Houston Comets
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| Houston Comets | |
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| Conference | Western Conference |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Home court | Toyota Center |
| Colors | Red, blue |
| WNBA Championships | 4 (1997–2000) |
| Conference Championships | 4 (1997–2000) |
| Playoff Appearances | 8 (1997–2003, 2005) |
| Head coach | Van Chancellor |
| General manager | Van Chancellor |
| Owner | Leslie L. Alexander |
| Mascot | Haley [link] |
The Houston Comets are a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas. Formed in 1997, the team is one of the original WNBA teams and after winning four championships in the first four years of the league's existence, the Comets are also the first dynasty of the WNBA. They have also won more championships than any other team in the WNBA.
The Comets are also known for their roster of women's basketball stars. The team had the WNBA's first WNBA MVP in Cynthia Cooper, college and national team standout Sheryl Swoopes and college star Tina Thompson.
The Comets are the sister team of the Houston Rockets.
Uniforms:
- Red, white and blue home with a C simulating a comet, name comets in white and a WNBA basketball. Red and blue on the road
Franchise history
The Comets were one of the original teams in the WNBA. They capped off a good inaugural season in 1997 with a win over the New York Liberty in the WNBA championship game to win the WNBA's first championship. When the league expanded the next season, the Comets were moved from the Eastern Conference to the Western Conference. In 1998, they repeated the championship, although by then the championship game had been extended into a three game championship series. They beat the Phoenix Mercury in the Finals that year.In 1999, led by what was already known as the Big Three, (Sheryl Swoopes, Cynthia Cooper and Tina Thompson), the Comets survived a highlight film last second, court to court game winning shot by the Liberty's Teresa Weatherspoon in Game 2 of the finals to beat the Liberty in three games and win their third straight title, this one after the death of teammate Kim Perrot, who died of cancer.
In 2000, the Comets went all the way to the Finals again, and beat the Liberty in two games to win their fourth title in a row, becoming known as a sports dynasty. But after losing Cooper to retirement in 2001, they were able to reach only the quarterfinals, and in 2002, when Swoopes was injured most of the year with a broken ankle, they lost at the Quarterfinals again. They missed the playoffs for the first time in franchise history in 2004, but earned a playoff berth in 2005.
Season-by-Season Records
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, % = Win-Loss % {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- bgcolor="#efefef" ! Season !! W !! L !! % !! Playoffs !! Results |- |1997 || 18 || 10 || .643 || Won WNBA SemifinalsWon WNBA Finals || Houston 70, Charlotte 54
Houston 65, New York 51 |- |1998 || 27 || 3 || .900 || Won WNBA Semifinals
Won WNBA Finals || Houston 2, Charlotte 0
Houston 2, Phoenix 1 |- |1999 || 26 || 6 || .813 || Won Conference Finals
Won WNBA Finals || Houston 2, Los Angeles 1
Houston 2, New York 1 |- |2000 || 27 || 5 || .844 || Won First Round
Won Conference Finals
Won WNBA Finals || Houston 2, Sacramento 0
Houston 2, Los Angeles 0
Houston 2, New York 0 |- |2001 || 19 || 13 || .594 || Lost First Round || Los Angeles 2, Houston 0 |- |2002 || 24 || 8 || .750 || Lost First Round || Utah 2, Houston 1 |- |2003 || 20 || 14 || .588 || Lost First Round || Sacramento 2, Houston 1 |- |2004 || 13 || 21 || .382 || |- |2005 || 19 || 15 || .559 || Won First Round
Lost Conference Finals || Houston 2, Seattle 1
Sacramento 2, Houston 0 |- |2006 || 13 || 10 || .565 || || |- |Totals || 206 || 105 || .662|| || |- |Playoffs || 20 || 12 || .625 || 4 WNBA Championships
Stats updated July 17, 2006
Players of note
Hall of Famers
noneRetired numbers
- 10. Kim Perrot
- 14. Cynthia Cooper
Not to be forgotten
- Cynthia Cooper, now the Head Coach at Prairie View A&M University
- Kelley Gibson, now an assistant coach at University of Maryland Baltimore County
- Fran Harris (in 2006, appeared as a contestant on the Comedy Central game show "Distraction")
- Sonja Henning
- Tammy Jackson
- Edwige Lawson
- Kim Perrot
- Jennifer Rizzotti
- Coquese Washington, now an assistant coach at her alma mater, Notre Dame University
Current Roster
| Houston Comets Current Roster
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| Head Coach: Van Chancellor | [Edit]
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| Pos. | No. | Name | College
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| G | 25 | Dominique Canty (IL) | Alabama
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| G | 20 | Tamecka Dixon | Kansas
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| G | 15 | Roneeka Hodges | Florida State
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| G | 55 | Anastasia Kostaki | Greece
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| C | 21 | Sancho Lyttle | Houston
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| F | 12 | Astou Ndiaye-Diatta | Southern Nazarene
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| C-F | 24 | Tari Phillips | Central Florida
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| C | 2 | Michelle Snow | Tennessee
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| G | 5 | Dawn Staley | Virginia
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| F | 22 | Sheryl Swoopes | Texas Tech
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| F | 7 | Tina Thompson | USC
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| F | 8 | Mistie Williams | Duke
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| (IL) - Inactive List
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Coaches and others
Head Coaches:- Van Chancellor (1997 - present)
External links
| Women's National Basketball Association | |
| Eastern Conference | |
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| Charlotte Sting | Chicago Sky | Connecticut Sun | Detroit Shock | |
| Indiana Fever | New York Liberty | Washington Mystics | |
| Western Conference | |
| Houston Comets | Los Angeles Sparks | Minnesota Lynx | Phoenix Mercury | |
| Sacramento Monarchs | San Antonio Silver Stars | Seattle Storm |
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