{"id":585803,"date":"2026-04-06T12:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T12:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/585803\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T12:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T12:26:10","slug":"2026-wnba-mock-draft-sees-lauren-betts-move-into-top-4-after-ucla-ncaa-tournament-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/585803\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 WNBA Mock Draft Sees Lauren Betts Move Into Top 4 After UCLA NCAA Tournament Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">21. Chicago: Shay Ciezki, G, Indiana<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">If Ciezki, listed at 5&#8217;7&#8243;, was even a few inches taller, we&#8217;d be looking at a Top 10 pick. This season, she shot 51.2 percent on pull-up 2s, 42.6 percent on pull-up 3s and 45.3 percent on catch-and-shoot 3s. Ciezki&#8217;s just small and not a point guard, either, but the shot-making is undeniable. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">22. Toronto: Taina Mair, G, Duke<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Mair was outstanding down the stretch, winning ACC tournament MVP, and averaging 14.8 points, 7.5 rebounds and 6.2 assists over her last six games of the season. She defends, is a solid shooter and ran Duke&#8217;s offense efficiently. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">23. Golden State: Teonni Key, F, Kentucky<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Key is a mobile, high-energy big who can run the floor and defend both frontcourt spots. She&#8217;s still a long way from being a WNBA rotation player, but the tools are there if she can develop a respectable 15-foot jumper and cut down on fouls. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">24. Los Angeles: Kara Dunn, F, USC <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Dunn is slightly undersized for a combo forward, but she&#8217;s physical, a great cutter and developed into a good shooter over her last two seasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">25. Indiana: Maggie Doogan, F, Richmond\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Doogan was the best mid-major player in the country and a statistical model&#8217;s draft darling. She put up 21.1 points, 7.9 rebounds and 3.9 assists on 64.1% true shooting. But the bigger questions are whether she can defend anyone at the next level and if she does enough offensively without the ball in her hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"21. Chicago: Shay Ciezki, G, Indiana If Ciezki, listed at 5&#8217;7&#8243;, was even a few inches taller, we&#8217;d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-585803","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}