2012 WNBA Draft
| 2012 WNBA draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Date(s) | April 16, 2012 |
| Time | 2:00 pm EDT |
| Location | Bristol, Connecticut |
| Network(s) (US) | ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU |
| First selection | Nneka Ogwumike, Stanford |
| WNBA draft | |
The 2012 WNBA draft was the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 16, 2012 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (HD), with the second and third rounds shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.
The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2012 draft occurred on November 10, 2011. The Los Angeles Sparks won the first pick, while the Chicago Sky, Minnesota Lynx and Tulsa Shock were awarded the second, third and fourth picks respectively. The remaining first-round picks and all the second- and third-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win-loss records in the previous season.
Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2012 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:
The WNBA announced on April 11, 2012 that 15 players had been invited to attend the draft. Unless indicated otherwise, all players listed are Americans who played at U.S. colleges.
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