Maya Moore will undoubtedly go down as one of the greatest women's college basketball players of all time following her historic stint at the University of Connecticut. The next task at hand for Moore is to leave her mark on the WNBA.
Moore is the consensus No. 1 overall pick entering the 2011 WNBA Draft on Monday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. EDT. (ESPN). The Minnesota Lynx have the top pick in this years draft, meaning that Moore will most likely be taking her talents up north. Swish Appeal, SB Nation's women's college and professional basketball blog, was very succinct in its analysis of Moore.
1. Minnesota Lynx: Maya Moore, F, Connecticut Huskies
Other votes: none.
Boxscores rank: 1
Commentary: We have nothing further to say about Moore. She's good.
Swish Appeal projects Liz Cambage of Australia to be drafted second overall by the Tulsa Shock and Gonzaga's Courtney Vandersloot to be drafted third overall by the Chicago Sky. To view Swish Appeal's complete 2011 WNBA mock draft, click here.
As for the Connecticut Sun, New England's only WNBA team, they have two picks in this year's draft, but none are in the first round. The Sun have fourth pick in the second round (16th overall) and the fourth pick in the third round (28th overall).
Keep an eye out for local women's college basketball star Carolyn Swords of Boston College, who will most likely be drafted on Monday. Swords recently completed a terrific season with the Eagles in which she was an AP All-American honorable mention and a member of the All-ACC First Team. Swords averaged 17.5 points and 9.5 rebounds in 33 games this season, all while leading the nation in shooting with a remarkable 71.4% clip from the field.
Here's a look at the complete draft order for this afternoon's 2011 WNBA Draft.
FIRST ROUND
- Minnesota Lynx
- Tulsa Shock
- Chicago Sky
- Minnesota Lynx
- Los Angeles Sparks
- San Antonio Silver Stars
- Tulsa Shock
- Atlanta Dream
- Indiana Fever
- New York Liberty
- Washington Mystics
- Seattle Storm
- Minnesota Lynx (13th overall)
- Minnesota Lynx (14th overall)
- Chicago Sky (15th overall)
- Connecticut Sun (16th overall)
- Chicago Sky (17th overall)
- Atlanta Dream (18th overall)
- Phoenix Mercury (19th overall)
- San Antonio Silver Stars (20th overall)
- Tulsa Shock (21st overall)
- New York Liberty (22nd overall)
- Washington Mystics (23rd overall)
- Seattle Storm (24th overall)
- Tulsa Shock (25th overall)
- Minnesota Lynx (26th overall)
- Chicago Sky (27th overall)
- Connecticut Sun (28th overall)
- Los Angeles Sparks (29th overall)
- San Antonio Silver Stars (30th overall)
- Phoenix Mercury (31st overall)
- Atlanta Dream (32nd overall)
- Indiana Fever (33rd overall)
- New York Liberty (34th overall)
- Washington Mystics (35th overall)
- Seattle Storm (36th overall)