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Notre Dame women’s basketball team just made history
With Arike Ogunbowale, Brianna Turner, Jessica Shepard and Marina Mabrey following Young, the Fighting Irish became the first team to have its starting five selected within the first 20 picks. It became only the second team — 2008 Candace Parker Tennessee team — to have all of its starters drafted.

In the WNBA UCONN is represented by 8 starters excluding the injured Stewart, Bird, Taurasi and Moore on sabbatical.
Atlanta - starter: Montgomery and Hayes
Chicago - starter: Williams and Dolson (bench - Samuelson)
Dallas - starter: Stevens (? - Jefferson)
New York - starter: Charles, Hartley, and Nurse (bench - Stokes)
Connecticut - (bench - Tuck)
Minnesota - (bench - Collier; sabbatical - Moore)
Phoenix - (injured - Taurasi)
Seattle - (bench - KML; injured: Stewart, Bird)

18 UCONN alumnae - 13 active and 5 inactive
 
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Good for N.D. Jackie looked as if she fit. Brianna didn't get much PT, but she's a nice player to bring in off the bench. Jess had a nice rebounding and assist game. Mabrey made the roster and hit some threes. Arike did her usual of shooting the team into or out of games. This was one of the latter.
 
SVCBeercats said:
Notre Dame women’s basketball team just made history
With Arike Ogunbowale, Brianna Turner, Jessica Shepard and Marina Mabrey following Young, the Fighting Irish became the first team to have its starting five selected within the first 20 picks. It became only the second team — 2008 Candace Parker Tennessee team — to have all of its starters drafted.

In the WNBA UCONN is represented by 7 starters excluding the injured Stewart, Bird, Taurasi and Moore on sabbatical.
Atlanta - starter: Montgomery and Hayes
Chicago - starter: Williams and Dolson (bench - Samuelson)
Dallas - starter: Stevens (? - Jefferson)
New York - starter: Charles and Nurse (bench - Stokes)
Connecticut - (bench - Tuck)
Minnesota - (bench - Collier; sabbatical - Moore)
Phoenix - (injured - Taurasi)
Seattle - (bench - KML; injured: Stewart, Bird)

17 UCONN alumnae - 12 active and 5 inactive
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I'm not positive but:
Jefferson is "suspended"
I don't think Stokes is on the roster currently. She wasn't with the team for their opener
I think Collier and KML both started their teams openers.

Trivia: who was the last UConn starter not to be drafted?
 
I don't know about history, it's more like an idiosyncrasy to have five players leave school at the same time. It's typical for Baylor, Stamford, and UConn to have all five starters drafted in the top 20. Just not at the same draft. History would be more like 2002 when 4 of the top six were drafted at the same draft or 2016 when 1,2, and 3 were all from the same school.
 
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Kaizen said:
Naphessa and KML both started their game.
Naphessa played 33 mins, 27 pts, 2 stls and 3 blks, and is the best WNBA player so far this season.
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I certainly appreciate Naphessa's game but maybe Tina Charles may have something to say about "best WNBA" player so far. Her 32 pts 12 rebounds 10/10 from FT while basically being triple teamed all game has to count for something.
 
Kaizen said:
Naphessa and KML both started their game.
Naphessa played 33 mins, 27 pts, 2 stls and 3 blks, and is the best WNBA player so far this season.
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eebmg said:
I certainly appreciate Naphessa's game but maybe Tina Charles may have something to say about "best WNBA" player so far. Her 32 pts 12 rebounds 10/10 from FT while basically being triple teamed all game has to count for something.
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I agree with @eebmg. If you would have appended that statement with "so far" I'd be with you. I love Phee and her game, but let's slow our roll just a bit. Let's see how Phee adjusts when defenses start to key on her, let's see how she handles bigger and quicker 3's, and let's see how other players and teammates react to her success or failures. Most importantly, if she has success, let's see how long she can sustain it. I always thought she would be a handful at the next level, and as I said, Dawn chose her last summer for a reason. So let's enjoy the ride and see where it takes her.




 
eebmg said:
I certainly appreciate Naphessa's game but maybe Tina Charles may have something to say about "best WNBA" player so far. Her 32 pts 12 rebounds 10/10 from FT while basically being triple teamed all game has to count for something.
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Sorry I forget Tina ....:p
 
Absolutely bewildering that such a stacked Notre Dame team lost 4 games this season. On paper they should've been one of the most dominant teams of all times, right up there with Tennessee 1998 and UConn's undefeated great teams.
 
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CajunHusky said:
Trivia: who was the last UConn starter not to be drafted?
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2019 - KLS, Collier
2018 - Gabby, Nurse, (Stevens - 6th man)
2017 - Saniya
2016 - Stewie, Mo, Tuck
2015 - KML, (Stokes - 6th man)
2014 - Hartley, Dolson
2013 - Faris, Doty started but only played about 5 minutes each half, giving way to Mo and Hartley
2012 - Hayes
2011 - Moore
 
CajunHusky said:
2019 - KLS, Collier
2018 - Gabby, Nurse, (Stevens - 6th man)
2017 - Saniya
2016 - Stewie, Mo, Tuck
2015 - KML, (Stokes - 6th man)
2014 - Hartley, Dolson
2013 - Faris, Doty started but only played about 5 minutes each half, giving way to Mo and Hartley
2012 - Hayes
2011 - Moore
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Caroline had pro potential, but at least one too many knee injuries. The Honey Badger was talented and a total Badass.
 
MilfordHusky said:
Caroline had pro potential, but at least one too many knee injuries. The Honey Badger was talented and a total Badass.
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yes, a tremendous freshmen year and things were looking great for her and then those knee injuries did her in.
 
Gus Mahler said:
A fine accomplishment to be sure.
Thanks for this list. Isn't Hartley still with NY?
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Mea culpa! Mea culpa! Mea maxima culpa! Yes, Hartley is with New York and is a starter! So it is 8 starters and 18 UCONN alumnae - 13 active and 5 inactive.
 
SVCBeercats said:
Mea culpa! Mea culpa! Mea maxima culpa! Yes, Hartley is with New York and is a starter! So it is 8 starters and 18 UCONN alumnae - 13 active and 5 inactive.
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I thought I'd read 18 somewhere. Seems like last year it was 17 as far as opening day rosters were concerned. We lost Saniya sometime soon after. So we lost one and gained two. I wonder if the 18 is a record.
 
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CajunHusky said:
I'm not positive but:
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I don't think Stokes is on the roster currently. She wasn't with the team for their opener Stokes shows on New York's depth chart. Depth Charts - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA
I think Collier and KML both started their teams openers. Yes, they did but I'm not counting them as starters just yet.

Trivia: who was the last UConn starter not to be drafted? Technically Doty started but it was more of a Geno gesture. She was not drafted.
 
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Obviously, it took an unusual series of events for these 5 players from three different recruiting classes to all go pro in the same year.

I think all the Final Four teams had at least four future WNBA draftees on them. They just had a more even distribution of draft years.

Baylor had Brown and Jackson drafted in 2019. Cox is a likely 2020 lottery pick. I think Richards and Smith will be drafted as well (not sure about Landrum).

Oregon had Cazorla drafted in 2019. Ionescu is the probable #1 pick in 2020. Sabally and Hebard will likely be drafted as well.

UConn had Samuelson and Collier drafted in 2019. Dangerfield is a likely 2020 1st rounder. Williams, Walker, and Nelson-Ododa are all sure to be drafted, too.

2018 UConn actually had 5 1st round picks among their juniors and seniors. Compare to 2019 Notre Dame having 3 1st round picks and 2 2nd round picks among its junior and seniors.

You basically can't win a championship these days without 4 or 5 future WNBA players. 2018 ND probably had about the minimum - 2 1st round picks, 2 2nd round picks, and 2 undrafted in their six player rotation.

So yes, it is remarkable that ND had all 5 starters drafted and didn't win the title. But I don't think they had a signficant talent advantage over the other Final Four squads.
 
SVCBeercats said:
I don't think Stokes is on the roster currently. She wasn't with the team for their opener Stokes shows on New York's depth chart. Depth Charts - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA
I think Collier and KML both started their teams openers. Yes, they did but I'm not counting them as starters just yet.

Trivia: who was the last UConn starter not to be drafted? Technically Doty started but it was more of a Geno gesture. She was not drafted.
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Saniya Chong? But was obviously still picked up. Not sure if she was drafted though.

EDIT: Nenermind. 2017 Round 3 pick 26.
 
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