The 2008 WNBA season was the 12th and final season for the Houston Comets. The Comets were not able to return to the postseason for the first time since 2006. By season's end, Comets owner Hilton Koch put the franchise up for sale less than two years after he bought it.[1]
| Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Club Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Matee Ajavon | Rutgers | |
| 17 | Erica White | LSU | |
| 31 | Crystal Kelly | Western Kentucky | |
| Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | San Antonio | 74-68 | Win | 1-0 |
| May 9 | Connecticut | 80-88 | Loss | 1-1 |
| May 13 | Washington | 66-72 | Loss | 1-2 |
In a game against the Detroit Shock on July 24, Shock player Nancy Lieberman broke her own record for being the oldest player in the WNBA.[6] Lieberman, a Hall of Famer since 1999, was 39 years old when she played with Phoenix during the league's first year in 1997.
Nancy Lieberman played nine minutes and had two assists.[7] One of the assists included a no-look pass in the closing minutes of the Detroit Shock's 79–61 loss to the Houston Comets on July 24.
| Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17 | @ Detroit | 66-85 | Loss | 0-1 |
| May 25 | @ Washington | 66-69 | Loss | 0-2 |
| May 27 | vs. Minnesota | 92-98 (OT) | Loss | 0-3 |
| May 30 | @ Sacramento | 66-73 | Loss | 0-4 |
| June 1 | @ Seattle | 63-64 | Loss | 0-5 |
| June 3 | vs. San Antonio | 75-72 | Win | 1-5 |
| June 6 | @ New York | 73-81 | Loss | 1-6 |
| June 7 | @ Indiana | 75-84 | Loss | 1-7 |
| June 14 | vs. Seattle | 68-60 | Win | 2-7 |
| June 16 | vs. Atlanta | 88-79 | Win | 3-7 |
| June 18 | vs. Washington | 63-67 | Loss | 3-8 |
| June 21 | @ Minnesota | 72-65 | Win | 4-8 |
| June 24 | @ San Antonio | 82-81(OT) | Win | 5-8 |
| June 26 | vs. San Antonio | 77-71 | Win | 6-8 |
| June 28 | vs. Indiana | 75-61 | Win | 7-8 |
| July 1 | @ Connecticut | 68-78 | Loss | 7-9 |
| July 3 | @ Atlanta | 72-65 | Win | 8-9 |
| July 5 | vs. Sacramento | 73-65 | Win | 9-9 |
| July 8 | @ Phoenix | 94-99 | Loss | 9-10 |
| July 9 | @ Los Angeles | 74-82(OT) | Loss | 9-11 |
| July 12 | @ Minnesota | 71-85 | Loss | 9-12 |
| July 17 | vs. Minnesota | 96-88 | Win | 10-12 |
| July 19 | vs. Los Angeles | 75-72(OT) | Win | 11-12 |
| July 22 | vs. Phoenix | 94-92 | Win | 12-12 |
| July 24 | vs. Detroit | 79-61 | Win | 13-12 |
| July 26 | vs. Chicago | 79-65 | Win | 14-12 |
| August 28 | @ Seattle | 49-66 | Loss | 14-13 |
| August 30 | @ Sacramento | 65-80 | Loss | 14-14 |
| September 2 | vs. New York | 87-90(OT) | Loss | 14-15 |
| September 6 | vs. Los Angeles | 66-84 | Loss | 14-16 |
| September 7 | @ Phoenix | 74-99 | Loss | 14-17 |
| September 9 | vs. Connecticut | 75-68 | Win | 15-17 |
| September 14 | @ Chicago | 79-76 | Win | 16-17 |
| September 15 | vs. Sacramento | 90-81 | Win | 17-17 |
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 29 | 35.8 | .412 | .403 | .859 | 6.9 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 18.1 | ||
| 34 | 34 | 25.2 | .529 | .500 | .697 | 6.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 9.9 | ||
| 24 | 20 | 26.4 | .403 | .154 | .857 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 9.0 | ||
| 27 | 9 | 18.1 | .582 | .000 | .745 | 6.2 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 8.2 | ||
| 34 | 2 | 17.8 | .331 | .191 | .791 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 8.0 | ||
| 26 | 22 | 22.7 | .492 | .500 | .692 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 7.8 | ||
| 33 | 32 | 30.7 | .379 | .320 | .747 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 7.7 | ||
| 15 | 6 | 18.3 | .418 | .366 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 7.3 | ||
| 20 | 11 | 16.4 | .303 | .274 | .714 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 4.6 | ||
| 32 | 0 | 11.4 | .505 | .000 | .549 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 34 | 2 | 12.5 | .284 | .143 | .897 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 17 | 3 | 11.9 | .258 | .235 | .727 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 4.2 | .471 | .000 | .667 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 4.0 | .000 | .000 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 5.5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
On December 1, 2008, the WNBA announced a plan to fold the team, which resulted in the loss of 37 jobs.[9] A dispersal draft took place on December 8, 2008. Before the team folded, they were possibly going to move to Las Vegas, Nevada, but the plan didn't work out.
What turned out to be the team's final home game in its history was relocated from the Reliant Arena to the Strahan Coliseum on the campus of Texas State due to Hurricane Ike. The game was played on September 15, 2008 as the Comets defeated the Sacramento Monarchs 90–81.