The
1969–70 Kentucky Colonels season was the third season of the Colonels in the
American Basketball Association. On April 15, 1969, the Colonels were bought by a group of Louisville investors that included H. Wendell Cherry, Bill DeWitt, J. David Grissom, Stuart P. Jay, David A. Jones, John Y. Brown, Jr. and Mike Storen.
[1] The Colonels won their first ever playoff series, beating the
New York Nets 4 games to 3. In the Eastern Division Finals. with the chance to go to the ABA Finals, they lost to the eventual champion
Indiana Pacers 4 games to 1.