1967–68 Houston Mavericks season

ABA basketball team season August 2023 Houston Mavericks ABA 1968 William WhitmoreCharles FrazierCloyce Box (original owners)T.C. Morrow (new majority owner)Bud Adams (minority) 29 49 Western 4th Slater Martin Sam Houston Coliseum Lost in the Division semifinals KNUZhttp://sanantonioradiohalloffame.com/gary-delaune.html Gary DeLaune San Antonio Radio Hall of Fame June 19, 2025 June 3, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230603001557/http://sanantonioradiohalloffame.com/gary-delaune.html dead 1 The 1967–68 Houston Mavericks season was the first season of the Mavericks in the American Basketball Association. On February 2, 1967, Houston was awarded a franchise for $30,000 with William Whitmore, Charles Frazier and Cloyce Box being the buyers. Later that year, T.C. Morrow and Bud Adams, owner of a Houston-based oil company and the American Football League's Houston Oilers bought Box's interest in the team. Morrow would be majority owner while Adams was a minority owner. The team had less than stellar attendance, with 3,091 attending the first ever game versus the Chaparrals on October 23, 1967 (losing 100–83). The lowest attended game was held on February 5, 1968, when only 575 people attended. The highest attended game was on February 29, 1968, with 4,965 attendance. Despite all of this, the Mavericks spiraled into the playoffs, in part due to 8 of the 11 teams in the new league being guaranteed a spot into the Playoffs, with Houston getting the final spot by 4 games. In the Semifinals, they were swept by the Dallas Chaparrals in 3 games. This was their only playoff appearance in their two-year history.http://www.remembertheaba.com/ABAYearlyGameLogs/6768Part3.html Remember the ABA: 1967-68 Game Log – Part 3 Roster Houston Mavericks 1967–68 #FFC72C #003DA5 #003DA5 #FFC72C 34 Art Becker PF 6 7 205 January 12, 1942 Arizona State 24 Wilbert Frazier PF 6 7 210 August 25, 1942 Grambling State University 20 Hal Hale PG 6 1 180 September 21, 1945 Utah State University 22 Joe Hamood SG 6 0 180 September 7, 1943 Houston 44 Darrell Hardy F 6 7 220 1944 Baylor 35 Leary Lentz SF 6 6 200 February 23, 1945 Houston 31 Guy Manning basketball SF 6 6 195 February 4, 1944 Prairie View A&M University 14 DeWitt Menyard C 6 10 210 May 24, 1944 Utah 44 Wayne Molis C 6 8 230 April 17, 1943 Lewis (IL) 21 Jerry Pettway SG 6 3 185 February 13, 1944 Northwood University 15 Bob Riedy PF 6 6 215 August 26, 1945 Duke 25 Roger Schurig PG 6 3 185 April 3, 1942 Vanderbilt 12 Willie Somerset PG 5 8 170 March 17, 1942 Duquesne Gary Turner basketball F 6 7 200 November 23, 1942 TCU Slater Martin https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/HSM/1968.html 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 Houston Mavericks 1968 yes #FFC72C #003DA5 Houston Mavericks ABA Western Division Semifinals yes no yes #003DA5 #FFC72C 0 1 0 2 |- | 1 |March 25 | @ Dallas | L 110–111 | Willie Somerset 42 | Willie Somerset 11 | | Moody Coliseum1,857 | 0–1 |- | 2 | March 25 | Dallas | L 97–115 | Willie Somerset (40) | | | Sam Houston Coliseum891 | 0–2 |- | 3 | March 26 | @ Dallas | L 103–116 | Art Becker (26) | Art Becker (10) | | Moody Coliseum3,117 | 0–3 |- HSM 1968 yes Awards and honors 1968 ABA All-Star Game selections (game played on January 9, 1968) Art Becker DeWitt Menyard References 30em Mavericks on Basketball Reference External links RememberTheABA.com 1967–68 regular season and playoff results Houston Mavericks page Category:Houston Mavericks Houston Houston Mavericks, 1967-68 Houston Mavericks, 1967-68