The 2006 WNBA season was their eighth season and their fourth in Connecticut. The Sun attempted to return to the postseason for the fourth consecutive season and were successful. Before the season started, many thought the Sun would make their third consecutive trip to the WNBA Finals, but lost to the eventual champion Detroit Shock in 3 games.

Offseason

WNBA draft

Transactions

*July 24: The Sun signed Jessica Brungo. *July 13: The Sun signed Brooke Queenan. *June 29: The Sun waived Ambrosia Anderson. *May 19: The Sun waived Donna Loffhagen and Jennifer Derevjanik. *May 16: The Sun waived Brooke Queenan. *May 15: The Sun waived Monique Coker. *May 13: The Sun waived Katie Cronin and Jessica Brungo. *May 12: The Sun signed Brooke Queenan. *May 11: The Sun signed Ambrosia Anderson. *April 6: The Sun signed Katie Cronin. *March 27: The Sun have agreed to terms with Erin Phillips. *March 15: The Sun signed Monique Coker. *March 1: The Sun resigned Jennifer Derevjanik. *February 28: The Sun resigned Jamie Carey. *February 27: The Sun resigned Laura Summerton and Le'Coe Willingham and signed Donna Loffhagen. *February 10: The Sun resigned Asjha Jones. *February 7: The Sun resigned Nykesha Sales. *February 1: The Sun announced the signings of Megan Mahoney and Candace Futrell. WNBA.com: 2006 WNBA Transactions
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Roster

Season standings

Schedule

Preseason

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Playoffs

In the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, the Sun had to face the Washington Mystics. Since the Sun had the better record, the series would be played with game 1 at Washington, game 2 at Connecticut, and game 3 (if needed) at Connecticut. The Sun swept the Mystics and game 3 was not needed. In the second round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, the Sun had to face rival Detroit Shock. Again, the Sun had the better record and the series would be played with game 1 at Detroit and games 2 and 3 (if needed) at Connecticut. Even though the Sun had a better record in the regular season, Detroit had managed to beat Connecticut in all four of the season meetings. Surprisingly, the Sun won game two of the series but went on to lose game three on their home court. Detroit advanced to the WNBA Finals. Had Connecticut advanced, it would have been the third consecutive season the Sun had made it to the WNBA Finals. *For the fourth consecutive season, the Sun qualify for the Eastern Conference Playoffs. *For the fourth consecutive season, the Sun advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 1 , August 18 , @

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Depth

Player stats

*http://www.wnba.com/sun/stats/2006/

Awards and honors

* Katie Douglas,

Margo Dydek Małgorzata Dydek (known as Margo Dydek in the United States, 28 April 1974 – 27 May 2011) was a Polish professional basketball player. Standing tall, she was famous for being the tallest professional female basketball player in the world. Sh ...

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Nykesha Sales Nykesha Simone Sales (born May 10, 1976) is an American assistant coach at the University of Georgia. She is a former professional basketball player in the WNBA, as well as playing in the Bosnian league for the ZKK Mladi Krajisnik club. Her prim ...

, and Lindsay Whalen were named to the All-Star Team. *Katie Douglas was named the All-Star Game MVP. *Head coach

Mike Thibault Michael Francis Thibault (born September 28, 1950) is an American basketball head coach, formerly of the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA, and now of the Washington Mystics. In 2013, Thibault became the WNBA's all time most successful coach with 212 vi ...

was named Coach of the Year. *Katie Douglas was named to the All-WNBA First Team. *Taj McWilliams-Franklin was named to the All-WNBA Second Team. *Katie Douglas was named to the WNBA All-Defensive First Team for the second consecutive year. *Margo Dydek was named to the WNBA All-Defensive Second Team. *Taj McWilliams-Franklin was named ''WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week'' for the week of July 24, 2006. *Taj McWilliams-Franklin was named ''WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week'' for the week of August 7, 2006.

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:2006 Connecticut Sun Season Connecticut Sun seasons

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 ...