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Connecticut Sun

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Also known as: Connecticut Sun
Program History

2009 Team Stats (37 games)

77.7
PPG
77.6
Opp
+0.1
Margin
40.5%
FG%
32.1%
3P%
74.3%
FT%
34.8
RPG
17.5
APG
12.7
TO
91.3
Pace

Model Outputs

2009
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 → 942 (#12) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 972 (#9) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +3.8 More → +0.1 (#8) HCA +3.8
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.504 (#8) -

2009 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2009-05-22 vs New York Liberty W 74 - 62
2009-05-27 @ Atlanta Dream L 73 - 76
2009-05-31 vs Los Angeles Sparks L 77 - 80
2009-06-06 vs Washington Mystics L 70 - 82
2009-06-07 @ New York Liberty W 66 - 57
2009-06-14 vs Atlanta Dream L 62 - 67
2009-06-16 @ Chicago Sky L 75 - 78
2009-06-19 vs Chicago Sky W 91 - 61
2009-06-21 vs San Antonio Silver Stars W 71 - 58
2009-06-27 vs Atlanta Dream W 82 - 68
2009-07-02 @ Indiana Fever L 53 - 67
2009-07-05 @ Detroit Shock W 95 - 92
2009-07-07 @ Atlanta Dream L 67 - 72
2009-07-11 vs Detroit Shock L 77 - 79
2009-07-14 vs Los Angeles Sparks W 82 - 71
2009-07-17 @ San Antonio Silver Stars W 72 - 64
2009-07-19 vs Indiana Fever W 67 - 61
2009-07-22 vs Sacramento Monarchs W 83 - 75
2009-07-28 vs Phoenix Mercury L 80 - 95
2009-07-30 @ Indiana Fever L 85 - 94
2009-08-01 @ Chicago Sky L 72 - 84
2009-08-02 @ Detroit Shock W 83 - 65
2009-08-07 @ Minnesota Lynx L 88 - 95
2009-08-09 vs Washington Mystics W 96 - 67
2009-08-13 vs Seattle Storm W 64 - 53
2009-08-14 @ Washington Mystics L 89 - 91
2009-08-19 vs New York Liberty W 74 - 69
2009-08-21 @ New York Liberty L 83 - 85
2009-08-22 vs Minnesota Lynx W 98 - 94
2009-08-25 vs Detroit Shock L 70 - 90
2009-08-27 @ Seattle Storm L 74 - 86
2009-08-29 @ Phoenix Mercury L 84 - 95
2009-08-30 @ Los Angeles Sparks L 81 - 91
2009-09-01 @ Sacramento Monarchs L 70 - 90
2009-09-04 vs New York Liberty W 88 - 85
2009-09-11 @ Atlanta Dream L 64 - 88
2009-09-13 vs Indiana Fever W 95 - 85

2009 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 26 29.8 15.9 5.5 2.3 0.8 0.5 2.1 13.8 9.1 - - - 47.2 35.3 77.9 - 51.9 48.1
Brett Melton Brett Melton - 26 31.2 13.5 6.3 1.3 0.9 1.6 2.6 12.4 8.6 - - - 46.7 0 55.8 - 48.5 46.7
L. Whalen L. Whalen G 37 28.3 11.8 4.4 4.5 1.2 0.1 1.8 9.1 11.1 - - - 43.2 25.9 86.6 - 54.6 46.4
Marc Thurig Marc Thurig - 29 22.2 9.5 2.8 2.2 1.2 0.3 1.2 8.3 6.4 - - - 38.8 36.2 84.0 - 52.3 48.3
Taren Obrien Taren Obrien - 27 23.9 9.4 2.9 2.2 0.3 0.0 1.8 8.7 4.4 - - - 41.5 39.4 78.6 - 51.8 49.8
E. Phillips E. Phillips G 35 22.6 8.4 3.1 2.0 1.4 0.1 1.3 6.9 6.7 - - - 39.9 32.3 81.9 - 53.3 48.1
D. Page D. Page NA 3 12.3 6.3 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.7 1.0 3.3 5.0 - - - 70.0 66.7 75.0 - 80.8 80.0
A. Holt A. Holt F 25 16.2 5.8 3.1 1.8 0.4 0.1 0.6 5.2 5.4 - - - 33.3 27.5 81.8 - 47.3 38.8
K. Gardin K. Gardin NA 36 18.0 5.3 4.2 1.1 0.8 0.7 1.1 4.7 6.2 - - - 35.5 27.3 60.6 - 45.2 39.1
L. Littles L. Littles NA 3 16.0 5.0 4.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.3 6.0 4.0 - - - 11.1 0.0 64.7 - 29.4 11.1
Sean Knitter Sean Knitter - 27 15.9 4.7 2.0 0.9 0.4 0.1 1.0 5.7 1.5 - - - 30.5 28.6 74.3 - 37.8 33.1
Glyn Turner Glyn Turner - 10 18.7 4.6 2.3 1.8 0.6 0.1 0.9 5.1 3.4 - - - 23.5 17.6 84.2 - 38.7 29.4
T. Thomas T. Thomas - 3 10.7 4.0 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.7 5.0 0.7 - - - 26.7 40.0 100.0 - 37.8 33.3
Tony Stockman Tony Stockman - 34 11.5 3.8 1.6 1.1 0.4 0.1 0.9 3.6 2.6 - - - 38.2 33.3 81.8 - 49.0 45.5
C. Black C. Black C 36 13.3 3.0 3.4 0.2 0.4 0.9 0.8 2.9 4.3 - - - 38.8 0.0 59.6 - 43.7 38.8
L. Ervin L. Ervin NA 11 7.7 2.3 2.5 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.3 2.1 2.8 - - - 52.2 0.0 25.0 - 50.5 52.2
K. Swanier K. Swanier G 3 14.0 2.0 1.7 2.3 0.3 0.0 2.3 2.7 1.3 - - - 12.5 25.0 75.0 - 30.7 18.8
Travis Best Travis Best - 7 6.4 1.9 0.7 1.0 0.6 0.1 0.1 1.7 2.4 - - - 33.3 20.0 80.0 - 45.8 37.5
Rodney Smith Rodney Smith - 3 8.3 1.7 1.7 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 2.7 1.3 - - - 25.0 0 50.0 - 28.2 25.0

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