WNBA Power Rankings 2024: Everyone looking up at unbeaten Sun - ESPN

The Connecticut Sun aren't even a quarter of the way through their 2024 WNBA schedule, but they appear already on track for a great season. At 8-0 and as the league's only unbeaten team, they remain No. 1 in ESPN's WNBA Power Rankings.

Connecticut is the seventh WNBA team to win its first eight games of a season; the other six all advanced to the WNBA Finals. Three of those teams were from the Minnesota Lynx and three from the Los Angeles Sparks. Of those teams, the 2017 Lynx, 2016 Sparks and 2001 Sparks went on to win the WNBA title.

So while the calendar just turned to June, the Sun already look good for a playoff spot. But Alyssa Thomas, in her 11th season with Connecticut, is staying pragmatic.

«I think we don't care about the record,» Thomas said. «It's a 40-game season, a lot of basketball to be played. It's huge for this franchise. I've been here a long time; to have a start like this is great. But the job's not done.»

Last week, the Sun had two double-digit wins — vs. the Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday and Atlanta Dream on Sunday — and a two-point victory over the Dallas Wings on Friday. DeWanna Bonner totaled 49 points for the week, leading the Sun in scoring against the Mercury and the Dream. Brionna Jones had 22 to top Connecticut in scoring against the Wings.

And Thomas again gobbled up stats: She was one basket vs. Atlanta and one rebound vs. Dallas from triple-doubles in both those games. Sunday, she had her 14th career game with 10 rebounds and 10 assists — 10 more than any other WNBA player in history.

Thomas is the only WNBA player ever with 25 assists and 20 rebounds in a two-game span.

Bonner, the Sun's top scorer at 19.0 PPG, keeps piling up points: She now has 7,033 in her career, fifth in WNBA history.