1967–68 Dallas Chaparrals season

August 2023 Dallas Chaparrals ABA 1968 46 32 Western 2nd Cliff Hagan Max Williams Moody ColiseumDallas Memorial Auditorium Division Finals(lost to the Buccaneers 1–4) 1 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. Their series victory over the Mavericks was also the only ABA Playoff series the franchise had (either as the Chaparrals or the Spurs) before the team survived the ABA-NBA merger that came up in 1976 as the San Antonio Spurs. This season also marked the first of five consecutive playoff appearances for the Chaparrals franchise alongside the first of fifteen playoff appearances in the team's first sixteen seasons of existence when including their seasons as the Spurs alongside the Chaparrals' seasons of play. ABA Draft 1967 ABA draft 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.Pluto, Terry, Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association (Simon & Schuster, 1990), 978-1-4165-4061-8, pp. 55-56 Roster Dallas Chaparrals 1967–68 24 Charlie Beasley SG 6 5 190 September 23, 1945 SMU 44 John Beasley basketball C 6 9 225 February 5, 1944 Texas A&M 20 Jim Burns basketball SG 6 3 195 September 21, 1945 Northwestern Mike Dabich C 7 0 242 December 27, 1942 New Mexico State 16 Cliff Hagan SF 6 4 210 December 9, 1931 Kentucky 15, 20 Dennis Holman PG 6 3 175 October 8, 1945 SMU 25 Carroll Hooser PF 6 7 230 March 5, 1944 SMU 31 Riney Lochmann SF 6 6 215 May 26, 1944 Kansas 43 Elton McGriff C 6 9 225 August 21, 1942 Creighton 12 Maurice McHartley PG 6 3 185 August 1, 1942 North Carolina A&T 33 Rich Peek C 6 11 230 October 28, 1943 Louisiana Tech 35 Cincy Powell SF 6 7 220 February 25, 1942 University of Portland 14 Rubin Russell G 6 2 180 November 7, 1944 University of North Texas 11 Bob Verga SG 6 1 190 September 7, 1945 Duke 12 Gene Wiley C 6 10 210 November 12, 1937 Wichita State 22 Bobby Wilson basketball, born 1944 PF 6 8 215 1944 Kansas Cliff Hagan 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 ABA Playoffs ABA Western Division Semifinalshttp://www.remembertheaba.com/PlayoffPages/1968Playoffs.html Remember the ABA: 1967-68 Regular Season Standings and Playoff Results 2008-05-20 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101129164930/http://remembertheaba.com/PlayoffPages/1968Playoffs.html 2010-11-29 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 ABA 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) Cliff Hagan John Beasley References 30em External links Chaparrals on Basketball Reference RememberTheABA.com 1967–68 regular season and playoff results RememberTheABA.com Dallas Chaparrals page Category:Dallas Chaparrals Dallas Dallas Chaparrals, 1967-68 Dallas Chaparrals, 1967-68