UNCASVILLE — Morgan Tuck’s away game routine looks different now.
Instead of flying on the Connecticut Sun’s charter and traveling across the country, the former UConn women’s basketball star curls up at home and turns on the game. She’ll stay up as late as she can and reach out to the Sun’s coaches and staff afterward to check in.
And maybe, just maybe, she’ll sneak in a hot dog for dinner — even though she knows she probably shouldn’t. She can’t help it.
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Tuck is nine months pregnant. She’s due at the end of July and expecting a baby girl. While her life has already changed and will even more once her daughter arrives, Tuck has remained fully present in her role as the Sun’s general manager. That balancing act, between parenthood and career, remains a priority for the former Sun and UConn star as she becomes a first-time mom.
“You just try to do what you can, right?” Tuck told CT Insider ahead of the Sun’s loss to Golden State last week. “… It makes me feel nervous, obviously. But it makes me feel really good that I don’t have to give something up to start a family, that I can still do my job.”
When Tuck found out she was pregnant last November, she was “a little worried” and anxious about becoming a first-time mom. Yet, she never once thought about slowing down or stepping away from her work with the Sun. The WNBA’s 2025-26 offseason was historic – and chaotic – with a new collective bargaining agreement and fast-paced, truncated free agency. As the Sun’s front office leader, Tuck was in the middle of it all.
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But thanks to the support of her community – family, friends and her Sun colleagues – Tuck was able to keep up and help bolster the Sun’s roster, including signing 10-time All-Star Brittney Griner.
Sure, some days she’s had to physically slow down, rest and work from home, but you can still spot her at every Sun home game in her usual seat across from the team’s bench, sitting next to Sun president Jen Rizzotti and VP of business operations Krista May.
“There’s nothing at this point that I really haven’t been able to do,” said Tuck. “I don’t travel anymore with the team, but our staff is good, and they kind of take care of everything that I normally would, and it allows me to be able to do my job.”
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Tuck expects to step away for a little after she delivers her daughter before returning to work for the final month or so of the season. Her family plans on making trips to Connecticut to help out. While she doesn’t plan on bringing her daughter to Sun games this season, she wouldn’t miss the team’s last-ever home games for the world.
Tuck says she remains undecided on whether she’ll relocate with the franchise to Houston next season.
“We still have to kind of figure things out, and nothing is set in stone,” said Tuck. “I mean, I love what I do, and I love our team and organization. So, for sure that’s an option that we’re looking at. We just haven’t quite got it nailed down yet, which adds to the craziness of this time of starting a family.”
UNCASVILLE, CONNECTICUT – JUNE 26: Connecticut Sun General Manger Morgan Tuck, left, and Team President Jennifer Rizzotti present Kennedy Burke with a game ball commemorating her 1,000th career point before the game between the Connecticut Sun and Washington Mystics at Mohegan Sun Arena on June 26, 2026 in Uncasville, Connecticut. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Sean D. Elliot/Getty Images)
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Tuck’s social media feed has become a mix of highlights from her basketball career, time with the Sun front office and now, maternity photos. On Tuesday, she posted a thank-you note on her Instagram story after Lansinoh sent her nursing and postpartum supplies.
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The former Husky says food aversion has momentarily paused her love of salmon, while she’s simultaneously been cursed with a newfound strong sense of smell. And for the first time since she was a kid, she’s been loving hot dogs.
“(It’s) not always a good thing when you can smell too much,” said Tuck, laughing. “But salmon for some reason has been like the one thing I just can’t eat. I hope after I can go back to eating it because I really like it. But for the past nine months, I just can’t even look at it. It’s very strange.”
She will become the seventh member of the UConn program to welcome a child within the last six years. Most recently, former UConn player and current assistant coach Morgan Valley welcomed her second child, a baby boy, in February.
STORRS, CONNECTICUT – JANUARY 15: Morgan Tuck is introduced during a Women’s Huskies of Honor induction ceremony for the 2015 and 2016 championship teams before an NCAA women’s basketball game at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion on January 15, 2026 in Storrs, Connecticut. (Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images)
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Tuck says the best advice she’s gotten from fellow UConn moms is to stay present and embrace this new chapter.
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“Of course, your life is gonna change, but (babies) just bring so much meaning and joy to your life,” said Tuck. “I think all of us have done a ton in our lives up to this point, and it’s been very central around us, right? In what you want to do, and your dreams, and your goals.
“And I think we all think if you have a kid that you can’t do that. But I think what they’ve said and what they’ve shown is you still can, right? Like, yeah, your priority is a little different, but you can still achieve dreams and goals and do your thing, even if you have kids.”