In 2008, Koch put the team up for sale, with an asking price of $10 million. The team had among its members Cynthia Cooper (the WNBA's first MVP); college and national team standout Sheryl Swoopes; Kim Perrot, who succumbed to cancer in 1999; and college stars Michelle Snow and Tina Thompson. Like some other WNBA teams, the Sparks have the distinction of not being affiliated with an NBA counterpart, even though the market is shared with the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers. The Comets played their final home game on September 15, 2008 at the Strahan Coliseum on the campus of Texas State due to Hurricane Ike. In the first round, the Comets knocked out the 2004 defending champion Seattle Storm in 3 games, but lost in the conference finals to the Sacramento Monarchs in a sweep, which Sacramento later became WNBA Champions in 2005. The Comets had a 26–6 record (.813), good enough to receive home-court advantage over the Liberty (18–14). The team rose to prominence in 1976, at which time scholarships became available to female basketball players. No investors stepped up. On December 12, 2007, team owner Hilton Koch announced that the Comets would be moving from the Toyota Center to Reliant Arena for the 2008 WNBA season. The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began. The Comets won their fourth WNBA Finals and their last title in franchise history before disbanding in 2008. Basketball Stats - NBA - ABA - WNBA/Women's - G-League/D-League - Minor League Basketball - Search On April 30, 2019, she was introduced as the head coach for the Texas Southern Lady Tigers basketball team, a position she held in the 2012–13 season. Australian Football Stats - Australian Football Search First Round Soccer Stats - MLS - Women's - Division II & III - NASL - MASL - MISL - Search As of 2019, the Sparks are the last franchise to win back-to-back titles. The Comets were the first dynasty of the WNBA and are tied with the Minnesota Lynxfor the most champ… New York 74, Charlotte 70 (Aug. 29) The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-0. It featured an inaugural game between the New York Liberty and the Los Angeles Sparks. amzn_assoc_search_bar_position = "top"; Championship The WNBA took over management of the Comets and disbanded the team in December 2008. Proballers basketball stats. In 2001, Chancellor was elected to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Knoxville, Tennessee. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. Swoopes has won three Olympic gold medals and is one of ten women's basketball players to have won an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA Championship, and a WNBA title. The Women's National Basketball Association Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the league's inaugural season. When the league expanded the next season, the Comets were moved from the Eastern Conference to the Western Conference. The Toyota Center drew 13,000 fans, but the Reliant Arena could only house 7,200. The Houston Comets of the Women's National Basketball Association ended the 1999 season with a record of 26 wins and 6 losses, finishing first in the WNBA, and compiled a postseason mark of 4-2. They were the first Division I team to give these scholarships. Tina Marie Thompson is an American former WNBA professional basketball player and the head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team. Unbelievable here at the Compaq Center! And there will be a game three tomorrow afternoon. 1999 WNBA Playoffs. Copyright © 2020 Stats Crew, Women's National Basketball Association (, Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics, Three Points: Houston Dynamo Travel to Allianz Field to Face Minnesota United FC, Three Points: Houston Dynamo Close Two-Game Stretch Versus Eastern Conference Opponents against Nashville SC, Monarchs vs Comets Game Moved to TSU's Strahan Coliseum. The 60-47 victory over the New York Liberty in Game 3 of the WNBA Championship ended a long and emotional season for the Comets. This was Houston's third title. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA, is a three-time WNBA MVP, and was named one of the league's Top 15 Players of All Time at the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game. Cooper-Dyke was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009. [2], In 2008, Koch put the team up for sale, with an asking price of $10 million. The Houston Comets of the Women's National Basketball Association ended the 1999 season with a record of 26 wins and 6 losses, finishing first in the WNBA's Western Conference. Houston is still clearly a basketball city. Before joining the Cavaliers, Thompson was a WNBA head coach for the Los Angeles Sparks in 2004 and the Houston Comets from 2007 to 2008. The regular season is played from May to September, with the All Star game being played midway through the season in July and the WNBA Finals at the end of September until the beginning of October. Find out who took Game 6 between the Heat and the Celtics in the 2020 Eastern Conference Finals. They capped off the league's inaugural season in 1997 with a win over the New York Liberty in the WNBA championship game to win the WNBA's first championship. The 1999 WNBA Championship was the championship series of the 1999 WNBA season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs.
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