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While many teams fared well in Monday's WNBA draft, no one did better than Bill Laimbeer and the New York Liberty.

As expected, Brittney Griner, Elena Delle Donne and Skylar Diggins were the first three draft picks Monday. Now it's time for the trio to play well and help the WNBA continue to grow.

Before Brittney Griner, Elena Delle Donne and Skylar Diggins, there was Lisa Leslie, Sheryl Swoopes and Rebecca Lobo, who helped shape the WNBA into what it is today.

Bria Hartley's confidence is returning after an ankle injury hampered her for much of the season.

Like many great players before her, Skylar Diggins joins a long list of women's basketball's best who didn't win an NCAA title -- but did some great things just the same.

Brittney Griner and Odyssey Sims were joined on the WBCA Coaches' All-America team by Elena Delle Donne, Skylar Diggins, Kayla McBride, Stefanie Dolson, Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Chiney Ogwumike, Alyssa Thomas and Chelsea Gray.

Since watching Notre Dame win the 2001 title, South Bend native Skylar Diggins has been focused on leading the Fighting Irish to another. The senior's last shot has arrived.

Newcomer Cal and giant-killer Louisville offer a new storylines next to old favorites UConn and Notre Dame.

In front of a sold-out crowd in her hometown and on national television, Skylar Diggins surely would have liked it to be her night. But it wasn't, and Baylor's Odyssey Sims had a lot to do with that.

Baylor enters Wednesday's NCAA title game rematch as the clear favorite, while Notre Dame, after graduating three starters, is still trying to figure its identity this season.

Phoenix walked away with the No. 1 pick in Wednesday's WNBA draft lottery. And while it made the Mercury's day, it was the worst-case scenario for Washington, which had the best odds of winning the top pick in the lottery.

Before the most anticipated draft in WNBA history, the Mystics, Shock, Sky and Mercury hope to win the No. 1 pick -- which likely will be Baylor game-changer Brittney Griner -- in Wednesday's draft lottery.

The Irish beat UConn for a second time this season to clinch the Big East regular-season title all alone -- their first outright league crown since 1995.

What could possibly upstage 32 points from Brittney Griner as No. 1 Baylor battled No. 2 Notre Dame and Skylar Diggins (27 points)? Unranked Virginia's overtime upset of No. 3 Tennessee stole the show Sunday.

Fresh off one of the most unpredictable Final Fours in the 30-year history of the NCAA tournament, players are preparing for the WNBA draft, the coaching carousel continues to spin, and Baylor just might be the preseason No. 1 seven months from now.

Behind star players Danielle Adams and Tyra White who took circuitous paths to College Station, Texas A&M outlasted Notre Dame for its first NCAA title.