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{| class="wikitable"
|+Seasons
|[[1970-71 American Basketball Association season|1970-71]]
|'''1971-72'''
|[[1972-73 American Basketball Association season|1972-73]]
|}

== Teams and Alignment ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Division
!Team
!Primary Venue
!Municipality
|-
| rowspan="6" |Eastern Division
|Carolina Cougars
|First Horizon Coliseum at Greensboro Complex
|Greensboro, North Carolina
|-
|Kentucky Colonels
|Freedom Hall
|Louisville, Kentucky
|-
|Floridians
|Miami Beach Convention Hall North
|Miami Beach, Florida
|-
|New York Nets
|Island Garden (1957)
|Garden City South, New York
|-
|Pittsburgh Condors
|Civic Arena
|Pittsburgh
|-
|Virginia Squires
|Old Dominion University Fieldhouse
|Norfolk, Virginia
|-
| rowspan="5" |Western Division
|Dallas Chaparrals
|Moody Coliseum
|University Park, Texas
|-
|Denver Rockets
|Denver Auditorium Arena
|Denver
|-
|Indiana Pacers
|Corteva Coliseum
|Indianapolis
|-
|Memphis Pros
|Mid-South Coliseum
|Memphis, Tennessee
|-
|Utah Stars
|Salt Palace (1969)
|Salt Lake City
|}

=== Changes ===

* Texas Chaparrals renamed Dallas Chaparrals.
* Virginia Squires relocate from Old Dominion University Fieldhouse to Scope Arena at Norfolk Scope.
* New York Nets relocate during season from Island Garden (1957) in Garden City South, New York to Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.

== Regular Season Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Division
!Team
!W
!L
!GB
|-
| rowspan="6" |Eastern Division
|'''Kentucky Colonels'''
|'''68'''
|'''16'''
|
|-
|'''Virginia Squires'''
|'''45'''
|'''39'''
|'''23'''
|-
|'''New York Nets'''
|'''44'''
|'''40'''
|'''24'''
|-
|'''Floridians'''
|'''36'''
|'''48'''
|'''32'''
|-
|Carolina Cougars
|35
|49
|33
|-
|Pittsburgh Condors
|25
|59
|43
|-
| rowspan="5" |Western Division
|'''Utah Stars'''
|'''60'''
|'''24'''
|
|-
|'''Indiana Pacers'''
|'''47'''
|'''37'''
|'''13'''
|-
|'''Dallas Chaparrals'''
|'''42'''
|'''42'''
|'''18'''
|-
|'''Denver Rockets'''
|'''34'''
|'''50'''
|'''26'''
|-
|Memphis Pros
|26
|58
|34
|}

== Postseason Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Seven)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Seven)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Seven)
!Champions
|-
|Kentucky Colonels
|2
| rowspan="2" |'''New York Nets'''
| rowspan="2" |'''4'''
| rowspan="4" |New York Nets
| rowspan="4" |2
| rowspan="8" |'''Indiana Pacers'''
|-
|'''New York Nets'''
|'''4'''
|-
|'''Virginia Squires'''
|'''4'''
| rowspan="2" |Virginia Squires
| rowspan="2" |3
|-
|Floridians
|0
|-
|'''Utah Stars'''
|'''4'''
| rowspan="2" |Utah Stars
| rowspan="2" |3
| rowspan="4" |'''Indiana Pacers'''
| rowspan="4" |'''4'''
|-
|Dallas Chaparrals
|0
|-
|'''Indiana Pacers'''
|'''4'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Indiana Pacers'''
| rowspan="2" |'''4'''
|-
|Denver Rockets
|3
|}

== Special Event Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Event
!Away
!Score
!Home
|-
|ABA All-Star Game
|Western Division
|115-142
|'''Eastern Division'''
|}

== Markets and Venues ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Combined Statistical Area
!Metropolitan / Micropolitan Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Division
!County / Equivalent
!Municipality
!Venue
!Team / Event
!Regular
!Postseason
!Total
|-
|Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Birmingham, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Jefferson County, Alabama
|Birmingham, Alabama
|Main Arena at Boutwell Auditorium
|Pittsburgh Condors
|One
|
|One
|-
|Bloomington-Bedford, IN Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Bloomington, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Monroe County, Indiana
|Bloomington, Indiana
|Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
|Indiana Pacers
|
|Three
|Three
|-
|Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
|Charlotte, North Carolina
|Bojangles Coliseum
|Carolina Cougars
|14
|
|14
|-
| rowspan="3" |Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="3" |Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="3" |Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division
| rowspan="3" |Dallas County, Texas
|Dallas
|Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas Memorial Arena
|Dallas Chaparrals
|Eight
|
|Eight
|-
| rowspan="2" |University Park, Texas
| rowspan="2" |Moody Coliseum
|Dallas Chaparrals
|32
|Two
|34
|-
|Denver Rockets
|One
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="3" |Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" |Danver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="3" |Denver County, Colorado
| rowspan="3" |Denver
| rowspan="3" |Denver Auditorium Arena
|Denver Rockets
|40
|Three
|43
|-
|Dallas Chaparrals
|One
|
|One
|-
|Memphis Pros
|One
|
|One
|-
|Fayetteville-Lumberton-Pinehurst, NC Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Fayetteville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Cumberland County, North Carolina
|Fort Bragg, North Carolina
|William C. Lee Fieldhouse
|Pittsburgh Condors
|One
|
|One
|-
|Fort Wayne-Huntington-Auburn, IN Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Fort Wayne, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Allen County, Indiana
|Fort Wayne, Indiana
|Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
|Indiana Pacers
|One
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="2" |Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Greensboro-High Point, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Guilford County, North Carolina
|Greensboro, North Carolina
|First Horizon Coliseum at Greensboro Complex
|Carolina Cougars
|20
|
|20
|-
| colspan="2" |Winston-Salem, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Forsyth County, North Carolina
|Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|Winston-Salem War Memorial Coliseum
|Carolina Cougars
|Two
|
|Two
|-
| rowspan="2" |Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Madison County, Indiana
|Anderson, Indiana
|Anderson High School Wigwam (1961)
|Indiana Pacers
|One
|One
|Two
|-
|Marion County, Indiana
|Indianapolis
|Corteva Coliseum
|Indiana Pacers
|40
|Six
|46
|-
| colspan="3" |Jackson, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Madison County, Tennessee
|Jackson, Tennessee
|Oman Arena
|Memphis Pros
|Two
|
|Two
|-
| colspan="3" |Logan, UT-ID Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Cache County, Utah
|Logan, Utah
|Dee Glen Smith Spectrum
|Utah Stars
|One
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="2" |Louisville/Jefferson County--Elizabethtown, KY-IN Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Jefferson County, Kentucky
| rowspan="2" |Louisville, Kentucky
| rowspan="2" |Freedom Hall
|Kentucky Colonels
|42
|Three
|45
|-
|ABA All-Star Game
|
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="2" |Memphis-Clarksdale-Forrest City, TN-MS-AR Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Shelby County, Tennessee
| rowspan="2" |Memphis, Tennessee
| rowspan="2" |Mid-South Coliseum
|Memphis Pros
|38
|
|38
|-
|Denver Rockets
|One
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="3" |Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="3" |Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="3" |Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division
| rowspan="3" |Miami-Dade County, Florida
|Miami
|JFK Health Center
|Floridians
|Three
|Two
|Five
|-
| rowspan="2" |Miami Beach, Florida
|Miami Beach Convention Hall North
|Floridians
|26
|
|26
|-
|Miami Beach Convention Hall South
|Floridians
|Five
|
|Five
|-
| rowspan="4" |New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="4" |New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metropolitan Division
| rowspan="2" |Nassau County, New York
|Garden City South, New York
|Island Garden (1957)
|New York Nets
|26
|
|26
|-
|Uniondale, New York
|Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|New York Nets
|16
|Nine
|25
|-
| rowspan="2" |New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division
| rowspan="2" |New York County, New York
| rowspan="2" |Manhattan, New York
| rowspan="2" |Madison Square Garden
|Floridians
|One
|
|One
|-
|Pittsburgh Condors
|One
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="3" |Pittsburgh-Weirton-Steubenville, PA-OH-WV Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" |Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
|Pittsburgh
|Civic Arena
|Pittsburgh Condors
|35
|
|35
|-
| rowspan="2" |Fayette County, Pennsylvania
|Connellsville, Pennsylvania
|Connellsville Area High School Gym
|Pittsburgh Condors
|One
|
|One
|-
|Uniontown, Pennsylvania
|Uniontown Area High School Gym
|Pittsburgh Condors
|One
|
|One
|-
|Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Raleigh-Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Wake County, North Carolina
|Raleigh, North Carolina
|J.S. Dorton Arena
|Carolina Cougars
|Six
|
|Six
|-
| colspan="3" |Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Richmond, Virginia
|Richmond Coliseum
|Virginia Squires
|10
|One
|11
|-
| colspan="3" |Roanoke, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Roanoke, Virginia
|Berglund Center
|Virginia Squires
|Four
|
|Four
|-
|Salt Lake City-Provo-Orem, UT-ID Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Salt Lake County, Utah
|Salt Lake City
|Salt Palace (1969)
|Utah Stars
|41
|Six
|47
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
|St. Petersburg-Clearwater-Largo, FL Metropolitan Division
|Pinellas County, Florida
|St. Petersburg, Florida
|Bayfront Center
|Floridians
|One
|
|One
|-
|Tampa, FL Metropolitan Division
|Hillsborough County, Florida
|Tampa, Florida
|Curtis Hixon Hall
|Floridians
|Six
|
|Six
|-
| colspan="4" rowspan="2" |Toronto Census Metropolitan Area
| rowspan="2" |Old Toronto, Toronto
| rowspan="2" |Maple Leaf Gardens
|Dallas Chaparrals
|One
|
|One
|-
|Memphis Pros
|One
|
|One
|-
|Tucson-Nogales, AZ Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Tucson, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Pima County, Arizona
|Tucson, Arizona
|Tucson Arena at Tucson Convention Center
|Pittsburgh Condors
|Two
|
|Two
|-
| rowspan="2" |Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Hampton, Virginia
|Hampton Coliseum
|Virginia Squires
|13
|Two
|15
|-
| colspan="2" |Norfolk, Virginia
|Scope Arena at Norfolk Scope
|Virginia Squires
|15
|Three
|18
|-
| colspan="7" |'''Total'''
|'''462'''
|'''41'''
|'''504'''
|}
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[[Category:American Basketball Association (1967-1976) seasons]]

1971-72 American Basketball Association season - Revision history