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Amid a roster rebuild and reports that ownership is looking into selling the team, the Connecticut Sun announced Wednesday that it has sold out of 2025 season tickets for the first time in franchise history at the fastest pace it has ever seen.

The team said via a press release that it has also seen a 40% increase in overall ticket sales compared to the 2024 season, continuing a trend of massive growth in attendance around the WNBA over the last several years. The league had its highest total attendance in 22 years in 2024 up 48% from the 2023 season, and the 154 individual game sellouts marked a 242% increase from the previous year.

“Reaching a season ticket sellout for the first time in franchise history is a significant achievement for our organization,” Sun president Jen Rizzotti said in the release. “This milestone reflects the remarkable dedication of our loyal Sun fans, whose continued commitment and enthusiasm for over 20 years make them the best in the WNBA.”

The Sun sold out Mohegan Sun Arena 10 times last season including the playoffs at a capacity of just under 9,000, and the team also sold out 19,156 seats at TD Garden when they played against the Los Angeles Sparks in Boston.

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News of the season ticket sellout comes barely 48 hours after Sportico first reported that the Mohegan Sun ownership group has hired investment bank Allen & Company to explore “options for strategic investments” including — but not limited to — selling the franchise. Tribal leadership was publicly committed to keeping the Sun in Connecticut as recently as January when first-year head coach Rachid Meziane…

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Penn State has announced the first game of its 2025-26 men’s basketball season. The Nittany Lions will play Providence on Nov. 22 as part of a doubleheader at the 2025 Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase. The event is sponsored by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

Penn State is among four teams that will appear in the event at Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut. Penn State will play Providence, and Boston College will take on Harvard. Tickets go on sale Sept. 5.

“We’re excited for the opportunity to bring our team to the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut to face a strong Providence team,” Penn State basketball coach Mike Rhoades said in a statement. “This will be our second straight year competing in a Hall of Fame event, and we know it will be a first-class experience for our group. The game will challenge our team early in the season and allow our fans and alumni in the Northeast region the chance to see us play in a fun college basketball environment.”

Penn State is 2-1 in previous games against Providence, incuding a 69-59 win over the Friars in the 2001 NCAA Tournament. Penn State also defeated Providence in the 2012 Puerto Rico Tip-Off.

Penn State enters its third year under Rhoades following a disappointing 14-15 season in which it went 6-14 in the Big Ten. The Nittany Lions began the season 12-2 but lost 11 of their first 12 conference games. Penn State capped the season with an upset win at Wisconsin and did not play in the postseason.

Since the season ended, Penn State’s roster has changed significantly. Three players entered the transfer portal, and 7-foot forward Yanic Konan Niederhauser declared for the NBA Draft. Niederhauser, who is participating in this week’s NBA Draft Combine, has said he…

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More than 250 senior citizens participated in a Mardi Gras in Spring dance hosted by the Area Agency on Aging on Wednesday at Mohegan Pennsylvania.

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  Larry Smith of Tunkhannock dances at the Area on Aging Agency Mardi Gras spring dance at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (JASON ARDAN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)

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  John and Mary Louise Macarchick, both of Tunkhannock, slow dance at the Area on Aging Agency Mardi Gras spring dance at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (JASON ARDAN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)

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  The Luongo Brothers Band performs at the Area on Aging Agency Mardi Gras spring dance at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (JASON ARDAN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)

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  Norma and Bob Roberts, both of Clarks Summit, dance at the Area on Aging Agency Mardi Gras spring dance at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (JASON ARDAN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)

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  Approximately 300 senior citizens attended the Area on Aging Agency Mardi Gras spring dance at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (JASON ARDAN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)

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  Approximately 300 senior citizens attended the Area on Aging Agency Mardi Gras in Spring dance at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (JASON ARDAN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)

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Penn State men’s basketball will play Providence on November 22 in a neutral-site game as part of the Hall of Fame Showcase, it was announced Wednesday.

The game is part of a doubleheader set to be played at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Boston University and Harvard will play one another in the other game.

It was first reported in April the Nittany Lions and Friars would square off, but no date was announced.

Mike Rhoades is entering his third season as head coach of the Nittany Lions. Penn State finished last season with a disappointing 16-17 record. Providence ended the 2024-25 campaign with a 21-14 record and a .500 record in the Big East.

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The Nittany Lions and Friars have only faced each other three times in program history, with Penn State holding a 2-1 record. The most recent matchup came in 2012, when the blue and white won 55-52 in overtime.

Penn State last played at Mohegan Sun Arena in November of 2016, where it lost to Duke and Cincinnati in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament.

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More information about Penn State’s nonconference game against Providence has been released.

The two teams will meet in the Hall of Fame showcase at Mohegan Sun Arena on Nov. 22.

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Jon Rothstein reported in April that the squads will meet in November in Mohegan Sun Arena, but now an exact date and the face they’re playing in the Hall of Fame showcase is known. An exact tipoff time has yet to be announced.

Tickets for this game will go on sale on Ticketmaster and at the Mohegan Sun Arena Box Office starting on September 6.

This game is the only known matchup in Penn State’s 2025-26 nonconference schedule. Home and away opponents for the Big Ten slate were announced on April 29.

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Has the WNBA outgrown the Uncasville market?

The future of Connecticut’s only big league franchise, the Women’s National Basketball Association’s Connecticut Sun is in question. The ownership of the franchise, the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, according to Sportico, has hired the investment bank Allen and Company to explore the potential sale of the team. The Connecticut Sun franchise entered the WNBA in 2003 when the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority purchased the team for $10 million. Sportico has placed an $80 million value on the franchise. The cost of purchasing a WNBA team has skyrocketed in the past few years.

The Connecticut Sun franchise plays its games at an arena on the Mohegan Sun grounds which seats around 9,300 people. The arena books high end concerts and people such as Billy Joel, Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lopez, Jay Z, Keith Urban, Bon Jovi and Kenny Chesney have performed at the venue. The arena has also hosted championship boxing bouts as well as wrestling and MMA matches. But the venue is in Uncasville, Connecticut which is a town of around 18,000 people. Uncasville has no big population markets nearby. Hartford is 45 miles northwest. Providence, Rhode Island is 60 miles east. Uncasville is about 130 miles northeast of New York and Boston is about 110 miles to the northeast. There is no corporate support or real TV market for the franchise. Just because there is a report that the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority has hired an investment bank to possibly investigate a sale doesn’t mean that the team will be sold or possibly relocated. But if the franchise does get onto the market, there would be potential buyers from around the…

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