Mohegan — The Connecticut Sun are never dull when it comes to the WNBA Draft.

Connecticut went all in Thursday night after three numbing losing seasons by acquiring three of the top players either by draft or by trade — UConn forward Morgan Tuck, guard Rachel Banham of Minnesota and forward Jonquel Jones of George Washington.

The Sun also drafted Oregon State guard Jamie Weisner (17th overall) and guard Aliyyah Handford of St. John's (27th).

Well, then.

“Exciting night,” Connecticut first-year coach Curt Miller said. “We addressed a lot of needs. We went into the draft wanting to improve guard depth and certainly the ability to space the floor for (center Kelsey) Bone and (power forward Chiney) Ogwumike.

“We’ve been talking about improving our 3-point shooting since my hiring, and we knew we could do that with guards, but the stretch fours, too. We’re very excited with Morgan. We feel Rachel was the best shooter in the entire draft. We looked at Jonquel Jones as a special, special player.”

Connecticut drafted Tuck and Banham third and fourth, respectively. It acquired the fourth pick during the offseason from the Atlanta Dream in exchange for second-year center Elizabeth Williams.

The Los Angeles Sparks took Jones sixth. She was later packaged with their No. 17 pick and shipped to Connecticut for second-year point guard Chelsea Gray, the 15th and 23rd overall picks in Thursday’s draft, and its 2017 first-round pick.

“Amazing draft,” ESPN analyst Rebecca Lobo said. “If you’re coming away from this draft asking who is the winner, Connecticut would definitely be up there. They got three players who were in the mix in the conversation as the third (overall) pick.”

The Sun have a long history of draft drama and have made trades before or during the three of the past six drafts.

Tuck (6-foot-2) averaged 13.7 points and 5.7 rebounds this season for the four-time national champions.

“I’m just really excited that I’ll be here in Connecticut,” Tuck said. “(It’s like) coming to UConn, when you go onto a team that has really great players. … It makes you work harder and it makes you play better. I’m definitely going to try to use that as a motivating factor.

Miller said, “There’s something to be said about Connecticut players. … Morgan also gets a lot of credit about the leader of that group. Maybe the unheralded one on the floor, but she was the glue and the leader behind the scenes.”

The one worry about Tuck is the health of her knees, which have both had major surgery. She missed five games this season.

“They got to see me at the end of the season without a brace playing well,” Tuck said. “I wasn’t playing with pain or anything like that. I felt great. I still feel great.”

Miller said he and his staff talked to both UConn coach Geno Auriemma and the team’s medical stuff about Tuck.

“It’s certainly something we’re aware of,” Miller said of Tuck’s knees, “but we think that she’s got a bright future and it won’t be a huge factor.”

Banham (5-9) gained national attention this season when she tied the Division I record with 60 points in a 112-106 double overtime win over Northwestern (Feb. 7). She finished the season shooting 45.7 percent and averaged 28.6 points, second-best in Division I. Miller said she could play either point or shooting guard.

“I really did want to come here,” Banham said. “After talking to coach Miller, there was a connection there.

“It was really nice when, as I said earlier, that he talked about being a rookie as well. We’re going to learn together. We’re going to make mistakes together. But we’re going to get it done together as well.”

Jones was the draft’s most intriguing player, a 6-6 forward who can handle and shoot like a guard and rebound and block like a center. She averaged 16.2 points, 14.6 rebounds and 3.3 blocks as a senior.

“We looked ahead and studied the 2017 WNBA Draft and feel it’s not as deep as this draft,” Miller said. “Put Jonquel Jones in the ’17 draft, she may be the number one draft pick. We felt like it was a gamble (what we gave up) and a risk worth taking.”

n.griffen@theday.com