Cleveland Rockers

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Cleveland Rockers
Conference	Eastern Conference
Founded	1997
Folded	2003
Arena	Gund Arena
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Team Colors	White, Blue, Black
WNBA Championships	None
Conference Titles	None

The Cleveland Rockers was a Women's National Basketball Association team. The Rockers was one of the original eight franchises that started in 1997. The owner was Gordon Gund, who also owned the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. In September 2003, Gund announced that his Gund Arena Company would no longer operate the Rockers. The team folded after the 2003 season as the league was not able to find new ownership for the team.

Contents 1 Uniform 2 Playoff history 3 History 4 Season-by-Season Records 5 Retired numbers 6 Hall of Famers 7 Not to be forgotten 8 Coaches and others

[edit] Uniform

White with water blue lines over the shoulders, and black with water blue lines over the shoulders on the road, with a basketball-shaped guitar and the name Rockers.

[edit] Playoff history

Playoff Appearances: 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003

Conference Championships:

WNBA Championships:

[edit] History

The Rockers, who got their nickname to honor Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, have had little success historically. In 1997, they started with such players like Isabelle Fijalkowski and former Harlem Globetrotters member Lynette Woodard, who had been the first female player in Globetrotter history. The Rockers missed the playoffs in 1997, made them in 1998, going 20-10 and winning the Eastern Conference title, but lost to the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA semi-finals (before they split the playoffs by conference). They made the conference finals again in 2000 but lost to the New York Liberty.

[edit] Season-by-Season Records

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, % = Win-Loss %

Season	W	L	%	Playoffs	Results
Cleveland Rockers
1997	15	13	.536
1998	20	10	.667	Lost WNBA Semifinals	Phoenix 2, Cleveland 1
1999	7	25	.219
2000	17	15	.531	Won First Round Lost Conference Finals	Cleveland 2, Orlando 1 New York 2, Cleveland 1
2001	22	10	.688	Lost First Round	Charlotte 2, Cleveland 1
2002	10	22	.313
2003	17	17	.500	Lost First Round	Detroit 2, Cleveland 1
Totals	108	112	.491
Playoffs	6	9	.400

[edit] Retired numbers

None

[edit] Hall of Famers

• Lynette Woodard (Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame)

[edit] Not to be forgotten

• Mery Andrade
• Lucienne Berthieu
• Tricia Bader Binford, now coaches at Montana State University
• Cindy Blodgett
• Jenny Boucek, now coaches the Sacramento Monarchs
• Rushia Brown
• Helen Darling
• Michelle Edwards
• Isabelle Fijalkowski
• Tracy Henderson
• Deanna Jackson
• Pollyanna Johns-Kimbrough
• Merlakia Jones
• Betty Lennox
• Suzie McConnell Serio
• Chasity Melvin
• Eva Nemcova
• Jennifer Rizzotti, now coaches at the University of Hartford
• Paige Sauer, now an assistant coach at the University of Northern Colorado
• Penny Taylor
• LaToya Thomas
• Ann Wauters
• Lynette Woodard

[edit] Coaches and others

Head Coaches:

• Linda Hill-McDonald (1997-1999), now coaches at the University at Buffalo
• Dan Hughes (2000-2003), now coaches the San Antonio Silver Stars

Women's National Basketball Association

Eastern Conference	Western Conference
Chicago Sky | Connecticut Sun | Detroit Shock | Indiana Fever | New York Liberty | Washington Mystics	Houston Comets | Los Angeles Sparks | Minnesota Lynx | Phoenix Mercury | Sacramento Monarchs | San Antonio Silver Stars | Seattle Storm
Defunct teams: Charlotte Sting | Cleveland Rockers | Miami Sol | Portland Fire
Media: WNBA on ESPN | List of WNBA Finals broadcasters
Other Women's Leagues: National Women's Basketball League | Women's National Basketball League (Australia)