sr.)

It was later revealed by the Chaparrals' general manager at the time (and later, one-time future head coach) Max Williams that the draft ordering the team did that year was due to the team's original co-owner, Roland Speth (who later became the manager of The Monkees band), mistaking Williams' draft listing that he did in alphabetical order (with last names going from A-Z) as a list for the best possible talents being taken at hand as early as they could have done so.^[1]

Roster

24 Charles Beasley - Shooting guard
44 John Beasley - Center
20 Jim Burns - Shooting guard
-- Mike Dabich - Center
16 Cliff Hagan - Small forward
15/20 Dennis Holman - Point guard
25 Carroll Hooser - Power forward
31 Riney Lochmann - Small forward
43 Elton McGriff - Center
12 Maurice McHartley - Point guard
33 Rich Peek - Center
35 Cincy Powell - Small forward
14 Rubin Russell - Guard
11 Bob Verga - Shooting guard
12 Gene Wiley - Center
22 Bobby Wilson - Power forward

Final standings

Western Division


Team	W	L	PCT.	GB
New Orleans Buccaneers	48	30	.615	–
Dallas Chaparrals	46	32	.590	2
Denver Rockets	45	33	.577	3
Houston Mavericks	29	49	.372	19
Anaheim Amigos	25	53	.321	23
Oakland Oaks	22	56	.282	26

Record vs. opponents

1967-68 ABA Records
Team	ANA	DAL	DEN	HOU	IND	KEN	MIN	NJA	NOB	OAK	PIT
Anaheim	—	2–8	3–7	6–3	2–4	0–6	1–5	2–4	2–7	6–4	1–5
Dallas	8–2	—	4–5	8–2	3–3	5–1	2–4	3–3	4–6	7–2	2–4
Denver	7–3	5–4	—	6–3	4–2	2–4	2–4	5–1	5–5	7–3	2–4
Houston	3–6	2–8	3–6	—	3–3	3–3	3–3	3–3	0–10	7–3	2–4
Indiana	4–2	3–3	2–4	3–3	—	6–5	3–8	6–4	3–3	4–2	4–6
Kentucky	6–0	1–5	4–2	3–3	5–6	—	5–5	4–7	2–4	3–3	3–7
Minnesota	5–1	4–2	4–2	3–3	8–3	5–5	—	7–3	5–1	5–1	4–7
New Jersey	4–2	3–3	1–5	3–3	4–6	7–4	3–7	—	3–3	5–1	3–8
New Orleans	7–2	6–4	5–5	10–0	3–3	4–2	1–5	3–3	—	6–3	3–3
Oakland	4–6	2–7	3–7	3–7	2–4	3–3	1–5	1–5	3–6	—	0–6
Pittsburgh	5–1	4–2	4–2	4–2	6–4	7–3	7–4	8–3	3–3	6–0	—

Playoffs

Western Division Semifinals^[2]

Game	Date	Location	Score	Record	Attendance
1	March 23	Dallas	111–110	1–0	1,857
2	March 25	Dallas	115–97	2–0	891
3	March 26	Houston	116–103	3–0	3,117

Chaparrals win series 3–0

Western Division Finals

Game	Date	Location	Score	Record	Attendance
1	April 5	New Orleans	99–104	0–1	3,332
2	April 9	New Orleans	112–109	1–1	5,287
3	April 10	Dallas	107–110	1–2	4,825
4	April 11	Dallas	103–119	1–3	3,623
5	April 13	New Orleans	107–108	1–4	4,614

Chaparrals lose series 4–1

Awards and honors

1968 ABA All-Star Game selections (game played on January 9, 1968)

References

^ Pluto, Terry, Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association (Simon & Schuster, 1990), ISBN 978-1-4165-4061-8, pp. 55-56
^ "Remember the ABA: 1967-68 Regular Season Standings and Playoff Results". Archived from the original on November 29, 2010. Retrieved May 20, 2008.

External links

[1] Pluto, Terry, Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association (Simon & Schuster, 1990), ISBN 978-1-4165-4061-8, pp. 55-56

[remembertheaba.com-2] "Remember the ABA: 1967-68 Regular Season Standings and Playoff Results". Archived from the original on November 29, 2010. Retrieved May 20, 2008.

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1967–68 Dallas Chaparrals season