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Connecticut Sun

Also known as: Connecticut Sun
Program History

2008 Team Stats (40 games)

77.7
PPG
74.1
Opp
+4.1
Margin
41.6%
FG%
32.3%
3P%
74.1%
FT%
35.9
RPG
17.5
APG
12.9
TO
89.0
Pace

Model Outputs

2008
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 1006 (#9) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1058 (#5) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +3.1 More → +3.4 (#2) HCA +3.1
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.680 (#2) -

2008 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2008-05-01 @ Minnesota Lynx L 57 - 68
2008-05-04 vs Phoenix Mercury W 94 - 66
2008-05-09 vs Houston Comets W 88 - 80
2008-05-17 vs Atlanta Dream W 100 - 67
2008-05-18 @ New York Liberty W 77 - 63
2008-05-24 vs Sacramento Monarchs W 87 - 64
2008-05-27 vs Indiana Fever L 46 - 75
2008-05-30 vs New York Liberty W 89 - 84
2008-06-01 @ Chicago Sky W 75 - 73
2008-06-06 vs Minnesota Lynx W 78 - 77
2008-06-08 vs Washington Mystics W 87 - 79
2008-06-10 @ Minnesota Lynx W 75 - 66
2008-06-13 @ Los Angeles Sparks L 93 - 98
2008-06-16 @ Seattle Storm W 74 - 67
2008-06-18 @ Phoenix Mercury L 81 - 102
2008-06-20 @ Sacramento Monarchs W 72 - 56
2008-06-24 vs Detroit Shock W 85 - 68
2008-06-26 @ Detroit Shock L 61 - 70
2008-06-27 vs Atlanta Dream W 109 - 101
2008-06-29 vs Phoenix Mercury L 80 - 87
2008-07-01 vs Houston Comets W 78 - 68
2008-07-05 @ Indiana Fever L 74 - 81
2008-07-08 @ Detroit Shock L 82 - 88
2008-07-13 @ Washington Mystics L 64 - 69
2008-07-15 vs New York Liberty L 71 - 77
2008-07-18 @ Chicago Sky L 65 - 73
2008-07-20 vs Chicago Sky W 74 - 67
2008-07-24 vs Los Angeles Sparks W 87 - 61
2008-07-27 @ Washington Mystics W 82 - 60
2008-08-28 @ Indiana Fever W 84 - 58
2008-08-29 @ Atlanta Dream W 98 - 72
2008-08-31 vs Seattle Storm W 80 - 76
2008-09-05 vs Chicago Sky W 80 - 75
2008-09-07 vs San Antonio Silver Stars L 73 - 85
2008-09-09 @ Houston Comets L 68 - 75
2008-09-11 @ San Antonio Silver Stars L 74 - 78
2008-09-13 vs Washington Mystics W 87 - 81
2008-09-18 @ New York Liberty L 63 - 72
2008-09-20 vs New York Liberty W 73 - 70
2008-09-22 vs New York Liberty L 62 - 66

2008 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
A. Jones A. Jones F 35 27.9 16.8 6.2 2.3 0.7 0.7 2.3 13.9 10.5 - - - 47.6 16.7 79.5 - 53.1 48.0
L. Whalen L. Whalen G 35 27.6 14.1 5.5 5.3 1.4 0.0 2.0 9.9 14.5 - - - 45.7 33.0 79.9 - 58.0 50.3
Sean Knitter Sean Knitter - 37 25.3 12.4 4.6 1.4 0.6 0.3 2.1 11.4 5.9 - - - 41.0 29.6 76.0 - 49.1 45.0
Glyn Turner Glyn Turner - 37 18.2 8.1 3.3 1.5 0.4 0.4 1.2 6.0 6.4 - - - 39.6 36.8 77.3 - 56.9 50.9
J. Foley J. Foley NA 1 8.0 7.0 3.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 6.0 5.0 - - - 33.3 33.3 50.0 - 45.1 41.7
S. Abrosimova S. Abrosimova F 8 17.6 6.4 3.1 2.0 1.4 0.0 1.6 6.5 4.8 - - - 36.5 13.3 78.6 - 43.8 38.5
Brett Melton Brett Melton - 33 13.7 6.1 3.3 0.8 0.6 0.8 1.3 5.5 4.8 - - - 46.7 0 54.2 - 48.6 46.7
A. Holt A. Holt F 37 19.6 6.1 3.2 1.9 0.4 0.1 0.9 5.8 5.1 - - - 37.6 32.1 80.0 - 48.1 43.7
C. Chambers C. Chambers NA 2 13.5 5.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 2.0 5.5 0.0 - - - 18.2 28.6 100.0 - 39.2 27.3
J. Anderson J. Anderson G 25 13.7 4.5 2.6 1.1 0.3 0.0 0.7 5.3 2.5 - - - 30.3 27.4 76.5 - 40.5 37.9
K. Gardin K. Gardin NA 38 14.3 4.4 2.9 1.2 0.9 0.2 1.2 3.9 4.6 - - - 39.9 37.7 55.3 - 49.5 47.6
E. Phillips E. Phillips G 9 10.4 4.1 1.8 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.6 3.2 3.4 - - - 37.9 46.7 80.0 - 55.4 50.0
T. Gahan T. Gahan NA 2 10.0 4.0 7.0 0.0 1.0 0.5 1.5 3.5 7.5 - - - 57.1 0 0.0 - 48.1 57.1
Winston Blake Winston Blake - 1 4.0 4.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 5.0 -2.0 - - - 20.0 0.0 100.0 - 34.0 20.0
James Seegars James Seegars - 33 12.9 3.9 1.2 1.3 0.2 0.1 0.7 3.3 2.7 - - - 40.7 39.8 90.0 - 57.8 56.0
D. Page D. Page NA 5 5.0 3.8 2.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.4 3.2 3.2 - - - 56.2 33.3 0 - 59.4 59.4
T. Raymond T. Raymond NA 36 9.7 2.4 2.9 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.8 2.1 3.2 - - - 42.7 0.0 56.4 - 46.7 42.7
N. Berglin N. Berglin NA 2 4.5 2.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 4.0 - - - 0.0 0 100.0 - 72.5 0.0
K. Swanier K. Swanier G 24 8.8 1.9 1.2 1.3 0.6 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 - - - 30.6 25.8 80.0 - 43.1 38.8

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

Not enough players with both Numbers/Game and RAPM to plot.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG