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| Connecticut Sun | ||||
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 2024 Connecticut Sun season | ||||
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| Conference | Eastern | |||
| Leagues | WNBA | |||
| Founded | 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 | Yale New Haven Health System | |||
| President | Jennifer Rizzotti | |||
| General manager | Darius Taylor | |||
| Head coach | Vacant | |||
| Assistant(s) | Abi Olajuwon Briann January Austin Kelly | |||
| Ownership | Mohegan Tribe | |||
| Championships | 0 | |||
| Conference titles | 2 (2004, 2005)[a] | |||
| Website | sun | |||
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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 is currently the only major league professional sports team based in Connecticut.
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. Despite this, they are the oldest remaining franchise without a championship title.
- ^ "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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