From the New Orleans Times-Picayune, this anaysis of what the senior class can do for the WNBA.

The league needs to elevate the level of play, and it needs more players that are known around the country. This group of seniors, full of great players from a bunch of different schools, can deliver on both counts.

"One of the reasons why the pro game on the men's side took off was because players that people fell in love with at the college level moved on to the pro level," coach Auriemma said. "The WNBA has not had a lot of that until recently, and this group will be one of the first groups -- along with Sue Bird's group last year -- that really has grown up in the television age of college basketball, where people around the country now can identify players and will want to maybe follow their careers as they move on. I think that's going to be something they can hang their hat on."