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  • Houston Comets - Cynthia Cooper

    Comets Team Creation

    The Comets were one of the founding teams in the WNBA. Houston is still clearly a basketball city.
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  • Houston Comets -Cynthia Cooper MVP

    WNBA Championship 1997

    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.
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  • Houston Comets - Champs 1998

    WNBA Championship 1998

    When the league expanded the next season, the Comets were moved from the Eastern Conference to the Western Conference. In 1998, they put together a win-loss record of 27-3 for a .900 winning percentage – a WNBA record that still stands. They went on to repeat as champions, defeating the Phoenix Mercury in the first-ever WNBA Finals that year due ...
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  • Houston Comets - 3-peat 1999

    WNBA Championship 1999

    In 1999, led by what was already known as the Big Three, (Cynthia Cooper, Sheryl Swoopes, 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 ...
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  • Houston Comets - 4-peat 2000

    WNBA Championship 2000

    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. 2000 was the Comets’ last championship and last WNBA Finals appearance in franchise history.
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  • End of the Comets

    In 2008, Koch put the team up for sale, with an asking price of $10 million. No investors stepped up. The WNBA took over the management of the Comets and disbanded the team in December 2008. They stated that they would only be suspending operations in 2009, which some people saw as a sign that the franchise could be revived ...
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History of the Comets

The Houston Comets were a Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Houston, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league’s existence. They are one of two teams in the WNBA that are undefeated in the WNBA Finals; the Seattle Storm are the other (however, the Storm are still in operation). The Comets were the first dynasty of the WNBA and are tied with the Minnesota Lynx for the most championships of any WNBA franchise. The team was folded and disbanded by the league in 2008 because new ownership could not be found.





Established
1997

City
Houston

League History
1997 – 2008 / Women’s National Basketball Association

Team History
1997 – 2008 / Houston Comets

Nickname
Comets – The name captures the theme of outer space along with their partner the Rockets. Named associated with the NBA Houston Rockets.

Championship
WNBA Championships 4
2000, 1999, 1998, 1997

Arena
2008 / Reliant Arena
2004 – 2007 / Toyota Center
1997 – 2003 / Compaq Center

Owner
2008 / WNBA
2007 – 2008 / Hilton Koch
1997 – 2006 / Leslie Alexander

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10 / Kim Perrot
14 / Cynthia Cooper

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