Sure, it might have seemed anticlimactic that Maya Moore would be taken first overall in Monday's WNBA draft but the Minnesota Lynx made it official.

When Moore's name was called, she became the record 12th UConn product to be taken in the first round including the fourth former Husky to be taken in the opening round by Minnesota. She also joined Connecticut greats Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi and Tina Charles as top overall picks.

Moore finished with a Connecticut record 3,036 points and her 150 victories were the most of any NCAA Division I women's basketball player.

Moore will join a talented Minnesota squad which includes former No. 1 overall pick Seimone Augustus, Lindsay Whalen, Candice Wiggins, Rebekkah Brunson, Monica Wright and Charde Houston, who played with Moore for one season at UConn.

Moore will make her WNBA debut on May 24 when the Lynx host Indiana in an exhibition game at Concordia College in St. Paul.

Moore and the Lynx will kick off the 2011 WNBA season with a June 3 game at Los Angeles. On August 16, the Lynx will play the Connecticut Sun at Mohegan Sun Arena.