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A Connecticut Sun come the Women's National Basketball Association team based in Uncasville, Connecticut. It began to play in the 2003 WNBA season. the Sun was a number one WNBA franchise to exist as owned by a person differently an NBA team owner; a team is owned per Mohegan Indian tribe. From either 1999 to 2002, a team was referred to as the Orlando Miracle, swimming inside Orlando, Florida.

Uniforms: 2003 - Present: For home games, white by owning sun red unofficially & puka inti logotype text on the chest. For away games, blue by owning sun red by having yellowness trim unofficially & yellow Sun logotype text on the chest. A Sun logotype is on the shorts. 1999 - 2002: For home games, whiten using blue unofficially & shoulders & white Miracle logotype text on the chest. For away games, blue by owning whiten unofficially & white Miracle logotype text on the chest. A Miracle logotype is on the shorts.

Franchise history
A Sun utilized to become a Orlando Miracle. A Miracle experienced begun play around the WNBA in 1999 and had played their games at TD Waterhouse Centre. Around October of 2002, the Miracle experienced announced their intentions to move away from Orlando, Florida. In January 28, 2003, Connecticut was announced as a location in which a Miracle would move.

Prior to a renamed Sun begun a number one year of play, a team acquired previous University of Connecticut star Rebecca Lobo. A Sun misused their number one game, 79 to 72, to the Houston Comets. Nonetheless, a 2003 year would as well view a Sun win their 1st playoff series using a triumph across the Charlotte Sting.

Around 2004 they drafted Minnesota Golden Gophers star Lindsay Whalen amidst rumors it would trade her to the Minnesota Lynx. Still, she remained on a team through the year & would lead the Sun to the WNBA Finals in their second year of being, in which it misplaced a deuce-ace punt series Two-1 to the Seattle Storm.

Around 2005, the Sun acquired center Margo Dydek. the 2005 year proved to exist as a successful a single for the Sun. It finished a year by using a 26-8 wwithin-loss record, the better regular year record for an Eastern conference team in WNBA history. [http://www.wnba.com/games/20050827/CONCHA/recap.html] It manufactured their 2nd straight WNBA Finals appearance. Despite securing home court advantage, Lindsay Whalen played through a series with injuries & a team misused the Finals for another straight month, this instance to the Sacramento Monarchs.

Players of note
Hall of Famers

Current stars
Jamie Carey Katie Douglas Margo Dydek Asjha Jones Taj McWilliams-Franklin Nykesha Sales Lindsay Whalen

Retired numbers
none

Not to be forgotten
Debbie Black, assistant coach at Ohio State University Rebecca Lobo

Coaches and others
Head Coaches: Carolyn Peck (1998-2002), now coaches a women's team at University of Florida Dee Brown (2002) Mike Thibault (2002-Present)

Connecticut Sun
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USA Today - Connecticut Sun
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Regional: North America: United States: Connecticut: Localities: M: Montville: Uncasville
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