2008 Indiana Fever season
- 2008 Indiana Fever season
WNBA season
team = Indiana Fever
year = 2008
wins = 17
losses = 17
conf = Eastern
conf_place = 4
coach = Lin Dunn
arena = Conseco Fieldhouse
playoffs = Eliminated 2–1 by Detroit, Eastern Conference Semi-Finals
The 2008 Indiana Fever season was their 9th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). They finished 4th in the Eastern Conference with 17 wins and 17 losses on the season. The season marked the fourth consecutive season that the Fever earned a playoff berth. They were eliminated in the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals 2–1 by the Detroit Shock.
Offseason
On October 26, 2007 the Fever announced that they declined the option for head coach, Brian Winters, ending his four year tenure as head coach. [cite web | url=http://aol.wnba.com/fever/news/071026_winters.html | title = Fever Declines Option On Winters Contract | publisher = FeverBasketball.com | date = 2007-10-26 | accessdate = 2008-04-24] On December 12, 2007 assistant coach Lin Dunn was named as the replacement for Winters. [cite web | url = http://aol.wnba.com/fever/news/071212_dunn.html | title = Dunn Named Fever’s Fourth Head Coach | publisher = FeverBasketball.com | date = 2007-12-12 | accessdate = 2008-04-24]
In one of the biggest trades in WNBA history the Fever traded Tamika Whitmore and their first-round pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft to the Connecticut Sun for Indianapolis native, Katie Douglas on February 19, 2008.[cite web | url = http://aol.wnba.com/fever/news/080219_douglastrade.html | title = Fever Acquires Hometown Star Katie Douglas In Trade With Connecticut | publisher = FeverBasketball.com | date = 2008-02-19 | accessdate = 2008-04-24] ]The following player was selected in the Expansion Draft by the Atlanta Dream :
*Ann Strother [cite web | url=http://aol.wnba.com/fever/news/080206_atlantaexpansion.html |title= Atlanta Dream Selects Strother As Part Of WNBA Expansion Draft | publisher = FeverBasketball.com | date = 2008-02-06 | accessdate=2008-04-24]
2008 WNBA Draft
Indiana's selections from the 2008 WNBA Draft in Tampa Bay.
Playoffs
First Round
Playoffs
The Fever clinched a playoff berth on September 9.
Player stats
Free Agents
Additions
col-end
Re-signings
col-endcol-breakcol-end
External links
* [http://wnba.com/fever/ Official Indiana Fever website]
* [http://wnba.com/index.html Official WNBA wesbite]
References
Wikimedia Foundation.
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