Connecticut thought about trading up to get Wiggins, but finally used their original draft pick (the eighth) for Middle Tennessee wing Amber Holt, who once scored 41 points against LSU. She doesn't shoot threes, but coach Thibault says she can learn: "I'll do whatever he wants me to do," she claims.

A few other recent Sun moves have involved, well, Connecticut: Swanier with the Sun's other first-round pick, Barbara Turner in a trade from Seattle, Tamika Raymond (nee Williams) from Minnesota.

You can justify each of these moves individually: Raymond is an emotionally steady veteran on a team that's just lost some veterans. Turner has unrealized potential. If Erin Phillips stays in Australia this year, Swanier could surely will give the Sun something they need.

Together, though, the moves make me wonder a bit: is the casino worried about attendance? Does the team think they need more UConn fans at the gate?