Perplexed as she was by the thrashing she thought this year's team would never get, there was only one thing giving Kelly Mazzzante even more confusion after the Lady Lions' 66-49 season-ending loss to Connecticut in the Elite Eight.

What she was going to do next.

"I have no idea what I am going to do," Mazzante said, a few minutes after the thee-time All-American's career as a collegiate athlete ended on the court in Hartford, Conn. "If you have an idea what I can do after school, you can tell me."

Here's one: How about the WNBA?

The league is certainly expected to give the All-American gunner her shot as WNBA draft analysts project Mazzante to be a top 20 pick -- with an outside shot of being a top 10 -- at tomorrow's WNBA draft in Secaucus, N.J., Mazzante, one of the top players in the most talent-rich draft class the WNBA has ever seen, will be at NBA headquarters for the selection process, which will be televised on ESPN from noon to 1 p.m.

The transition to the pro ranks for the most decorated player in Penn State women's basketball history should be an interesting one. Mazzante is a finesse player who built her legend on her quick-release jump shot. The WNBA, however, is a league built on different priorities.

"You look at the players that are most successful [in the WNBA], and they are athletic, they can make their own shot, they play defense," said Suzie McConnell-Serio, a former Lady Lions point guard during the 1990s and current head coach of the Minnesota Lynx.

Athleticism, creating your own shot, playing defense -- things that haven't come so naturally to Mazzante as her sweet stroke. Things, also, Mazzante has worked hard to improve throughout her career.

"Kelly has worked hard on other parts of her game, and she has gotten better at creating her own shot in her senior year," McConnell-Serio said.

But a less than impressive effort during the NCAA tournament has caused Mazzante's stock to slip as of late. Before the NCAA tournament, WNBA draft analyst Rebecca Lobo projected Mazzante to go sixth in the draft to the Seattle Storm. Now, with the draft a day away, Lobo doesn't even expect the two-time Big Ten Player of the Year to go in the first round, which is the first 13 picks in the WNBA.

It seems more and more people have started to notice Mazzante's struggles with making her game more versatile. Women's basketball analyst Nancy Leibermann said on ESPN that Mazzante is being viewed as a "shooter" and not a "scorer" by most WNBA scouts. While she did predict that the Montoursville native would go earlier in the draft, in the late first round, Leibermann was also critical on air about Mazzante's passing, dribbling and defending skills.

Still, McConnell-Serio believes Mazzante can be a solid contributor on a WNBA team.

"She will be able to extend defenses," she said. "She will find a role on a team somewhere."

While versatility is a point of concern for Mazzante's prospects, Lions forward Jess Brungo is expected to benefit from all the hats she wore during her Penn State career. Many times during the course of last season Penn State women's basketball coach Rene Portland mentioned how many scouts loved Brungo's ability to play shooting guard, small forward and power forward.

"Her versatility will help her," McConell-Serio said. "She will go late second, maybe third."

So for at least another 24 hours the basketball futures of Mazzante and Brungo are uncertain. Both, however, have known they will be back on campus in the fall after the conclusion of their first WNBA season. Brungo will finish up her elementary education degree and Mazzante plans to continue being around the team.