We got to watch the draft from the (calm, all-business) Lynx pressroom.

Mann "had a slight idea I was going to end up" in Minnesota. She'll rejoin UCSB teammate McDivitt, at least in training camp and for preseason games. Mann says she's "totally stoked" to play with McDivitt, who "is going nuts" herself. There's no guarantee McDivitt will make the Lynx roster: they need her in camp, though, since both starting PG Harrower and mystery backup guard Nuria Martinez are still playing overseas. Martinez has played exactly as many minutes in the WNBA as McDivitt and Mann have.

Batteast skipped draft camp in part because she wanted to graduate from Notre Dame this year: she will. Coach McConnell Serio: "it will be a battle in training camp."

More thoughts on the other teams' picks:

Given Detroit's returning frontline, BL can afford to roll the dice on Braxton. The Shock need a three-ball shooter: can Lingor do it? She (and her teammates) sure did in the WNIT.

Anne Donovan picked for defense.

The Lib needed a point guard, because Becky Hammon isn't one. But by drafting a post and a center second and third, they've pretty much put all their eggs in Loree Moore's basket. Pelton says there are still questions about her knee; as for assists and turnovers, she's no Erin Grant. (Also, it's Rebecca Richman, not Richmond, no matter what it says on ESPN.)

Whoever invited Blackmon to Secaucus ought to apologize, to her and maybe to Kim. Last year's Mazzante invite made sense-- lots of folks had her first-round. Almost no amateur predictions had Blackmon anywhere near the top 13. It hurt to watch her step up to the lectern at #38, though she handled it fine.

Sac needed a true point guard as short-term backup and long-term replacement for Ticha, and a consistent outside shooter not named Lawson. Haynie fills the first bill: will O'Neill fill the second?

Sun fans ask "Who's Erin Phillips?" An Opals fan answers. Connecticut didn't need anything except height and another backup for Whalen; Phillips has to serve as the latter, since Mahoney won't be ready to play. (UPDATE: oops-- I forgot about Valek, who will compete with Phillips and Derevjanik for the backup point spots.) Phillips and Sun signee Laura Summerton play together in Australia. With the trade for Large Marge done, Thibault thinks this is their year: it had better be, given the '06 draft pick they gave up.

Surprisingly undrafted: Strom; Matter; Koehn; Roehrig, though that may not surprise you after the tournament; Illinois' Guthrie; GWU's Montañana; Iowa's Cavey, who fell off everyone's radar this year; Temple's Moore; Stanford's Suminski, and maybe King Borchardt as well.