Shake up

This week's skids and wins have made for tectonic plate shifts in ESPN's WNBA team rankings this week:

1. Phoenix
2. Atlanta
3. Minnesota
4. Indiana
5. Connecticut
6. Chicago
7. Tulsa
8. Washington
9. San Antonio
10. Los Angeles
11. Seattle
12. New York

Swishappeal then wonders if two of those coaches are on the hot seat.

Players of the week:

The youngins are in the spotlight this week: Skylar Diggins and Alex Bentley are the Western and Eastern Conference POYs.

More WNBA news......

Lynx:

...are searching for answers after losing two in a row.

Monica Wright returned to the court yesterday.

Fever:

Tamika Catchings has been doing her incredible work for her own foundation, Catch the Stars, for ten years. The former Lady Vol has made quite an impact on the lives of some kids.

Layshia Clarendon was a grand marshal of Indianapolis' gay pride parade Saturday, and other Fever players came to support.

Liberty:

Coach Bill Laimbeer talks offense, and Liberty players.

Essence Carson interview, part two.

Storm:

The Storm have made some changes in their front office.

Mystics:

...have launched an interactive multi-cam live mobile app.

College news:

Guess who's a new assistant at Colorado? Jamie Carey.

San Jose State's new assistant coach is Dan Muscatell.

FahKara Malone is a new assistant coach at Butler.

Lazar Milinkovic joins Morehead State as an assistant coach.

Katherine Menendez and Justin Paluch are new assistants at Colgate.