Mercury Wins First Pick
Published on September 26, 2012 under Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) News Release
BRISTOL, CONN. (Sept. 26, 2012) - The Phoenix Mercury won the twelfth annual WNBA Draft Lottery and earned the top pick in the 2013 WNBA Draft, the league announced today. The lottery was conducted in a televised event live from ESPN studios in Bristol, Conn.
The Mercury had 276 chances out of 1,000 to receive the first overall selection, the second most of any of the four teams in the Lottery mix. It marks the third time Phoenix has won the WNBA Draft Lottery. The Mercury previously came away with the No. 1 overall selection in the 2004 Draft, which they used to select Diana Taurasi, and for the 2009 Draft, when they chose Lindsey Harding.
Chicago, which had the smallest chance of winning the Lottery (10.4 percent), will have the second pick in the Draft, and will be followed by the Tulsa Shock, which had the second fewest chances (17.8 percent).
WNBA officials and a representative from the accounting firm of Ernst & Young conducted the Draft Lottery at ESPN Headquarters in Bristol, Conn. to establish the order of selection for the first four picks of the 2013 WNBA Draft. The order of selection for the remainder of the first round as well as the second and third round is determined by inverse order of the teams' respective regular-season records in 2012.
The following are results of the 2013 WNBA Draft Lottery:
2013 WNBA DRAFT LOTTERY ORDER
Team 2012 Record Chances (out of 1,000)1. Phoenix Mercury 7-27 276
2. Chicago Sky 14-20 104
3. Tulsa Shock 9-25 178
4. Washington Mystics 5-29 442
The following is the remaining order for the first round as determined by teams' regular season records from 2012:
REMAINING ORDER FOR FIRST ROUND
Team 2012 Record
5. New York Liberty 15-19
6. Seattle Storm 16-18
7. Atlanta Dream 19-15
8. San Antonio Silver Stars 21-13
9. Indiana Fever 22-12
10. Los Angeles Sparks 24-10
11. Connecticut Sun 25-9
12. Minnesota Lynx 27-7
Women's National Basketball Association Stories from September 26, 2012
- Sky to Pick Second in 2013 WNBA Draft - Chicago Sky
- Mercury Wins First Pick - WNBA
- Tulsa Shock Win Third Overall Pick in the 2013 WNBA Draft - Tulsa Shock
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