A few more notes on former University of Wisconsin star Jolene Anderson and her new team, the WNBA's Connecticut Sun:

- The Sun started off last season 6-10, but recovered to finish 18-16 and third in the Eastern Conference. They lost to Indiana in the first round of the playoffs.

- Connecticut entered Wednesday's draft in need of help on the perimeter. They traded leading scorer Katie Douglas, a swingman who averaged 17 points per game. Nykesha Sales, another guard-forward, is sitting out this season after an injury-plagued 2007. Those two losses open up a lot of minutes, and Anderson could potentially be the beneficiary.

- Also, Margo Dydek, the team's 7-foot-2 (yes, you read that correctly) center, is not playing this season because she's pregnant. I wonder how big that kid's going to be.

-  Former Minnesota standout Lindsay Whalen starts at point guard, and averaged 13.4 points, 5.0 assists and 2.2 steals per game last season.

- In addition to Anderson, the Sun picked Middle Tennessee State forward Amber Holt (first round, ninth overall), Connecticut guard Ketia Swanier (first round, 12th overall) and Arkansas forward Lauren Ervin (third round, 37th overall).

Holt led the nation in scoring with 27.4 points per game, and it's not like she racked up points against no one. She had 41 against LSU and 28 against Tennessee.

Swanier was the Big East Conference Sixth Man of the Year, and is very quick.

Ervin won't play this season because of a knee injury.

- UW coach Lisa Stone said Sun coach Mike Thibault was in attendance when the Badgers rallied to beat Michigan 69-67 in Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 28, and was also at the Big Ten tournament in Indianapolis.

Anderson shot 5-for-17 and finished with 14 points, seven rebounds and three steals against the Wolverines. She was 9-for-19 for 24 points and had 11 rebounds, five assists and three steals in UW's only game at the conference tourney.

- Stone, who attended a function that Thibault spoke at while in Tampa, Fla., for the Final Four, said she thinks Anderson will be a good fit in Connecticut's offense.

She said the Sun run a lot of on-ball screens.

"Jolene's got such a quick release, I think that's definitely going to be an advantage for her," Stone said in a phone interview from Tampa. "And her strength, and ability to score and handle the ball I think certainly are some of the attributes that will fit in well with their system."

- As for what Anderson needs to work on to succeed at the next level, Stone said getting to the basket.

"Obviously she can catch to shoot," she said. "Getting to the basket's going to be something that she'll need to take to another level. I think mid-range she's pretty good, to a pull-up. She has so many ways to score ... she's very complete, and if they take something away, she'll work at what needs to keep her on the floor. And if that's getting to the basket, then that's what she's got to do."