Sky to get fourth selection in WNBA's dispersal draft

With the Sacramento Monarchs disbanding, the WNBA will conduct a dispersal draft on Monday, and the Chicago Sky will have the xx selection.

WNBA President Donna Orender also announced Tuesday that the league will seek to add a team to the Bay Area for the 2011 season.

"A number of potential investors have come forward and expressed interest in relocating the Monarchs to the Bay Area, a market that we continue to see as desirable," Orender said in a statement released by the league.

"We made the judgment that we would not be able to complete a transaction in time for a successful new-market launch in 2010. We will therefore focus our energy on adding a team in the Bay Area for the 2011 campaign."

With a third consecutive season of increased attendance and a second straight year of increased viewership on ESPN2, the WNBA will open its 14th season in 2010 with 12 teams.

Current Monarchs players, with the exception of unrestricted free agents Kara Lawson, Hamchetou Maiga-Ba and Ticha Penicheiro, are eligible to be selected in the dispersal draft.

Here is the order of selection, based on the inverse order of 2009 season:

1. New York

2. Minnesota

3. Connecticut

4. SKY

5. San Antonio

6. Washington

7. Tulsa

8. Los Angeles

9. Atlanta

10. Seattle

11. Indiana

12. Phoenix