The Sun finished their year by beating the Fever before a nice home crowd.

(Indiana's box score was symbolic. Catchings had a great game: 30 points on 60% shooting, got to the line a bunch, added a bunch of rebounds, assists, and steals. The rest of the team shot 27%. They didn't get to the line. They didn't rebound well. No one else had more than 1 assist. That's a recipe for last place.)

The venerable Mel Greenberg says T-Bone deserves Coach of the Year. As a predictive matter, it seems more likely that Donovan or Graf will win.

I love coach Graf, so I wouldn't be at all upset if she won, but I'm not sure she's deserving. The Mercury had enough talent that they should have gotten into the playoffs. Yes, the improved a great deal from last year, but gimme a break -- when you add Diana Taurasi to your team, you're gonna win a lot more games even if Elmer Fudd is coaching.

As for Anne... she won 20 games, but she also has two of the five best players in the league. She hasn't yet shown coaching brilliance.

Thibault is probably more deserving than either. Looking at that roster, you do have to wonder how the Sun ended up winning their conference. On the other hand, they have exactly the same record as last year. Plus, it's just hard to like that guy.

Michael Adams still has my vote. He presided over a huge improvement amidst absolute chaos. And yet he doesn't have a chance -- he hasn't even been an option in the internet polls, and Greenberg doesn't even mention him as a candidate.