1968-69 Minnesota Pipers Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 36-42
Finishing 4th in the ABA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 3-4 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Miami Floridians 4-3
Coach: Jim Harding (18-8)
Coach: Vern Mikkelsen (6-6)
Coach: Verl Young (10-23)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota

1968-69 Minnesota Pipers Roster
1968-69 Minnesota Pipers Results

The Minnesota Pipers of the American Basketball Association ended the 1968-69 season with a record of 36 wins and 42 losses, finishing fourth in the ABA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.

The Pipers scored 8,912 points and surrendered 8,904.

Jim Harding, Vern Mikkelsen and Verl Young coached the team. The 1968-69 Minnesota Pipers lost in the division semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Connie Hawkins	F-C	47	1852	971	496	22	3	554	425	167	367	534	184	155	166	1420
Charles Williams	G	66	2282	1298	484	212	66	286	203	110	136	246	163	204	222	1237
Chico Vaughn	G	69	2301	1170	415	523	145	329	253	44	121	165	107	150	178	1228
Trooper Washington	F-C	69	2625	839	421	6	0	316	190	367	501	868	178	190	239	1032
Art Heyman	F-G	71	2362	832	350	118	37	409	285	223	271	494	217	163	195	1022
Steve Vacendak	G	60	1589	716	288	8	2	215	167	90	120	210	166	139	158	745
Frank Card	F	76	1596	537	222	5	1	244	146	185	234	419	81	110	155	591
Mike Lewis	C-F	52	1160	405	172	2	0	167	106	193	258	451	78	89	178	450
Arvesta Kelly	G	68	1066	425	155	105	25	103	63	54	103	157	61	89	141	398
George Sutor	C	64	886	397	139	0	0	114	71	175	173	348	27	60	170	349
Dan W. Anderson	C	29	628	228	112	0	0	50	37	98	120	218	26	30	72	261
Willie Porter	F	11	137	45	25	0	0	27	13	24	24	48	6	10	23	63
Jim Jarvis	G	11	134	45	14	5	2	12	10	3	11	14	15	9	24	40
Tom Hoover	C	9	83	26	12	0	0	21	10	16	15	31	6	8	21	34
Steve Chubin	G	8	54	21	6	0	0	6	6	3	9	12	12	14	17	18
Leroy Wright	F	10	95	13	4	0	0	5	0	12	18	30	1	2	15	8
Ken Wilburn	F	6	34	9	2	0	0	5	2	6	12	18	2	6	6	6
Jim Kissane	F	2	15	6	2	0	0	2	2	0	3	3	0	1	3	6
Tom Kondla	C	2	11	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	4
Tony Jackson	F-G	1	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0
Totals		731	18920	7987	3320	1006	281	2868	1991	1771	2497	4268	1331	1429	1988	8912

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Connie Hawkins	F-C	47	39.4	51.1	13.6	76.7	3.6	7.8	11.4	3.9	3.3	3.5	30.2
Charles Williams	G	66	34.6	37.3	31.1	71.0	1.7	2.1	3.7	2.5	3.1	3.4	18.7
Chico Vaughn	G	69	33.3	35.5	27.7	76.9	0.6	1.8	2.4	1.6	2.2	2.6	17.8
Trooper Washington	F-C	69	38.0	50.2	0.0	60.1	5.3	7.3	12.6	2.6	2.8	3.5	15.0
Art Heyman	F-G	71	33.3	42.1	31.4	69.7	3.1	3.8	7.0	3.1	2.3	2.7	14.4
Steve Vacendak	G	60	26.5	40.2	25.0	77.7	1.5	2.0	3.5	2.8	2.3	2.6	12.4
Frank Card	F	76	21.0	41.3	20.0	59.8	2.4	3.1	5.5	1.1	1.4	2.0	7.8
Mike Lewis	C-F	52	22.3	42.5	0.0	63.5	3.7	5.0	8.7	1.5	1.7	3.4	8.7
Arvesta Kelly	G	68	15.7	36.5	23.8	61.2	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.9	1.3	2.1	5.9
George Sutor	C	64	13.8	35.0		62.3	2.7	2.7	5.4	0.4	0.9	2.7	5.5
Dan W. Anderson	C	29	21.7	49.1		74.0	3.4	4.1	7.5	0.9	1.0	2.5	9.0
Willie Porter	F	11	12.5	55.6		48.1	2.2	2.2	4.4	0.5	0.9	2.1	5.7
Jim Jarvis	G	11	12.2	31.1	40.0	83.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.4	0.8	2.2	3.6
Tom Hoover	C	9	9.2	46.2		47.6	1.8	1.7	3.4	0.7	0.9	2.3	3.8
Steve Chubin	G	8	6.8	28.6		100.0	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.5	1.8	2.1	2.3
Leroy Wright	F	10	9.5	30.8		0.0	1.2	1.8	3.0	0.1	0.2	1.5	0.8
Ken Wilburn	F	6	5.7	22.2		40.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.3	1.0	1.0	1.0
Jim Kissane	F	2	7.5	33.3		100.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	1.5	3.0
Tom Kondla	C	2	5.5	50.0		66.7	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.0
Tony Jackson	F-G	1	10.0	0.0			1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	0.0
Averages		731	25.9	41.6	27.9	69.4	2.4	3.4	5.8	1.8	2.0	2.7	12.2

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Connie Hawkins	F-C	7	320	172	65	8	4	62	40	86	27	19	25	174
Art Heyman	F-G	7	264	92	41	18	7	41	32	51	20	18	24	121
Charles Williams	G	7	255	112	41	38	11	39	27	24	14	19	28	120
Steve Vacendak	G	7	214	85	39	0	0	41	37	17	12	16	24	115
Trooper Washington	F-C	6	230	62	26	0	0	21	15	79	14	15	17	67
Frank Card	F	6	113	41	23	1	0	13	8	28	6	10	17	54
Mike Lewis	C-F	7	131	52	20	0	0	19	10	47	11	5	28	50
Chico Vaughn	G	5	57	37	11	21	6	7	6	6	1	1	5	34
Arvesta Kelly	G	5	50	22	8	14	5	3	3	11	5	4	14	24
Dan W. Anderson	C	5	38	13	6	0	0	4	3	10	5	2	8	15
George Sutor	C	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
Leroy Wright	F	1	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Totals		64	1680	692	280	100	33	251	181	359	115	110	194	774

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Connie Hawkins	F-C	7	45.7	37.8	50.0	64.5	12.3	3.9	2.7	3.6	24.9
Art Heyman	F-G	7	37.7	44.6	38.9	78.0	7.3	2.9	2.6	3.4	17.3
Charles Williams	G	7	36.4	36.6	28.9	69.2	3.4	2.0	2.7	4.0	17.1
Steve Vacendak	G	7	30.6	45.9		90.2	2.4	1.7	2.3	3.4	16.4
Trooper Washington	F-C	6	38.3	41.9		71.4	13.2	2.3	2.5	2.8	11.2
Frank Card	F	6	18.8	56.1	0.0	61.5	4.7	1.0	1.7	2.8	9.0
Mike Lewis	C-F	7	18.7	38.5		52.6	6.7	1.6	0.7	4.0	7.1
Chico Vaughn	G	5	11.4	29.7	28.6	85.7	1.2	0.2	0.2	1.0	6.8
Arvesta Kelly	G	5	10.0	36.4	35.7	100.0	2.2	1.0	0.8	2.8	4.8
Dan W. Anderson	C	5	7.6	46.2		75.0	2.0	1.0	0.4	1.6	3.0
George Sutor	C	1	3.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0
Leroy Wright	F	1	5.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0
Averages		731	26.3	40.5	33.0	72.1	5.6	1.8	1.7	3.0	12.1