The 2025 WNBA Draft Lottery is the main event for women’s basketball fans on Sunday, Nov. 17. Shortly after 5 p.m. ET, we’ll learn if the Dallas Wings, Los Angeles Sparks or Washington Mystics will receive the No. 1 pick in April’s draft.
Before then, however, the NCAAW schedule offers several treats, headlined by No. 13 NC State traveling to Forth Worth to face TCU, which immediately will precede the draft lottery on ESPN.
Several players from both the Wolfpack and Horned Frogs likely will be on the radar of WNBA general managers, from NC State senior guards Saniya Rivers and Aziaha James to TCU grad center Sedona Prince and grad guard Hailey Van Lith. But before WNBA dreams can be realized, how might the Pack and Frogs matchup on Sunday afternoon?
Does NC State or TCU have the edge?
As Beckett Harrison recently postulated, NC State’s frontcourt could prove to be a pivotal weakness. That certainly seems like a potential problem against the 6-foot-7 Prince, who is leading TCU with averages of 19.3 points and eight rebounds per game. Prince also is tied for the national lead in total blocks (17) and blocks per game (5.7).
Prince’s presence in the paint not only threatens to overwhelm the Wolfpack’s inexperienced post players, but also could neutralize NC…