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 .
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28 Facts About Connecticut Sun
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In 2003, as financial strains left the team on the brink of disbanding, the Mohegan Indian tribe purchased and relocated the team to Mohegan Connecticut Sun, becoming the first Native American tribe to own a professional sports franchise.
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On May 24,2003, the Connecticut Sun hosted the first regular season game of its inaugural season, which was shown on ABC, the league's new broadcast partner.
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The Connecticut Sun yielded to the two-time defending champion Sparks before a sellout crowd of 9,341.
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The Connecticut Sun swept the second-seeded Sting in the first round of the playoffs, and before being swept by the Detroit Shock in the Eastern Conference Finals.
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The Connecticut Sun returned Katie Douglas, Nykesha Sales and Taj McWilliams-Franklin, the group that formed Thibault's nucleus.
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The Connecticut Sun managed to snag a top pick in one of the deepest draft classes in league history by trading perennial all-star point guard Shannon Johnson, a move that was universally panned by Connecticut Sun fans.
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The Connecticut Sun selected Lindsay Whalen amidst rumors they would trade her to the Minnesota Lynx.
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The Connecticut Sun had made it to the WNBA Finals in their second season of existence.
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The Connecticut Sun had home-court advantage, but it was of no use; the Connecticut Sun lost the Finals for the second straight year, 3 games to 1, in the first WNBA Finals played in a best-of-five format.
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Success of the franchise was rewarded in 2005, when the Connecticut Sun were selected to host the annual WNBA All-Star Game.
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The Connecticut Sun came into the series having won all four regular season contests against the Fever.
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The Connecticut Sun made three trades, one sending Katie Douglas, the face of the franchise, to the Indiana Fever, a deal that signaled the end of the partnership that led the Connecticut Sun to consecutive WNBA Finals appearances.
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In return, the Connecticut Sun received Tamika Whitmore who would surely create a physical presence in the paint, something that the Connecticut Sun had been lacking in previous years.
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The Connecticut Sun went on a five-game losing streak, the worst ever for a team under Mike Thibault.
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The Connecticut Sun, plagued by a late-season injury to all-star Asjha Jones missed the playoffs for the first time since moving from Orlando.
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Connecticut Sun fans found an unwelcome and unfamiliar ending to the 2009 season.
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Connecticut Sun started its rebuilding process quickly, acquiring DeMya Walker in the Monarchs' dispersal draft.
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The Connecticut Sun then snagged the first overall pick in the 2010 collegiate draft in a trade with the Minnesota Lynx; a trade that would have the Connecticut Sun's most recognizable face in starting point guard Lindsay Whalen, along with the second overall pick, shipped to Minneapolis.
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The Connecticut Sun signed reserves Anete Jekabsone-Zogota and Tan White to multiyear contracts to solidify the Connecticut Sun's revamped backcourt.
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The Connecticut Sun cemented its guard corps with the selection of Allison Hightower in the second round.
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Sandrine Gruda and Anete Jekabsone-Zogota decided to sit out the season, so the Connecticut Sun looked elsewhere, adding Jessica Moore and relying on rookie Danielle McCray to step up and score.
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The Connecticut Sun fended off late Liberty rallies to sweep their way into a joust with the Fever in what was the team's first Conference finals since 2010's radical facelift.
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Mohegan Connecticut Sun Arena is smaller than most other WNBA arenas, with the maximum capacity for a basketball game being 9,323.
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Mohegan Connecticut Sun Arena is located in the center of the mall area of the Mohegan Connecticut Sun Casino.
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Previously, Connecticut Sun games aired on WCTX, a local television station for the state of Connecticut.
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