WNBA Draft: Connecticut Sun Make Local Star Tina Charles First Overall Pick

The WNBA Draft is happening now, and as widely expected, the Connecticut Sun made UConn center Tina Charles the number one overall pick, just 48 hours after she led her team to an NCAA Championship.

Charles enters the WNBA as one of the top prospects to come into the league in years. She anchored arguably the best women's college team in recent memory, winning her last 78 games as a college player. 

That Charles was taken with the first pick is no surprise. In February, Sun head coach Mike Thibault told SB Nation's Swish Appeal that the Sun would indeed take Charles with the number one pick. The Sun had acquired the pick and former UConn player Renee Montgomery from the Minnesota Lynx, in exchange for Lindsay Whalen and the number two pick.

For more on the draft, check out Swish Appeal.