Vote for your WNBA All-Stars

[Row6Seat10]

The WNBA All-Star game is July 9th.
Go here and vote for your favorite players!

]Your Ballot[/COLOR] (http://www.wnba.com/allstar2005/asb/ballot.html?version=eng[COLOR=DarkGreen)

[TTU79]

Cynthia Cooper was one of the announcers for the San Antonio-Houston game tonight. They talked about her being the new head coach for Prairie View A&M (near Houston).

[brolewis]

How did they pick who could be in that list? I found it a bit interesting that Kendra Wecker made the list. Not that I doubt her ability, but an injured player out for the season?

Of, and I DID vote for Kendra :)

[Jimi]

How did they pick who could be in that list?
Before the season started the WNBA guessed who the starters would be on each of the teams and put them on the ballot. You will note there are five from each team and that's how they got-em. Not very accurate but they hold the balloting so early in the season they have to chose VERY early. They use printed ballots they give out at games etc. They need time at the printers and then for distribution. The process winds up favoring teams who have the most home games before the deadline. And you thought hanging chads were a problem. Come to think of it maybe some guy named Chad thought this process up. If so we could hang him.

[Dale8R]

Don't forget that you can vote multiple times, you just have to wait 24 hours before voting again.

You can also do write-ins, or at least one per ballot, not that it will do any good. I have voted maybe six times, so I KNOW that there are at least six votes for Brooke Wyckoff! (11-14 on threes ~~ .786)

Nicole Ohlde sure has all of my votes though she is having a hard time of it lately and is not likely to win.

About the only race left is for guards in the East. Becky Hammon (NY) 31,058; Alana Beard (Was) 30,079; Lindsay Whalen (CT) 29,379; Deanna Nolan (Det) 28,283; Dawn Staley (Cha) 26,032; Nykesha Sales (CT) 24,439 are all reasonably close.

Oh, and I see Chamique Holdsclaw has a shot as well. Sheryl Swoopes (Hou) 58,250; Lauren Jackson (Sea) 42,921; Chamique Holdsclaw (LA) 41,429 She probably deserves to win. Most of the positions are no contest, a gap of 20,000 or so.

http://www.wnba.com/news/allstarballoting_tally050614.html If there's a newer listing, I couldn't find it. That WNBA site is sure a "GEM."

[Row6Seat10]

so I KNOW that there are at least six votes for Brooke Wyckoff!

Yes, and I KNOW that there are at least 4 votes for Laurie Koehn! ;)

[Dale8R]

2005 WNBA ALL-STAR BALLOTING PROGRAM

WESTERN CONFERENCE SECOND RETURNS

Forwards: Sheryl Swoopes (Hou) 77,343; Janeth Arcain (Hou) 39,787; Lauren Jackson (Sea) 36,357; Chamique Holdsclaw (LA) 34,974; DeMya Walker (Sac) 19,961; Rebekkah Brunson (Sac) 16,221; LaToya Thomas (SA) 11,700; Svetlana Abrosimova (Min) 10,399; Kendra Wecker (SA) 10,128; Penny Taylor (Pho) 9108; Alicia Thompson (Sea) 7983; Tamika Williams (Min) 7629; Mwadi Mabika (LA) 6899; Sandora Irvin (Pho) 5359.

Centers: Michelle Snow (Hou) 42,471; Lisa Leslie (LA) 38,608; Yolanda Griffith (Sac) 37,670; Nicole Ohlde (Min) 8284; Adrian Williams (SA) 7121; Suzy Batkovic (Sea) 7090; Kamila Vodichkova (Pho) 6739.

Guards: Sue Bird (Sea) 51,509; Diana Taurasi (Pho) 45,676; Dominique Canty (Hou) 31,981; Ticha Penicheiro (Sac) 25,616; Adrienne Goodson (Hou) 23,903; Kara Lawson (Sac) 18,638; Marie Ferdinand (SA) 15,848; Betty Lennox (Sea) 13,973; Katie Smith (Min) 13,549; Shannon Johnson (SA) 13,097; Nikki Teasley (LA) 12,595; Anna DeForge (Pho) 9427; Tamecka Dixon (LA) 7782; Kristi Harrower (Min) 2932.

EASTERN CONFERENCE SECOND RETURNS

Forwards: Tamika Catchings (Ind) 55,791; Swin Cash (Det) 50,274; Cheryl Ford (Det) 35,350; Katie Douglas (CT) 24,188; Taj McWilliams-Franklin (CT) 24,012; Tangela Smith (Cha) 16,465; Natalie Williams (Ind) 14,110; Elena Baranova (NY) 13,296; Tammy Sutton-Brown (Cha) 12,185; DeLisha Milton-Jones (Was) 11,869; Crystal Robinson (NY) 10,332; Murriel Page (Was) 8294.

Centers: Ruth Riley (Det) 49,391; Margo Dydek (CT) 27,741; Janel McCarville (Cha) 21,911; Kelly Schumacher (Ind) 18,446; Chasity Melvin (Was) 12,228; Ann Wauters (NY) 12,080.

Guards: Dawn Staley (Cha) 33,643; Becky Hammon (NY) 32,912; Deanna Nolan (Det) 32,819; Lindsay Whalen (CT) 31,371; Alana Beard (Was) 31,369; Nykesha Sales (CT) 24,042; Elaine Powell (Det) 16,942; Allison Feaster (Cha) 16,061; Vickie Johnson (NY) 15,649; Kelly Miller (Ind) 14,271; Tan White (Ind) 12,978; Coco Miller (Was) 12,192.


My intention was to put Big 12 players in bold, but I may have missed some. You'll have to let me know which ones I let slip by.

[AR&BB]

Alicia Thompson. :ttu:

[Dale8R]

Complete final return voting results from the 2005 WNBA All-Star Balloting Program follow.

Forwards: Sheryl Swoopes (Hou) 108,999; Lauren Jackson (Sea) 77,065; Chamique Holdsclaw (LA) 56,351; Janeth Arcain (Hou) 54,265; DeMya Walker (Sac) 41,565; Rebekkah Brunson (Sac) 37,892; Alicia Thompson (Sea) 23,056; Penny Taylor (Pho) 19,451; Svetlana Abrosimova (Min) 19,357; LaToya Thomas (SA) 18,697; Kendra Wecker (SA) 17,103; Tamika Williams (Min) 14,660; Sandora Irvin (Pho) 12,674; Mwadi Mabika (LA) 11,898.

Centers: Yolanda Griffith (Sac) 79,505; Lisa Leslie (LA) 59,547; Michelle Snow (Hou) 55,809; Suzy Batkovic (Sea) 19,805; Kamila Vodichkova (Pho) 16,991; Nicole Ohlde (Min) 15,648; Adrian Williams (SA) 10,666.

Guards: Sue Bird (Sea) 92,611; Diana Taurasi (Pho) 73,588; Ticha Penicheiro (Sac) 56,053; Dominique Canty (Hou) 41,684; Kara Lawson (Sac) 40,148; Betty Lennox (Sea) 35,627; Adrienne Goodson (Hou) 33,150; Marie Ferdinand (SA) 28,547; Katie Smith (Min) 24,718; Shannon Johnson (SA) 22,516; Nikki Teasley (LA) 20,942; Anna DeForge (Pho) 18,932; Tamecka Dixon (LA) 13,314; Kristi Harrower (Min) 6,437.

EASTERN CONFERENCE FINAL RETURNS

Forwards: Tamika Catchings (Ind) 93,842; Swin Cash (Det) 69,494; Cheryl Ford (Det) 51,678; Taj McWilliams-Franklin (CT) 42,190; Katie Douglas (CT) 41,268; Tangela Smith (Cha) 39,289; Tammy Sutton-Brown (Cha) 31,813; Natalie Williams (Ind) 29,961; DeLisha Milton-Jones (Was) 24,322; Elena Baranova (NY) 21,565; Murriel Page (Was) 18,629; Crystal Robinson (NY) 16,988.

Centers: Ruth Riley (Det) 70,310; Margo Dydek (CT) 51,770; Janel McCarville (Cha) 41,252; Kelly Schumacher (Ind) 34,680; Chasity Melvin (Was) 25,920; Ann Wauters (NY) 20,938.

Guards: Dawn Staley (Cha) 62,191; Becky Hammon (NY) 57,195; Alana Beard (Was) 53,381; Lindsay Whalen (CT) 52,176; Deanna Nolan (Det) 45,583; Nykesha Sales (CT) 39,161; Allison Feaster (Cha) 32,673; Kelly Miller (Ind) 32,201; Tan White (Ind) 31,454; Vickie Johnson (NY) 26,171; Coco Miller (Was) 25,646; Elaine Powell (Det) 24,369.


Most interesting fact: Though leading the WNBA with a record of 12-2, the Connecticut Sun placed no one in the starting lineup. Lindsay Whalen came closest, trailing Hammon by a bit more than 5,000 votes though finishing fourth. The Sun have stressed the concept of TEAM and probably aren't too concerned about the matter.

Swin Cash's selection has to be the most ridiculous.