Jennifer Rizzotti will stay as team president as WNBA's Connecticut Suns moves to Houston as Comets
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Connecticut Sun president Jennifer Rizzotti will stay with the organization as it moves to Texas as the Houston Comets, she told NBC Connecticut earlier this week.
Rizzotti, 52, has been president of the Sun since 2021. She played on the Comets during the last two years of the team's run of four straight titles in 1999 and 2000.
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While she has a previous Houston connection, Rizzotti has spent much of her basketball life in Connecticut. She graduated from New Fairfield High and the. won an NCAA title at UConn. She played for a pro team in the American Basketball League based in the state. She coached the University of Hartford for 17 seasons.
Morgan Tuck, the Sun's general manager, told CTInsider last week that she would also be staying with the franchise as it moves to Houston.
"We decided we're gonna go down to Houston together and we're gonna figure this thing out," Rizzotti said of herself and Tuck on NBC Connecticut.
Rizzotti said she will be president of basketball operations.
Tilman Fertitta bought the Sun earlier this year. The Sun will play their last game in Connecticut before relocating to Houston on Thursday.
The team has the second-worst record in the WNBA, putting it in position to land a high draft pick in next year's draft.
The draft class would be headlined by USC star JuJu Watkins if she declares but there's other notable talents at the top of the board, including Texas forward Madison Booker and Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo.
The original Comets existed from 1996-2008.
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