The 1967–68

Houston Mavericks The Houston Mavericks were a charter member of the American Basketball Association (ABA). They played in the upstart league's first two seasons, from 1967 to 1969. Their home arena was the Sam Houston Coliseum. In 1947–48, there was an unrela ...

season was the first season of the Mavericks in the

American Basketball Association The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major men's professional basketball league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger, American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger in 1976, ...

. 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.S. Morrow and Bud Adams, owner of a Houston-based oil company and the AFL'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 The Dallas Chaparrals were a charter member of the American Basketball Association (ABA). The team moved to San Antonio, Texas for the 1973–74 season and were renamed the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs joined the National Basketball Association ...

in 3 games. This was their only playoff appearance in their two-year history.

Roster

* 34 Art Becker - Power forward * 24 Wilbert Frazier - Power forward * 20 Hal Hale - Point guard * 22 Joe Hamood - Shooting guard * 44

Darrell Hardy Darrell Gene Hardy (born 1944) is an American retired basketball player. Hardy played college basketball at Baylor University. He was selected in the third round of the 1967 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons and in the 1967 American Basketball As ...

- Forward * 35 Leary Lentz - Small forward * 31

Guy Manning Guy Manning, born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England is an English multi-instrumentalist and singer, best known for his own album releases ( Manning) and for his membership of progressive rock bands Parallel or 90 Degrees, The Tangent, The United P ...

- Small forward * 14

DeWitt Menyard DeWitt Menyard (May 24, 1944 – May 21, 2009) was an American professional basketball player. A 6'10" center from the University of Utah, Menyard played one season (1967–68) in the American Basketball Association (ABA) as a member of the Hou ...

- Center * 44 Wayne Molis - Center * 21

Jerry Pettway Jerry Pettway is a former American basketball player. Pettway was born in Detroit, Michigan on February 13, 1944. He played college basketball at Northwood Institute from 1963–1967. He is Northwood's all-time leading scorer and rebounder and i ...

- Shooting guard * 15

Bob Riedy Robert F. Riedy (born August 26, 1945) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. Riedy played high school basketball at Louis E. Dieruff High School, Dieruff High School in Allentown, Pennsylvania and ...

- Power forward * 25 Roger Schurig - Point guard * 12

Willie Somerset Willard F. Somerset (born March 17, 1942) is an American former professional basketball player. Born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, Somerset attended Farrell High School in Farrell, Pennsylvania and later, Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvani ...

- Point guard * -- Gary Turner - Forward

Final standings

Western Division

Record vs. opponents

Playoffs

Western Division Semifinals ''Mavericks lose series 3–0''

Awards and honors

1968 ABA All-Star Game The first American Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on January 9, 1968, at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, before an audience of 10,872. Jim Pollard (Minnesota Muskies) coached the Eastern Conference team, while Babe McCar ...

selections (game played on January 9, 1968) * Art Becker *

References

Mavericks on Basketball Reference

External links

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