Draft coverage roundup, hello New York?
As the WNBA draft wrapped up yesterday, teams began updating their websites with news of their picks. Around the country newspapers did the same to announce the selection of hometown players, those from area universities and picks of local WNBA teams.
Strangely enough, in the largest city in the country, New York City, there were no original stories about the picks of the New York Liberty. The New York Post and the New York Daily News talked about Christ the King’s Tina Charles being the No. 1 pick and Epiphanny Prince getting selected by Chicago but there was no print (except for a wire story) in New York papers on the new members of the hometown WNBA team — forward Kalana Greene of the University of Connecticut, guard Ashley Houts of the University of Georgia and Cory Montgomery of the University of Nebraska.
Overall
- Two Pac-10 Women’s Basketball Players Taken in 2010 WNBA Draft (Pac-10.org)
- Ole Miss, MSU players drafted in WNBA (ClarionLedger.com)
- 3 Sooners, 1 Cowgirl taken in WNBA draft (AP)
- Pair of Lady Dogs drafted, Angel Robinson and Ashley Houts (OnlineAthens.com)
- UGA’s Houts, Robinson selected in Draft (RomeNews-Tribune.com)
- LA Sparks take OSU’s Riley No. 8; OU’s Thompson headed to Tulsa (TulsaWorld.com)
- Quick quotes from the day’s draftees (SwishAppeal.com)
Atlanta
- Mokango lives a Dream with first-round selection (AJC.com)
- Brittainey Raven selected No. 33 in WNBA Draft by Atlanta (Texassports.com)
Chicago
- Former Rutgers star Epiphanny Prince selected fourth in WNBA Draft (NJ.com)
- Happy Epiphanny Prince ready for U.S. homecoming (APP.com)
Connecticut
- Charles Goes First, Starting A Huge Day For Sun (Courant.com)
- Big East Star Chosen First Again In WNBA Draft (BigEast.org)
- Charles rides tall tale to fairy-tale finish (ESPN)
- Kelsey Griffin picked No. 3, traded to Connecticut (Huskerextra.com)
- Griffin drafted No. 3, then traded (Nebraska.scout.com)
- Kansas’ McCray is 7th pick in WNBA draft (AP)
- Griffin selected third in WNBA draft, traded (Omaha.com)
- KU’s McCray is seventh overall pick in WNBA draft (KansasCity.com)
- Fans revel as Connecticut Sun acquires new players (NorwichBulletin.com)
- Former Christ the King star Tina Charles chosen No. 1 in WNBA Draft by Connecticut Sun (NYDailyNews.com)
Indiana
- Fever choose SDSU’s Morris in 1st round (AP)
- South Meck’s Cheek headed to WNBA (TheCharlottePost.com)
Los Angeles
- Sparks select Bianca Thomas with their second pick in WNBA draft (LATimes.com)
- Riley Selected By L.A. Sparks In WNBA Draft (KTUL)
- Sparks happy to get Riley in draft (ESPN)
Minnesota
- Minnesota Lynx eye return to WNBA playoffs (ESPN)
- Kelsey Griffin picked No. 3, traded to Connecticut (HuskerExtra.com)
- Cavs’ Monica Wright No. 2 pick in WNBA draft (TimesDispatch.com)
- Gabriela Marginean Drafted By WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx (DrexelDragons.com)
New York
- Zilch, Zero, Nada, Null
Phoenix
- Phoenix Mercury select Penn State’s Tyra Grant, Oklahoma’s Nyeshia Stevenson in WNBA draft (Azcentral.com)
San Antonio
- Silver Stars find good ‘fortune’ on draft day (San Antonio Express-News)
- Silver Stars choose Stanford center in WNBA draft (Bizjournals.com)
- Appel picked No. 5, has stress fracture (SFgate.com)
Seattle
- Storm drafts another Australian (SeattleTimes.com)
- Cyclones’ Alison Lacey is 10th pick of WNBA draft (Des Moines Register)
- Storm selects Iowa State point guard Alison Lacey in WNBA draft (SeattleTimes.com)
Tulsa
- Shock selects Thompson: Former OU player fits the system Richardson plans to utilize with Tulsa’s WNBA team (TulsaWorld.com)
- OU’s Thompson is Tulsa’s first WNBA draft pick (AP)
Washington Mystics
- Washington Mystics pick Jacinta Monroe with sixth pick of WNBA draft (WashingtonPost.com)