WNBA
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association (NBA). An affiliate of the NBA with the parent organization's complete backing, the WNBA was established in 1996 as an eight-team league which has since grown to its present total of 14 teams. Rules of play are almost identical to those of the NBA, notable exceptions being a marginally smaller basketball size and a slightly different three-point arc. Many of the WNBA teams represent a city which also has an NBA team, and most of these teams play at the same venue as their NBA counterpart.
Currently, the WNBA is divided into two conferences: the Eastern Conference with 6 teams and the Western Conference with 7 teams.
WNBA Playoffs
The WNBA has a three-round playoff format. The first round, the conference semifinals, match up a conference's #1 seed against the #4 seed, and #3 seed against the #4 seed. The semifinal round are best-of-3 games series. The winners advance on the the conference finals, also best-of-3 game series. The Eastern Conference and Western Conference champions then advance to the WNBA Finals to play a best-of-5 game championship series to crown the WNBA's champion.
WNBA At-A-Glance
- Season: May through August. Each WNBA team plays a 34-game regular season schedule, broken down as follows: 4 games each vs two teams in its conference, 3 games vs each of the remaining four teams in its conference, and 2 games vs each team in the opposing conference.
- Teams: 13 (6 Eastern Conference, 7 Western Conference)
- Events:
- The WNBA All-Star Game (mid-July)
- Championship: The WNBA Finals
- Current champion: 2007 - Phoenix Mercury
- Hall of Fame: Basketball Hall of Fame, in Springfield, Massachusetts and the Women's Basketball Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tennessee
WNBA Teams
Eastern Conference
- Chicago Sky - Chicago, Illinois
- Connecticut Sun - Uncasville, Connecticut
- Detroit Shock - Detroit, Michigan
- Indiana Fever - Indianapolis, Indiana
- New York Liberty - New York, NY
- Washington Mystics - Washington, DC
- Houston Comets - Houston, Texas
- Los Angeles Sparks - Los Angeles, California
- Minnesota Lynx - Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Phoenix Mercury - Phoenix, Arizona
- Sacramento Monarchs - Sacramento, California
- San Antonio Silver Stars - San Antonio, Texas
- Seattle Storm - Seattle, Washington
WNBA News
| Yahoo! Sports - WNBA News |
| 2-time MVP Lauren Jackson re-signs with Storm (AP) Lauren Jackson just can't leave her American home away from home. Nor does she want to. The two-time WNBA MVP and Australian superstar re-signed Thursday with the Seattle Storm in a multiyear contract, the team announced. This spring, Jackson will begin her 10th season in the league with the same team that welcomed her to the United States -- and set her on her way to becoming one of the top... |
| Marion Jones signs with WNBA's Tulsa Shock (AP)
Marion Jones hasn't lost much of her swagger. The disgraced sprinter once called the world's fastest woman was introduced Wednesday as the newest member of the WNBA's Tulsa Shock and she offered no apologies for her steroids use or her time in federal prison. She was poised and ready for questions about her troubled past. |
| Sun get 1st pick in WNBA draft on April 8 (AP) The Connecticut Sun will have the first pick of the WNBA draft on April 8. The league announced Tuesday that the draft will be held at the NBA Entertainment studios in Secaucus, N.J. The Sun gained the first pick after completing an earlier trade with the Minnesota Lynx. Top draft picks include Tina Charles of Connecticut, Jayne Appel of Stanford, Kelsey Griffin of Nebraska and Epiphanny Prince, who... |
| Mercury ink Ashley Paris to training camp contract (AP) The Phoenix Mercury have signed free-agent power forward Ashley Paris to a training camp contract. The defending WNBA champions announced the deal on Friday without disclosing terms. The 6-foot-3 Paris was released by the Los Angeles Sparks last June. They had selected her in the second round of the draft last April. |
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