1968–69 New Orleans Buccaneers season

August 2023 New Orleans Buccaneers ABA 1969 46 32 2nd Babe McCarthy Loyola Field House Division Finals(lost to Oaks 0–4) WDSU 6 The 1968–69 New Orleans Buccaneers season was the 2nd season of the Buccaneers in the ABA. The Bucs traded Larry Brown and Doug Moe to the Oakland Oaks in exchange for Steve Jones and Ron Franz. In the Western Division semifinals, the Bucs beat the Dallas Chaparrals in seven games. In the Division Finals, they were swept by the Oakland Oaks. This was their final playoff appearance as they stumbled to .500 next season prior to the move to Memphis on August 31, 1970. Roster New Orleans Buccaneers 1968–69 #041E42 #FFFFFF #D40032 #041E42 10 Mike Butler basketball SG 6 2 170 October 22, 1946 Memphis 34 Lee Davis PF 6 8 235 October 11, 1945 NC Central 11 Ron Franz SF 6 7 205 October 20, 1945 Kansas 25 Gerald Govan C 6 10 220 January 2, 1942 Saint Mary of the Plains College 15 Jimmy Jones basketball PG 6 4 188 January 1, 1945 Grambling State University 23 Steve Jones basketball SG 6 5 205 October 17, 1942 Oregon Dave Lee basketball SF 6 7 225 March 31, 1942 San Francisco 33 Elton McGriff C 6 9 225 August 21, 1942 Creighton 32 Jackie Moreland PF 6 7 215 March 11, 1938 Louisiana Tech 12 Marlbert Pradd SG 6 3 170 November 17, 1944 Dillard University 21 Red Robbins C 6 8 190 September 30, 1944 Tennessee 14 Glynn Saulters G February 10, 1945 175 6 2 Northeast Louisiana 31 Jasper Wilson basketball 200 SF July 12, 1947 6 6 Southern Babe McCarthy https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NOB/1969.html Final standings Western Division + Team W L PCT. GB Oakland Oaks C 60 18 .769 - New Orleans Buccaneers 4632.590 14 Denver Rockets 44 34 .564 16 Dallas Chaparrals 41 37 .526 19 Los Angeles Stars 33 45 .423 27 Houston Mavericks 23 55 .295 37 ABA Playoffs ABA Western Division Semifinalshttp://www.remembertheaba.com/PlayoffPages/1969Playoffs.html Remember the ABA: 1968-69 Regular Season Standings and Playoff Results 2016-07-11 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071017202704/http://remembertheaba.com/PlayoffPages/1969Playoffs.html 2007-10-17 Game Date Location Score Record Attendance 1 April 5 New Orleans 129–106 1–0 3,765 2 April 7 New Orleans 122–108 2–0 3,525 3 April 10 Dallas 106–130 2–1 2,887 4 April 12 Dallas 114–107 3–1 5,482 5 April 14 New Orleans 112–123 3–2 4,517 6 April 15 Dallas 118–136 3–3 4,366 7 April 17 New Orleans 101–95 4–3 5,823 Buccaneers win series, 4–3 ABA Western Division Finals Game Date Location Score Record Attendance 1 April 19 Oakland 118–128 0–1 2,848 2 April 21 Oakland 124–135 0–2 1,749 3 April 23 New Orleans 107–113 0–3 4,253 4 April 25 New Orleans 114–128 0–4 3,583 Buccaneers lose series, 4–0 Awards, records, and honors 1968 ABA All-Star Game played on January 28, 1969 Jimmy Jones Red Robbins References Buccaneers on Basketball Reference New Orleans Category:New Orleans Buccaneers New Orleans Buccaneers, 1968-69 New Orleans Buccaneers, 1968-69