The Connecticut Sun aren’t even a quarter of the way through their 2024 WNBA schedule, but they appear already on track for a great season. At 8-0 and as the league’s only unbeaten team, they remain No. 1 in ESPN’s WNBA Power Rankings.
Connecticut is the seventh WNBA team to win its first eight games of a season; the other six all advanced to the WNBA Finals. Three of those teams were from the Minnesota Lynx and three from the Los Angeles Sparks. Of those teams, the 2017 Lynx, 2016 Sparks and 2001 Sparks went on to win the WNBA title.
So while the calendar just turned to June, the Sun already look good for a playoff spot. But Alyssa Thomas, in her 11th season with Connecticut, is staying pragmatic.
“I think we don’t care about the record,” Thomas said. “It’s a 40-game season, a lot of basketball to be played. It’s huge for this franchise. I’ve been here a long time; to have a start like this is great. But the job’s not done.”
Last week, the Sun had two double-digit wins — vs. the Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday and Atlanta Dream on Sunday — and a…
