Lottery results: Connecticut Sun win top pick in 2014 WNBA Draft
The Connecticut Sun won the 13th annual WNBA Draft Lottery and earned the top pick in the 2014 WNBA Draft. The Sun had 442 chances out of 1,000 to receive the first overall selection, the most of any of the four teams in the lottery mix. It marks the first time Connecticut has won the WNBA Draft Lottery. Entering 2010, Connecticut held the No. 2 overall pick but sent that pick and Lindsay Whalen to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the No. 1 overall selection and Renee Montgomery. The Sun used the pick to take University of Connecticut center Tina Charles, who went on to earn WNBA Rookie of the Year honors.
Tulsa, which along with the New York Liberty, shared the second largest chance of winning the lottery (22.7 percent each), will have the second pick in the 2014 Draft presented by State Farm, and will be followed by the San Antonio Silver Stars, which had the smallest chance (10.4 percent). The Liberty will have the fourth pick.
Results of the 2014 WNBA Draft Lottery:
2014 WNBA DRAFT LOTTERY ORDER
Pick | Team | Record |
1. | Connecticut Sun | 10-24 |
2. | Tulsa Shock | 11-23 |
3. | San Antonio Silver Stars | 12-22 |
4. | New York Liberty | 11-23 |
The following is the remaining order for the first round as determined by teams’ regular season records from 2013:
REMAINING ORDER FOR FIRST ROUND
Pick | Team | Record |
5. | Indiana Fever | 16-18 |
6. | Washington Mystics | 17-17 |
7. | Seattle Storm | 17-17 |
8. | Atlanta Dream | 17-17 |
9. | Phoenix Mercury | 19-15 |
10. | Chicago Sky | 24-10 |
11. | Los Angeles Sparks | 24-10 |
12. | Minnesota Lynx | 26-8 |