Lin Dunn

Tournament stars look for draft boost

NEW ORLEANS -- Lindsey Moore (Nebraska), Layshia Clarendon (California) and Kelly Faris (Connecticut) all helped their WNBA prospects with their NCAA Tournament runs. At least that was the opinion of Indiana head coach Lin Dunn as she and three of her peers – Tulsa’s head coach and general manager Gary Kloppenburg, New York’s head coach and GM Bill Laimbeer and Washington’s head coach and GM Mike Thibault – as they spoke to the media Thursday in the runup to Monday’s 2013 WNBA Draft.

Reflections on the 2012 WNBA season

• Everybody wants to hug Tamika Catchings because she finally won a WNBA title, but how about Lin Dunn? She endured two horrible seasons in Seattle – and drafted Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson as a result – and then got fired. She’s worked her way around the league and up the ladder, but unlike Catchings, hasn’t been inundated in awards and fan appreciation.

So yes, congrats Tamika – but a big shout out to Lin Dunn as well.

The long wait is over in Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS -- It's been a long time coming, this shiny silver trophy. They've gathered in the lobby of Bankers Life Fieldhouse to celebrate as rain has driven the festivities indoors, cancelling the planned parade. But the weather has done nothing to dampen the spirits of the fans who have taken time out in the middle of their workday or of the team whose ultimate success, so long in arriving, they have assembled here to salute.

Dunn stuns Reeve: Coaching makes a difference in Game Three

The most overemphasized aspect of basketball is Xs and Os. Very seldom does game strategy have much to do with the outcome, as teams are usually incapable of making tactical shifts on the fly and often reluctant to try.

Except for the Indiana Fever's Lin Dunn, who in the 2012 WNBA playoffs, has produced some of the most successful strategic and tactical postseason adjustments of any coach at any level, men’s or women’s.

2012 WNBA Finals Notebook

The Lynx have to be favored to make it two WNBA titles in a row -- but Indiana has championship fever

As most have predicted since before the season even began, the Minnesota Lynx are back in the WNBA Finals, bringing with them the best record in the league and poised to defend their 2011 title. If they succeed, they will be the first team to accomplish that feat since the Los Angeles Sparks took home back-to-back titles in 2001 and 2002.

Olympics a big break for Erlana Larkins and the Fever

UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- The WNBA's forced Olympic break took the wind out of the sails for most teams -- but it may have saved Erlana Larkins' career and in turn the Indiana Fever from an early post-season exit.

The coaches tell all -- well, maybe some -- about Indiana vs. Atlanta

Kibitzers can all speculate all day long how first-round matchups will go in the WNBA Playoffs, but no one has better insight than the coaches. They know more than anyone about the challenges, nuances and battles ahead. We caught up with all eight head coaches and talked strategy and today we begin with Lin Dunn and Fred Williams of Indiana and Atlanta, respectively. This is one of most interesting of the first four matchups as the teams went 2-2 during the regular season and both have MVP candidates in Tamika Catching and Angel McCoughtry.

January could be the difference in October

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Tamika Catchings gives high marks to Indiana Fever point guard Briann January: “She has really stepped up this season” -- and that was far from a sure thing a year ago. The fourth year pro had suffered a season-ending ACL tear ten games into the 2011 campaign, leaving Indiana very thin at the point guard spot and January's future in doubt.

2012 Indiana Fever Preview: With good health, the Fever can go all the way

The Indiana Fever return the core of their starting lineup and look to be playoff bound in 2012.

That's stating the obvious, since the Fever have made the post-season for the past seven years and are annually one of the best teams in the East. They own the longest string of playoff appearances in the Eastern Conference, second in the WNBA only to the Seattle Storm with eight.