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The
2009 WNBA season The 2009 WNBA Season was the 13th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is the first WNBA season without a Houston franchise, the Comets having folded in December 2008. The season ended with the Phoenix Mercury winning their se ...
is the 11th season for the
Connecticut Sun The Connecticut Sun are an American professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut that competes in the Eastern Conference (WNBA), Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was established ...
franchise of the
Women's National Basketball Association The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is an American professional basketball league. It is composed of twelve teams, all based in the United States. The league was founded on April 22, 1996, as the women's counterpart to the Natio ...
. It is their seventh in Connecticut. The Sun attempted to advance to the WNBA Playoffs for the seventh consecutive season, but did not qualify for the postseason.


Offseason


Dispersal Draft

Based on the Sun's 2008 record, they would pick 10th in the
Houston Comets The Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Houston. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. They are one of two ...
dispersal draft A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their current team ceases to exist or is merged with another team. Like most other sports drafts, most dispersal drafts are conducted in North America. ...
. The Sun waived their pick.


WNBA Draft

The following are the Sun's selections in the 2009 WNBA Draft.


Transactions

*July 4: The Sun waived Lauren Ervin due to the arrival of Sandrine Gruda. *June 28: The Sun waived Barbara Turner due to the arrival of Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota. *June 19: The Sun signed
Tan White LaTanya Chantella White (born September 27, 1982) is a professional basketball player. Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, White is 5'7" (1.70 m) tall and weighs 154 lb (70 kg). She received the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award from the Women's ...
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Kristi Cirone Kristi Mary Rose Cirone (born May 19, 1987) is an American basketball coach and former player. She played collegiately for Illinois State University and led the school to three national postseason tournaments in 2007 through 2009 while also being ...
. *June 5: The Sun waived Lyndra Littles, Danielle Page and Carrem Gay. *June 3: The Sun claimed Kiesha Brown off waivers. *June 1: The Sun waived Ketia Swanier and Ashley Hayes. *April 20: The Sun signed Carrem Gay to a training camp contract. *April 20: The Sun announced that Tamika Raymond would sit out the 2009 season. *April 13: The Sun announced Jamie Carey's retirement. *April 13: The Sun signed Ashley Hayes to a training camp contract. *April 10: The Sun signed
Kristi Cirone Kristi Mary Rose Cirone (born May 19, 1987) is an American basketball coach and former player. She played collegiately for Illinois State University and led the school to three national postseason tournaments in 2007 through 2009 while also being ...
to a training camp contract. *February 13: The Sun signed Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota to a training camp contract. *January 23: The Sun signed Lauren Ervin to a rookie-scale contract. *January 21: The Sun signed Barbara Turner, Kerri Gardin, and Danielle Page for the 2009 season. *January 7: The Sun signed Kerri Gardin and Danielle Page to training camp contracts. WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions
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Free agents


Additions


Subtractions


Roster


Season standings


Schedule


Preseason

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Awards and honors

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Asjha Jones Asjha Takera Jones (born August 1, 1980) is a former American professional women's basketball power forward and coach who is now on the staff of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In 2019, she became the fir ...
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Sandrine Gruda Sandrine Gruda (born 25 June 1987) is a French professional basketball player for PF Schio. Her primary position is center. Before the WNBA She is the daughter of Ulysse Gruda, who played for the French men's national basketball team, and grew up ...
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was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Eastern Conference reserve.


Attendance

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Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
Connecticut Sun The Connecticut Sun are an American professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut that competes in the Eastern Conference (WNBA), Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was established ...