Candace Parker showed her toughness this week after dislocating her shoulder twice in the Elite Eight game, a fact that only helped solidify her standing as the projected number one pick in the April 9 WNBA draft, experts said Wednesday. A day after a clearly ailing Parker played through the injured shoulder, scoring a game-high 26 points and willing her team to victory over Texas A&M, a group of WNBA coaches and analysts discussed next week's draft and whether the Lady Vols' star remains the top prospect. "For me, it's a no-brainer," said ESPN women's hoops analyst Doris Burke. Michael Cooper, the former Los Angeles Lakers great and now coach of the Los Angeles Sparks, didn't show his hand on Wednesday when asked which player he would choose with the No. 1 pick his team holds. But he admitted Parker is high on his draft board.

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