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The order for the 2026 WNBA Draft lottery was set on Sunday, bringing UConn women’s basketball star Azzi Fudd one step closer to learning where she’ll begin her professional career next summer.

For the second consecutive season, the Dallas Wings won the lottery and will get the chance to add another top pick next to UConn great Paige Bueckers , who went No. 1 overall in 2025. It will be just the fifth time in WNBA history that a team has picked first in back-to-back years.

Bueckers was a second-team All-WNBA selection and the Rookie of the Year, but the Wings struggled as a team and finished in last place with a 10-34 record in 2025. The franchise parted ways with coach Chris Koclanes after a single season and made a compelling hire

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