ESPN to televise WNBA Draft Lottery for second consecutive year
For the second consecutive year, the WNBA Draft Lottery will be televised live on ESPN. The 2014 WNBA Draft Lottery – to be held in Secaucus, N.J. on Tuesday, Dec. 10 – will be hosted by Kevin Negandhi and air at 4:30 p.m. ET during SportsCenter.
WNBA officials and a representative from the accounting firm of Ernst & Young will conduct the draft lottery. League and team personnel that will attend include:
- Laurel J. Richie, President, WNBA
- Mitchell Etess, Chief Executive Officer, Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
- Bill Laimbeer, Head Coach, New York Liberty
- Dan Hughes, Head Coach, San Antonio Silver Stars
- Sam Combs, Owner and Managing Partner, Tulsa Shock
The Connecticut Sun, New York Liberty, Tulsa Shock, and San Antonio Silver Stars – all of whom did not qualify for the playoffs this past season – will be looking to secure the top pick in the 2014 Draft to be conducted next April.
Connecticut, which posted a record of 10-24, has the best opportunity (44.2 percent) to win the top pick in the 2014 Draft. New York and Tulsa, who both finished the year at 11-23, will have the second most chances to land the top pick (22.7 percent each). San Antonio, which ended the campaign at 12-22, rounds out the lottery-eligible teams and has a 10.4 percent chance to win the first overall selection.
Phoenix won the most recent WNBA Draft Lottery and selected Baylor’s Brittney Griner first overall in the 2013 WNBA Draft. That pick was followed, in order, by Chicago (Elena Delle Donne), Tulsa (Skylar Diggins), and Washington (Tayler Hill).
The number of chances for teams in the 2014 WNBA Draft Lottery:
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LOTTERY TEAMS FOR 2014 WNBA DRAFT |
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| Team | Record | Chances (out of 1,000) | |
| 1. | Connecticut | 10-24 | 442 |
| 2. | New York | 11-23 | 227 |
| 3. | Tulsa | 11-23 | 227 |
| 4. | San Antonio | 12-22 | 104 |
The remaining order of the first round, as determined by 2013 regular season records:
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REMAINING ORDER FOR FIRST ROUND |
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| Team | Record | |
| 5. | Indiana | 16-18 |
| 6. | Washington | 17-17 |
| 7. | Seattle | 17-17 |
| 8. | Atlanta | 17-17 |
| 9. | Phoenix | 19-15 |
| 10. | Chicago | 24-10 |
| 11. | Los Angeles | 24-10 |
| 12. | Minnesota | 26-8 |
