1973–74 Kentucky Colonels season
Round Pick Player College
1 4 Don Smith University of Dayton
3 4 Louis Nelson University of Washington
4 4 Derrek Dickey University of Cincinnati
4 2 Fran Costello Providence College
5 3 M. L. Carr Guilford
6 4 Ron Behagen University of Minnesota
7 3 William Harris North Carolina State
8 4 Mike Boylan Assumption
9 4 Les Taylor Murray State University
10 4 James Greene Kentucky Wesleyan College
11 4 John Johnson University of Denver
12 4 Mike Macaluso Canisius University
Offseason -- Undergraduate and supplemental draft
The 1973-74 Kentucky Colonels season was their seventh in the American Basketball Association. The Colonels finished in second place in the ABA's Eastern Division. They met the Carolina Cougars in the Eastern Division Semifinals and swept them in 4 games. They met the eventual champion New York Nets in the Eastern Division Finals, where they lost. McCarthy was let go after this season.