Her focus is clearly on the NCAA Sweet 16, but Purdue senior Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton can rest assured the WNBA will be calling when her college days are over.
The former Neuqua Valley standout is poised to become a first-round pick in the 2009 WNBA draft, which is April 9 in Secaucus, N.J. There's talk Wisdom-Hylton will be a mid- to late first-round selection.
That means it's unlikely she'll go to a team looking for her to be a star right away. By going later in the first round, she'll end up on a playoff-type team that may be a piece or two away from putting it all together.
Some speculation exists that teams were scared off by the knee injury that kept her from playing last season. But Wisdom-Hylton's performance in the Big Ten tournament and the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament should put those concerns to rest.
While Wisdom-Hylton is optimistic about her future professional days, she's also realistic.
"I'm excited to see what the future holds," she said. "Maybe playing overseas is in my future. The WNBA isn't final; a major team just folded. So you don't know your lifespan in the WNBA."
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