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Connecticut Sun
2024 Connecticut Sun season
Conference
Eastern
Leagues
WNBA
Founded
1999; 25 years ago (1999)
History
Orlando Miracle 1999–2002 Connecticut Sun 2003–present
Arena
Mohegan Sun Arena
Location
Uncasville, Connecticut
Team colors
Orange, navy blue, white[1][2][3]
Main sponsor
Frontier Communications
General manager
Darius Taylor
Head coach
Stephanie White
Assistant(s)
Abi Olajuwon Briann January Austin Kelly
Ownership
Mohegan Tribe
Championships
0
Conference titles
2 (2004, 2005)[a]
Website
sun.wnba.com
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The Connecticut Sun are an American professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, that competes in the Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
The team was established as the Orlando Miracle in 1999, during the league's expansion from ten to twelve teams, as a sister team to the NBA's Orlando Magic. In 2003, as financial strains left the team on the brink of disbanding, the Mohegan Indian tribe purchased and relocated the team to Mohegan Sun, becoming the first Native American tribe to own a professional sports franchise. The team's name comes from its affiliation with Mohegan Sun and its logo is reflective of a modern interpretation of an ancient Mohegan symbol. Capitalizing on the popularity of women's basketball in the state, as a result of the success of the UConn Huskies, the Sun held the distinction of being the only WNBA franchise not to share its market with an NBA team,[4] until the relocation of the Seattle SuperSonics in 2008 left the Storm as an independent team in Seattle.
The Sun have qualified for the WNBA Playoffs in fifteen of their twenty-one seasons in Connecticut.
^"Connecticut Sun Announce 20th Anniversary Season". Sun.WNBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. February 15, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022. Today, the Connecticut Sun announced details of our 19th Anniversary season and unveiled their 20th Anniversary logo to commemorate their two decades in Connecticut. The logo, which celebrates the franchise's platinum year, features the current Connecticut Sun logo with a 20th Anniversary demarcation and keeps the Sun's orange, blue and white color scheme.
^"Connecticut Sun Uniform Unveil". Sun.WNBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. April 8, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
^"Connecticut Sun Reproduction Guideline Sheet". WNBA Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
^"WNBA Comes to Connecticut". WNBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. January 28, 2003. Archived from the original on February 10, 2003. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
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features the 12,000-seat capacity Mohegan Sun Arena, home of the Women's National Basketball Association's ConnecticutSun. It houses a 350-seat Cabaret Theatre...
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for the ConnecticutSun franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It also was the 20th season for the franchise in Connecticut after relocating...
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Christie Sides. The regular season will tip off against the ConnecticutSun in Connecticut on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. The Fever won the 2024 WNBA Draft...
coach and former player who is currently the general manager of the ConnecticutSun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Taylor began...
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Trade Bria Holmes to ConnecticutSun". Atlanta Dream. WNBA. Retrieved April 12, 2018. "Sun trade Hooper to Dream". ConnecticutSun. WNBA. June 8, 2017...
Holmes to ConnecticutSun". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. April 12, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2018. "Dream Trade Layshia Clarendon, Draft Pick to Sun For Alex...
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