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By Alex AzziApr 11, 2022, 6:15 PM EDT

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Ahead of tonight’s 2022 WNBA Draft, here are answers to a few frequently asked questions about how the draft works, WNBA eligibility, which players have declared, which WNBA team has first pick, and more.

What time is the WNBA Draft?

The 2022 WNBA Draft will be held tonight, Monday, April 11, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. ET (TV channel: ESPN). For the first time since 2019, the WNBA Draft will be held in-person at Spring Studios in New York.

2022 WNBA DRAFT: Live updates, highlights, round-by-round picks

How does the WNBA Draft work?

The WNBA draft consists of three rounds with 12 picks in each round. A total of 36 athletes will be drafted, though unfortunately, many of them won’t ultimately play in the WNBA.

What are the chances of a draft pick playing in the WNBA?

It hurts to answer this question. The reality is that many WNBA draftees won’t ultimately play in a WNBA game. That’s because there are just 144 roster spots available in the WNBA (12 teams x 12 players per roster), and some of those will go unfilled due to the league’s salary cap.

READ MORE: The odds of WNBA draftees playing in the league

Who is eligible for the WNBA Draft?

In order to be eligible to play in the WNBA, an athlete must:

Turn 22 years old in the year of the draft OR
Have graduated or be set to graduate from a four-year university within three months of the draft OR
Have attended a four-year college and had her original class already graduate or be set to graduate within three months of the draft

International athletes who don’t play college basketball in the U.S. are eligible so long as they turn 20 years old in the year of the draft.

FROM THE ARCHIVES: In college basketball, men can be ‘one-and-done.’ Why not the women?

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA in 2021 granted all winter athletes an additional year of college eligibility. As a result, college players were required to opt-in if they had additional eligibility remaining and wanted to be considered for the 2022 WNBA Draft.

A full list of the 108 NCAA athletes who have opted in to the 2022 WNBA Draft can be found below.

Who is predicted to be the No. 1 pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft?

Most mock drafts predict that Kentucky’s Rhyne Howard will be the No. 1 pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft. Baylor’s NaLyssa Smith and Ole Miss’ Shakira Austin are also expected to be drafted in the first three.

MORE ON RHYNE HOWARD: ‘Once-in-a-lifetime player’ Rhyne Howard headlines prospects at 2022 WNBA Draft

Which WNBA prospects will attend the 2022 WNBA Draft?

The WNBA on Wednesday announced the list of 12 prospects who will attend the 2022 WNBA Draft:

Shakira Austin – Ole Miss
Kierstan Bell – Florida Gulf Coast
Rae Burrell – Tennessee
Veronica Burton – Northwestern
Nia Clouden – Michigan State
Elissa Cunane – NC State
Emily Engstler – Louisville
Destanni Henderson – South Carolina
Naz Hillmon – Michigan
Rhyne Howard – Kentucky
Nyara Sabally – Oregon
NaLyssa Smith – Baylor

MORE FROM ON HER TURF: ‘Once-in-a-lifetime player’ Rhyne Howard headlines prospects at 2022 WNBA Draft

Which team has the first pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft?

The Washington Mystics won the 2022 WNBA draft lottery, but last Wednesday, it was announced that the Mystics had traded the number one overall draft pick to the Atlanta Dream. In exchange, the Mystics received the No 3. overall pick, No. 14 overall pick, plus rights to swap 2023 draft picks.

“We are very comfortable with all three players that we have ranked as the possible top three picks in the draft,” Mystics head coach Mike Thibault said. “We didn’t have any other picks in this draft and now we have #14 to try to find another good young player that can be a part of our future.”

Also ahead of Monday’s draft, the Las Vegas Aces and Minnesota Lynx made a trade that gives Las Vegas the eighth and 13th overall picks in this year’s WNBA draft. In exchange, the Lynx will receive 2023 draft picks from the Aces.

Here’s the updated list of first-round picks for the 2022 WNBA Draft:

Atlanta Dream (from Washington Mystics)
Indiana Fever
Washington Mystics (from Atlanta Dream)
Indiana Fever (from Los Angeles via Dallas)
New York Liberty
Indiana Fever (from Dallas)
Dallas Wings (from Chicago via Dallas and Indiana)
Las Vegas Aces (from Minnesota via Phoenix, New York and Seattle)
Los Angeles Sparks (from Seattle)
Indiana Fever (from Minnesota)
Las Vegas Aces
Connecticut Sun

Here is a list of the NCAA athletes who have opted in to the 2022 WNBA Draft (updated on April 6, 2022):

The WNBA on Wednesday announced the full list of 108 NCAA athletes who have opted in for the 2022 WNBA Draft.

There are more than 108 athletes who are eligible for selection in this year’s WNBA draft; the following list just includes NCAA players who have opted-in (including those who needed to renounce any remaining eligibility). Seniors who exhausted all of their NCAA eligibility were not required to declare for the WNBA draft, though some of them did anyway.

This updated list includes athletes who were still competing or had just finished competing in the 2022 NCAA women’s basketball tournament when the WNBA published its initial list last week.

Headlining the new additions are four athletes who competed in the 2022 NCAA women’s basketball championship last week: South Carolina’s Destanni Henderson and UConn’s Olivia Nelson-Ododa, Evina Westbrook, and Christyn Williams.

New additions are identified in bold.

Faustine Aifuwa – C – LSU
Joanne Allen-Taylor – G – Texas
Amy Atwell – G – Hawaii
Shakira Austin – C – Ole Miss
Ty Battle – F – Delaware
Kierstan Bell – G – Florida Gulf Coast
Arbrie Benson – G – Ball State
Katie Benzan – G – Maryland
Michelle Berry – G-F – TCU
Chloe Bibby – F – Maryland
Jazzmaine “Jazz” Bond – F – North Florida
Araion Bradshaw – G – Dayton
Osh Brown – F – Rutgers
Rae Burrell – G-F – Tennessee
Veronica Burton – G – Northwestern
Brice Calip – G – Missouri State
Nicole Cardaño-Hillary – G – Indiana
Jailin Cherry – G – LSU
Natalie Chou – G – UCLA
Deja Church – G – DePaul
Nia Clouden – G – Michigan State
Jennifer Coleman – G – Navy
Lorela Cubaj – F – Georgia Tech (Italy)
Elissa Cunane – C – NC State
Alana Davis – F – Memphis
Mia Davis – F – Temple
Jordyn Dawson – F – Akron
Jasmine Dickey – G – Delaware
Renetha “Shug” Dickson – G – Rutgers
Maya Dodson – F – Notre Dame
Alexus Dye – F – Tennessee
Queen Egbo – C – Baylor
Jayden Eggleston – F-G – CSU Bakersfield
Emily Engstler – F – Louisville
Amaya Finklea – C – Duke
N’Dea Flye – G – Rocky Mountain
Krystal Freeman – F – Tulane
Jenna Giacone – G – Dayton
Miela Goodchild – G – Duke
Alexis “Lexi” Gordon – G-F – Duke
Vivian Gray – G – Texas Tech
Aleksa Gulbe – F – Indiana
Chelsie Hall – G – Louisville
Sara Hamson – C – BYU
Paisley Harding – G – BYU
Lauren Heard – G – TCU
Lexi Held – G – DePaul
Destanni Henderson – G – South Carolina
Naz Hillmon – F – Michigan
Mya Hollingshed – F – Colorado
CeCe Hooks – G – Ohio
Qadashah Hoppie – G – Texas A&M
Chantel Horvat – G – UCLA
Rhyne Howard – G – Kentucky
Gadiva Hubbard – G – Minnesota
Lexie Hull – G – Stanford
Aahliyah Jackson – G – TCU
Erica “Rosy” Johnson – G – Ohio
Kayla Jones – F – NC State
Masseny Kaba – F – UCF
Lotta-Maj Lahtinen – G – Georgia Tech (Finland)
Chloe Lamb – G – South Dakota
Jordan Lewis – G – Baylor
Kiara Lewis – G – Clemson
Kelsey Marshall – G – Miami
LaShonda Monk – G – Ole Miss
Christina Morra – F – Wake Forest
Que Morrison – G – Georgia
Nancy Mulkey – C – Washington
Bethy Mununga – F – South Florida
Olivia Nelson-Ododa – F – Connecticut
Ali Patberg – G – Indiana
Jaelynn Penn – G – UCLA
Raina Perez – G – NC State
Destiny Pitts – G-F – Texas A&M
Khayla Pointer – G – LSU
Amber Ramirez – G – Arkansas
Taya Robinson – G – VCU
Dor Saar – G – Middle Tennessee
Nyara Sabally – C – Oregon
Courtajia “Tay” Sanders – G – UCF
Chanin Scott – G-F – North Carolina A&T
Aisha Sheppard – G – Virginia Tech
Hannah Sjerven – C – South Dakota
Akila Smith – F – Longwood
Alisia Smith – F – Michigan State
Kianna Smith – G – Louisville
NaLyssa Smith – F – Baylor
Tra’Dayja Smith – G – Longwood
Jenna Staiti – C – Georgia
Iimar’i Thomas – F – UCLA
Sam Thomas – G – Arizona
Taylah Thomas – F – Texas Tech
Lianna Tillman – G – Sacramento State
Amandine Toi – G – Virginia
Moon Ursin – G – Tulane
Lauren Van Kleunen – F` – Marquette
Cierra Walker – G – Gonzaga
Kayla Wells – G – Texas A&M
Evina Westbrook – G – Connecticut
Erin Whalen – G-F – Dayton
Sydne Wiggins – G – SMU
Christyn Williams – G – Connecticut
Jade Williams – F – Duke
Macee Williams – F – IUPUI
Ameshya Williams-Holiday – F – Jackson State
Anna Wilson – G – Stanford
Deja Winters – G – Minnesota

Since the WNBA published its initial 88-athlete list, two athletes also removed their names from consideration (Anastasia Hayes of Mississippi State and Brie Perpignan of Elon).

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2022 Rivalry Series: USA extends lead to 3-0 over Canada in women’s hockey showcase

By Lisa AntonucciNov 20, 2022, 10:00 PM EST

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Hilary Knight had two goals and one assist to lead the U.S. women’s hockey team to a 4-2 win over Canada on Sunday, extending Team USA’s series lead to 3-0 in the seven-game 2022-23 Rivalry Series.

Savannah Harmon and Abby Roque also scored for the U.S., which has notched three consecutive wins against Canada for the first time since 2019. Goalie Nicole Hensley made 22 saves in front of a record-setting crown at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, where fan attendance totaled 14,551.

Marie-Philip Poulin and Sarah Nurse scored for Canada, which captured gold \at both the IIHF Women’s World Championship in September and the Beijing Olympics in February.

Knight has enjoyed a standout 2022-23 Rivalry Series to date, registering six points (three goals, three assists) in the first three games including the game-winning goal in a shootout victory in Game 1 of the series on Tuesday and the game-winning assist in Game 2 on Thursday. Prior to the puck drop in Seattle on Sunday, Knight was presented with a golden stick to commemorate her record-breaking 87th career point in world championship play. Knight became the all-time points leader at the IIHF Women’s World Championship in September, when the eight-time world champion recorded one goal and one assist in Team USA’s 12-1 quarterfinal win over Hungary.

Sunday’s matchup between the U.S. and Canada marked the third game of the 2022-23 Rivalry Series and was the third matchup between the two teams in five days. The U.S. came in with a 2-0 series lead following a 2-1 victory on Thursday in Kamloops, B.C., and a 4-3 shootout victory — the first shootout in Rivalry Series history — in Kelowna, B.C., on Tuesday. It also was the first game for the U.S. national team on home soil since Dec. 17, 2021, when the team hosted Canada in St. Louis (Canada won 3-2 in overtime).

The 2022-23 Rivalry Series continues next month with two games in the U.S., set to be played in Las Vegas on Dec. 17 and Los Angeles on Dec. 19.

2022-23 Rivalry Series schedule, results

DATE	TIME/RESULT	LOCATION	NETWORK
Tuesday, Nov. 15	USA 4, CAN 3 (SO)	Kelowna, British Columbia	NHL Network
Thursday, Nov. 17	USA 2, CAN 1	Kamloops, British Columbia	NHL Network
Sunday, Nov. 20	USA 4, CAN 2	Seattle, Washington	NHL Network
Thursday, Dec. 15	10 p.m. ET	Henderson, Nevada	NHL Network
Monday, Dec. 19	10 p.m. ET	Los Angeles, California	NHL Network
TBD	TBD	TBD	NHL Network
TBD	TBD	TBD	NHL Network

What is the Rivalry Series?

The Rivalry Series was introduced by USA Hockey and Hockey Canada during the 2018-19 season and designed as an annual showcase of the highest level of women’s hockey at various locations in the United States and Canada. The first series comprised three games between the two national teams, with Canada winning 2-1. Team USA took 2019-20 title, winning the expanded five-game series 4-1 and wrapping with an overtime win in the finale in front of a then-record-breaking total of 13,320 fans in Anaheim, California.

Following a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic and preparation for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, the Rivalry Series resumed this season with seven games over three months: three in November, two in December and two in February.

The U.S. and Canada have battled in the gold-medal game of six of seven Winter Olympics and 20 of 21 IIHF Women’s World Championship, with the two exceptions being the 2019 World Championship and 2006 Olympics. The Canadian women are the reigning Olympic and world champions.

2022-23 Rivalry Series rewind: USA takes Games 1-2

Game 1 recap: USA 4, CAN 3, SO (Nov. 15): The series kicked off Tuesday with Team USA grabbing a 2-0 lead off goals from Hannah Brandt and Hilary Knight. But Canada battled back with three unanswered goals and held a 3-2 lead with 13 minutes to go in the third. With just 1:29 remaining in regulation, Alex Carpenter tied it for the Americans, sending the game to overtime. The U.S. ultimately won in a shootout, with Knight and Carpenter scoring while U.S. goalie Nicole Hensley made two key saves.

Game 2 recap: USA 2, CAN 1 (Nov. 17): Canada was first to get on the board Thursday when Marie-Philip Poulin capitalized off a penalty shot opportunity in the second period, but USA’s Kendall Coyne Schofield knotted the score just 1:12 later. Alex Carpenter scored the go-ahead tally with 6:36 remaining in the third to give the U.S. a 2-1 win and a 2-0 series lead. U.S. goalie Maddie Rooney recorded 19 saves in net.

Who’s playing in the 2022-23 Rivalry Series?

Team USA’s roster — led by coach John Wroblewski — for the November Rivalry Series games features 23 players, 16 of whom were part of the silver medal-winning team at the 2022 IIHF Women’s World Championship in August:

Hannah Brandt (Vadnais Heights, Minn. )
Alex Carpenter (North Reading, Mass.)
Kendall Coyne Schofield (Palos Heights, Ill.)
Jincy Dunne (O’Fallon, Mo.)
Aerin Frankel(Chappaqua, N.Y.)
Rory Guilday (Minnetonka, Minn.)
Savannah Harmon (Downers Grove, Ill.)
Nicole Hensley (Lakewood, Colo.)
Megan Keller (Farmington Hills, Mich.)
Amanda Kessel (Madison, Wis.)
Hilary Knight (Sun Valley, Idaho)
Kelly Pannek (Plymouth, Minn.)
Abby Roque (Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.)
Hayley Scamurra (Getzville, N.Y.)
Maddie Rooney (Andover, Minn.)
Lee Stecklein (Roseville, Minn.).

Team Canada’s 23-player roster, selected by coach Troy Ryan and director of hockey operations Gina Kingsbury, features 16 players who were on the gold medal-winning team at the 2022 IIHF Women’s World Championship and the 2022 Beijing Olympics (Canada beat , including:

Erin Ambrose
Kristen Campbell
Emily Clark
Ann-Renée Desbiens
Renata Fast
Brianne Jenner
Jocelyne Larocque
Emma Maltais
Emerance Maschmeyer
Sarah Nurse
Marie-Philip Poulin
Jamie Lee Rattray
Ella Shelton
Laura Stacey
Blayre Turnbull
Micah Zandee-Hart

Rivalry Series history

Following Sunday’s victory, the U. S. holds a 6-2-1-2 (W-OTW-OTL-L) record over Canada all time in the Rivalry Series. Canada won the 2018-19 Rivalry Series with a 2-0-0-1 record, while the U.S. won the 2019-20 Rivalry Series with a 3-1-1-0 record.

2019-20 Rivalry Series results

DATE	RESULT	LOCATION	U.S. PLAYER OF THE GAME
Dec. 14, 2019	USA 4, CAN 1	Hartford, Connecticut	Alex Cavallini
Dec. 17, 2019	USA 2, CAN 1	Moncton, N.B.	Alex Carpenter
Feb. 3, 2020	CAN 3, USA 2 (OT)	Victoria, B.C.	Hilary Knight
Feb. 5, 2020	USA 3, CAN 1	Vancouver, B.C.	Katie Burt
Feb. 8, 2020	USA 4, CAN 3 (OT)	Anaheim, California	Megan Bozek

2018-19 Rivalry Series results

DATE	RESULT	LOCATION
Feb. 12	USA 1, CAN 0	London, Ontario
Feb. 14	CAN 4, USA 3	Toronto, Ontario
Feb. 17	CAN 2, USA 0	Detroit Michigan

Atthaya Thitikul takes LPGA rookie-of-year honors in stride ahead of Tour Championship

By Lisa AntonucciNov 16, 2022, 4:01 PM EST

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To say that Atthaya Thitikul has enjoyed a breakout rookie LPGA season is a bit of an understatement, but keeping things low-key is exactly how 19-year-old “Jeeno” likes it.

As the 2022 season concludes this week at the CME Group Tour Championship, Thitikul has already captured two LPGA titles, held the No. 1 spot in the world rankings and collected the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year honors. But the current world No. 2 displays a wise-beyond-her-years ethos when she says what she’s most proud of this season is her mindset.

“[I’m]19 years old — I think I’m still young to handle all the things that I have now,” Thitikul told On Her Turf ahead of this week’s season finale in Naples, Fla. “I didn’t say that I handled it well, but I’ve just said that I think I can handle it. I can do it. And yeah, it’s turned out to be pretty good this year.”

To keep herself in check, the Thailand native keeps her philosophy posted on her Instagram profile, which reads, “Be you, be happy and everything will be fine.” Thitikul, who on Oct. 31 joined 18-time LPGA winner Lydia Ko as the only players in tour history to reach No. 1 before their 20th birthday, said she took stock of poor performances on the golf course and found they all had one thing in common: She wasn’t being herself.

“I didn’t have fun,” she says of those unsatisfactory rounds. “I was expecting a lot of results on the golf course, not really talking, not really enjoying it. So I think being myself, have fun, keep smiling, keep laughing and talking with other players or talking with my caddie, joking around — I think it’s the best that I can do.”

Golf has always been fun for Thitikul, who grew up in northeast Thailand and was introduced to the sport at age 6 through her father and grandfather, both of whom were not golfers themselves but recognized the opportunity that golf might provide. Thitikul teases that her grandfather was enamored with Tiger Woods, but after her first golf experience with a professional in Bangkok, she was hooked, too.

“They asked me when I finished practicing, do I like it? And I say, ‘Yeah, I do.’ Because [there were] a lot of friends and when I practice, it seemed fun and it seemed not like other sports that I have been watching on TV,” she recalls.

Thitikul’s ascent to the top of her sport was swift: In February 2017, just three days after her 14th birthday, she made her first LPGA tournament appearance at the Honda LPGA Thailand and finished 37th out of 66 players. Just five months later, Thitikul made headlines when she became the youngest person ever to win a professional golf tour event at age 14 years, 4 months and 19 days old, winning the Ladies European Thailand Championship on the Ladies European Tour (LET).

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For three more years, Thitikul resisted turning professional, racking up multiple international amateur victories and plenty of tour experience, notching her first LPGA top-10 finish in March 2018 at the HSBC Women’s World Championship (T-8) and earning low amateur honors that same year at two majors, the ANA Inspiration (T-30) and Women’s British Open (T-64). The following year, she won the Ladies European Thailand Championship for the second time in three years, earned low amateur honors at the British Open (finishing T-29) for the second straight year and was No. 1 on the women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking.

In her first year as a pro, during the pandemic-impacted 2020 season, Thitikul broke through for her first professional win in July at the Thai LPGA Championship. She finished the season with five Thai LPGA wins and topped the money list.

Thitikul moved to the LET in 2021, winning the Czech Ladies Open in June, and just a month later she moved into the top 100 on the world rankings for the first time at No. 89. She finished 2021 with two wins, three runner-ups and nine additional top-10 finishes, securing the LET Order of Merit and Rookie of the Year titles and becoming just the fourth player to win both awards in the same season.

After finishing third at LPGA Qualifying School to earn her card for 2022, Thitikul didn’t miss a beat in her meteoric rise this season. She posted two top-10s in her first four starts before striking a staff deal with Callaway, which she followed up by winning her first LPGA title in March at the JTBC Classic. She carded an 8-under 64 in the final round to force a playoff and Nanna Koerstz Madsen on the second extra hole. She earned her second LPGA title in September at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, tying the tournament record of 61 in the second round and beating Danielle Kang in a playoff.

As for the pressure of being a teen phenom, Thitikul admits she can’t ignore it but has figured out how to turn it around to her advantage: “It’s still so hard because I think as players want to be on top and we put the pressure on ourselves, and there’s a lot of eyes on us. … But at the same time, it’s kind of like you couldn’t win every week, you couldn’t have a good day every day. It’s golf. I like to think of pressure as a challenge. I put a lot of pressure on myself, but I think of it as challenging.”

Away from the golf course, Thitikul enjoys spending time with friends, watching Korean television dramas and indulging in Asian food (Chinese and Korean are favorites). Although she doesn’t have a pet, she says she’s a dog person, and prefers the mountains to the beach, as she loves to hike.

But don’t expect too much lounging, hiking or other non-golf activities on Thitikul’s itinerary after this season wraps on Sunday.

“This offseason, we have a lot of work to do,” she says.” There are a lot of things I still have to learn – not just for next year but for [beyond.] … But hopefully next year, it’s going to be nice and good for me as well. I really want to have a major win in my career. I don’t know if it’s going to happen next year, but hopefully.”

Frequently Asked Questions: WNBA - WNBA.com

What is the WNBA?

The Women’s National Basketball Association, or WNBA, is a professional basketball league comprised of 12 teams featuring the best women’s basketball players in the world.

Where can I buy tickets to WNBA games?

Want to watch WNBA players work live and in person? Tickets for every team are available on each team’s website or by clicking here.

When was the WNBA established?

The WNBA was founded on April 24, 1996, and the first season began in 1997. The 2022 season is the 26th in league history.

How many teams are there in the WNBA?

There are 12 teams – six in each conference. The conferences are divided between the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference.

The teams and their conferences are as follows: Atlanta Dream (Eastern Conference), Chicago Sky (Eastern Conference), Connecticut Sun (Eastern Conference), Dallas Wings (Western Conference), Indiana Fever (Eastern Conference), Las Vegas Aces (Western Conference), Los Angeles Sparks (Western Conference), New York Liberty (Eastern Conference), Minnesota Lynx (Western Conference), Phoenix Mercury (Western Conference), Seattle Storm (Western Conference) and Washington Mystics (Eastern Conference).

When the WNBA was launched, it featured eight teams: Charlotte Sting, Cleveland Rockers, Houston Comets, New York Liberty, Los Angeles Sparks, Phoenix Mercury, Sacramento Monarchs and the Utah Starzz

How many games are there in a WNBA season?

The 2022 regular season will see each team play 36 games – 18 at home and 18 on the road. Each team will play four games apiece versus three opponents, and three games apiece versus eight opponents.

When does the 2022 WNBA season begin and end?

The 2022 regular season tipped off on May 6th. The regular season, currently scheduled to conclude on Sunday, Aug. 14, will be followed by new playoffs and Finals format.

How many teams make the playoffs?

Under the new playoff format announced in November 2021:

The top eight teams regardless of conference qualify for the postseason.
There are now three rounds of series play, using a best-of 3-5-5 format.
The first-round series are best-of-three. The No. 1 seed plays the No. 8 seed and the No. 4 seed plays the No. 5 seed on one side of the bracket, with the winners advancing to a best-of-five semifinals series against one another. On the other side of the bracket, No. 2 seed plays the No. 7 seed and the No. 3 seed plays the No. 6 seed, with the winners advancing to a best-of-five semifinals series against one another. In the first round, the higher seed will host Games 1 and 2, and the lower seed will host Game 3 if necessary.
The semifinals series and WNBA Finals remain best-of-five and follow the same 2-2-1 format whereby the higher seed hosts Games 1,2 and 5, and the lower seed will host Games 3 and 4 in their respective series.

How can I watch WNBA games?

Click here to view the WNBA’s schedule.

How can I follow the WNBA?

The official website of the WNBA is WNBA.com. You can also download the WNBA mobile app for iOS and Android devices. On social media, you can follow the WNBA on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat (@WNBA), Giphy and TikTok (@WNBA).

Who are the best players in WNBA history?

The WNBA has been the home of many legends over the years, but some of the league’s most notable greats are Lisa Leslie, Tina Thompson, Cynthia Cooper, Tamika Catchings, Lauren Jackson, and Sheryl Swoopes. These legends helped pave the way for today’s superstars like A’ja Wilson, Elena Delle Donne, Skylar Diggins-Smith, Tina Charles, and Candace Parker, among others.

For a complete look at the league’s all-time leaders in various statistical categories, click here.

Which WNBA players have won the most MVP awards?

Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie, and Lauren Jackson are all tied for the most WNBA MVP awards with three. Cynthia Cooper is the only player in WNBA history to win back-to-back WNBA MVP awards (1997, 1998.)

Candace Parker is the only WNBA player to win WNBA Rookie of the Year and WNBA MVP in the same season.

Who’s the all-time leading scorer in WNBA history?

Diana Taurasi is the WNBA’s all-time leading scorer over the course of her illustrious career. Taurasi passed Tina Thompson (7,488 career points) in 2017.

Click here to view the WNBA’s all-time leading scorers.

Which teams have the most WNBA titles?

The Minnesota Lynx (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) and now-defunct Houston Comets have won the most championships in league history. The Comets won the first four WNBA titles in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000.

The Seattle Storm (2004, 2010, 2018), Los Angeles Sparks (2001, 2002, 2016), Phoenix Mercury (2007, 2009, 2014) and now defunct Detroit Shock (2003, 2006, 2008) are tied for second with three WNBA championships.

Is there a WNBA All-Star Game?

Yes. In 2019, Erica Wheeler became the first undrafted player to earn WNBA All-Star MVP. Wheeler finished with 25 points and an All-Star Game record-tying seven 3-pointers, including a trey with 22 seconds to go that sealed Team Wilson’s 129-126 win over Team Delle Donne.

Who coaches the All-Star teams?

The coaching staff of the teams with the two best records in the league regardless of the conference following the Friday games played two weeks before the All-Star Game will serve as the All-Star coaches.

When is the WNBA Draft?

The WNBA Draft is held annually and allows WNBA teams to select from a pool of up-and-coming talented college basketball players, as well as others playing in other leagues across the world. The 2022 Draft was held on April 11. Rhyne Howard, out of Kentucky, was the No. 1 overall pick to the Atlanta Dream.

Who’s eligible to be drafted?

The league requires domestic draft entrants to be at least 22 years old during the year in which the draft takes place and to have no remaining college eligibility or to renounce any future college eligibility. International draftees must be at least 20 years old during the year in which the draft takes place.

How is the draft order and draft lottery determined?

The draft lottery is comprised of the four teams that did not make the playoffs. Starting with the 2017 Draft, lottery odds are determined by taking into account the team’s two-year cumulative record.

The Lottery Team with the worst two-year cumulative record has 442 chances out of 1,000 to win the first pick, the Lottery Team with the second-worst two-year cumulative record has 276 chances out of 1,000, the Lottery Team with the third-worst two-year cumulative record has 178 chances out of 1,000, and the Lottery Team with the best two-year cumulative record having 104 chances out of 1,000 to win the first pick. Tiebreakers are based solely on the immediately preceding season.

How many players are on a WNBA roster?

Each WNBA team has a minimum roster size of 11 players and a maximum roster size of 12 players, as outlined in the league’s CBA.

How long are the quarters?

Each quarter of play in the WNBA lasts 10 minutes.

How long is the shot clock?

Just like the NBA, the shot clock is 24 seconds.

What do WNBA players do in the offseason?

While the WNBA season is an action-packed 36 games, many players spend their off-seasons continuing to play the game of basketball. Many travel overseas to play in leagues in China, Russia, Israel, or Italy, just to name a few.

Some players also participate with other national teams in tournament competitions, such as FIBA World Cup.

What are the rules of the WNBA?

Download the rule book here.

What are the other measurements?

Just like the NBA, rims in the WNBA hang 10 feet from the floor, sitting on opposite ends of a court that’s 50 feet wide and 94 feet long.

Both ends of the floor feature a free throw line, 15 feet from the rim. Per the WNBA rule book, “the three-point field goal area has parallel lines 36″ from the sidelines, extending 63″ from the baseline and an arc of 22’13 /4″ from the middle of the basket which intersects the parallel lines.”

The basketball itself has a circumference within a maximum of 29 inches and a minimum of 28.5 inches and has a pressure between 7.5 and 8.6 pounds.

How do I get into the WNBA?

La WNBA annually since 2002, a first-pick draft draw ceremony has been held between two and then four lower-classed (non-playoff-qualified) teams. Such a system exists in the NBA. The respective teams see their chances dependent on their classification.

Second How to get into the basketball club?

To practice cart en club , a license is required. It is valid for one year (academic year), the price varies depending on clubs but costs about 100 euros. The formalities to be completed in order to obtain it are available at www.ffbb.com.

But how to enter the NBA draft?

The easiest is to be already professional in France to take an agent if necessary and take tests with NBA teams who organize camps to evaluate players, and then, if these tests are successful, to register for the project .

By the way How to get into the NBA?

Now for register to be drafted, players must have completed at least one year of high school and be 19 years old at the time of the draft. Players who have not completed their university education (junior) have up to 60 days before the draft to declare themselves.

How to integrate a basketball club in France? CFBB Recruitment Process

From the age of 11, junior basketball players are first identified at the committee (department) level to qualify for junior inter-committee tournaments. From the age of 13, the best young people are invited to regional centers of hope.

At what age do you start playing basketball?

Le basketball is very playful and loved by young children. You can start with Old 5-6 years old. Various games with foam balls, then with real balls. Mini courts de tennis can make learning easier.

What is the minimum height to play basketball?

This requires a well-fixed cliche, for to succeed in basket , need to make more de 2 meters de height. However, it's quick enough to watch Tony Parker and his 1. 88m, Spud Webb and his 1.70m, or even Muggsy God and his well-packed 1.59m. meaning.

How to appear for the draft?

The selection is distributed by means of a "lottery" controlled by a system of probabilities which determines the order Draft . Teams with the worst records in the previous season are more likely to get better "picks" to, in theory, rebalance the workforce.

How to break into basketball?

A way to get better in basket goes to the gym several times a week to practice and work on ball control. Run every day to stay fit! Playing with better people will make you stronger. Don't get upset in the match.

How to become noticeable in basketball?

After scoring more than 20 points, having more than 10 assists or catching more than 10 rebounds in a game, a player will definitely be able to to be seen compared to others.

How to become the best basketball player in the world?

Have active arms, be bent, keep your arms in the air, keep a close eye on the movement of the ball - these are the points that you must work on in order to master them. In NBA top Defenders (Leonard, Crowder, Thompson, Bradley, Allen) are always active whether their ball is in possession or not.

How to choose a basketball club?

Some useful tips Choisir his basketball club ?

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What is the best basketball club?

1. MONACO. Rewards: 1 Leader Cup.

Where to play basketball?

The best playgrounds basketball in Paris

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2 TEP Jemmapes. ...
3 Icebox playground. ...
4 Ring Factory. ...
5 Bir Hakeim playground. ...
6 Playground of the Luxembourg Gardens. ...
7 Playground in Montsouris park. ...
8 Playground in Porte de Charenton.

At what age should you start doing gymnastics?

à Leave De à 10 years, young people can start gymnastics rhythmic, rhythmic, trampoline, acrobatic sports, à condition, of course, to adapt sessions 9000 à their psychological and their psychological and their psychological and their psychological and physiological development. Contest de high level starts à 16 years old.

Does playing basketball make you taller?

Thanks to the numerous jumps based on verticality, basketball will stimulate bone growth. Similarly, repeated sprints while playing will positively impact growth hormone production. … "VS' is is pretty hard to say yes, basketball makes you grow .

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Which WNBA prospects will attend the 2022 WNBA Draft?

Which team has the first pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft?

Here’s the updated list of first-round picks for the 2022 WNBA Draft:

Here is a list of the NCAA athletes who have opted in to the 2022 WNBA Draft (updated on April 6, 2022):

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