The 2014 WNBA draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 14, 2014, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut at 8:00 pm EDT. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (HD), with the second and third rounds shown on ESPNU.
Draft lottery The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2013 draft occurred on December 10, 2013.Connecticut Sun Win Top Pick in 2014 WNBA Draft Lottery Presented by State Farm The draft lottery was televised (during SportsCenter at 6:30 pm ET).
Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2014 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:
Team2013recordLotterychancesPick1st2nd3rd4th Connecticut Sun 10–24 442.442 .316 .181 .062 Tulsa Shock 11–23 227 .276.270 .293 .209 New York Liberty 11–23 227 .276 .269 .294.209 San Antonio Stars 12–22 104 .104 .145.232 .520Shaded block denotes actual lottery result.
Transactions March 1, 2013: The Minnesota Lynx acquired the 2nd round pick of the Tulsa Shock in a trade that sent Candice Wiggins to Tulsa. March 11, 2014: The Indiana Fever acquired a first round pick from the Phoenix Mercury as part of the Erin Phillips/Lynetta Kizer transaction. March 31, 2014: The Connecticut Sun acquired a first round pick from the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Sandrine Gruda. April 14, 2014: The Connecticut Sun acquired Alyssa Thomas (the New York Liberty's pick in the first round), Kelsey Bone, and the Liberty's 2015 1st round draft pick, in exchange for Tina Charles April 14, 2014: The Washington Mystics acquired Bria Hartley (the Seattle Storm's first round pick) and Tianna Hawkins for Crystal Langhorne
Draft invitess On April 10, 2014, the WNBA announced the 12 players who had been invited to attend the draft.
Natalie Achonwa, Notre Dame Stefanie Dolson, Connecticut Markeisha Gatling, NC State Chelsea Gray, Duke Bria Hartley, Connecticut Natasha Howard, Florida State Kayla McBride, Notre Dame Chiney Ogwumike, Stanford Shoni Schimmel, Louisville Meighan Simmons, Tennessee Odyssey Sims, Baylor Alyssa Thomas, Maryland
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Draft Round 1 PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team 1 Chiney Ogwumike + Connecticut Sun Stanford 2 Odyssey Sims * Tulsa Shock Baylor 3 Kayla McBride + San Antonio Stars Notre Dame 4 Alyssa Thomas * New York Liberty Maryland 5 Natasha Howard * Indiana Fever Florida State 6 Stefanie Dolson + Washington Mystics Connecticut 7 Bria Hartley Seattle Storm 8Shoni Schimmel + Atlanta Dream Louisville 9 Natalie Achonwa Indiana Fever Notre Dame 10 Markeisha Gatling Chicago Sky NC State 11 Chelsea Gray * Connecticut Sun Duke 12 Tricia Liston Minnesota Lynx
Round 2 PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team 13 Jordan Hooper Tulsa Shock Nebraska 14 Tyaunna Marshall # New York Liberty Georgia Tech 15 Asya Bussie # Minnesota Lynx West Virginia 16 Astou Ndour San Antonio Stars Gran Canarias (Spain) 17 Tiffany Bias Phoenix Mercury Oklahoma State 18 Inga Orekhova Atlanta Dream South Florida 19 Michelle Plouffe # Seattle Storm Utah 20 Cassie Harberts # Atlanta Dream USC 21 Maggie Lucas Phoenix Mercury Penn State 22 Gennifer Brandon Chicago Sky California 23 Jennifer Hamson Los Angeles Sparks BYU 24 Christina Foggie # Minnesota Lynx Vanderbilt
Round 3 PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team 25 DeNesha Stallworth # Connecticut Sun Kentucky 26 Meighan Simmons New York Liberty Tennessee 27 Theresa Plaisance Tulsa Shock LSU 28 Bri Kulas # San Antonio Stars Missouri 29 Haiden Palmer # Indiana Fever Gonzaga 30 Carley Mijović # Washington Mystics Canberra Capitals (Australia) 31 Mikaela Ruef # Seattle Storm Stanford 32 Kody Burke # Washington Mystics NC State 33 Stephanie Talbot Phoenix Mercury Adelaide Lightning (Australia) 34 Jamierra Faulkner Chicago Sky Southern Miss 35 Antonita Slaughter # Los Angeles Sparks Louisville 36 Asia Taylor Minnesota Lynx
See also List of first overall WNBA draft picks
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References
External links 2014 WNBA draft board