While Lindsay Whalen approached the all-time scoring mark for Minnesota, Kelly Mazzante is a few hundred points ahead closing in on the all-time mark for the entire Big Ten conference.

Lieberman says that Taurasi, Whalen, and Mazzante are the best pure shooters in the country. She also says that Mazzante will go top 7 in the draft.

I asked Barry about this yesterday -- he is THE expert on these things -- and he thinks she'll go a little lower. Minnesota, after all, has the 7th pick right now, and it will obviously take Whalen over Mazzante (and anyone else) if she's still available. Not because she's better, but because she's a local hero.

Taurasi, Beard, Powell are the likely top three... and then there's still a bunch of stars available: Brunson, Hayden, Jones, Ohlde, Thomas, and Wright. It's possible that 3 of those 5 will go in picks 4-6. So making it into the top 7 is no guarantee, even for a great player like Mazzante.

Of course, everything may change depending on trades, injuries, and what happens in the rest of the college season.