MINNESOTA LYNX After winning two championships with the ABL's Columbus Quest, coach Brian Agler left the league to become a coach in the WNBA. Agler is hoping for the same success in the WNBA -- and with the same players. Agler had such a good combination of players on his Quest team that he decided to bring them with him to the WNBA. In the 1999 draft, Agler draft four of his former players -- Tonya Edwards, Andrea Lloyd, Sonja Tate and Angie Potthoff. He added former Quest player Katie Smith in the expansion draft. The Lynx also drafted Australian Trisha Fallon, who won a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics. "We did have some success in Columbus, and we felt like we played a pretty good brand of basketball," Agler said. "Whether it works in the WNBA remains to be seen. We put a tremendous amount of emphasis on defensive. We run a motion offense. We don't really have any player that is a back-to-the-basket player, so we are probably going to have a different look than a lot of the teams in the league, but sometimes it pays to be a little different." SI for Women's bottom line: Five members of two-time ABL champion Columbus rejoin coach Agler for another run at the top. They won't make the playoffs in this league just yet, but their built-in chemistry should bring home a .500 record. ROSTER No. 32 20       15     13 21     25 22 23 Name Adia Barnes Octavia Blue Tonya Edwards Trisha Fallon Kristin Folkl Annie LeFleur Andrea Lloyd Angie Potthoff Brandy Reed Charmin Smith Katie Smith Sonja Tate Itoro Umoh DeMya Walker Kim Williams Pos. F F G G G G F F F G G G G F G HT 5-11 6-1 5-10 6-3 6-2 5-7 6-2 6-2 6-1 5-10 5-11 5-8 5-7 6-3 5-6

SCHEDULE Jun. 12 -- Detroit, 8 p.m. Jun. 14 -- Utah, 8 p.m. Jun. 19 -- Houston, 8 p.m. Jun. 22 -- at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Jun. 24 -- at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Jun. 26 -- at Utah, 9 p.m. Jun. 29 -- Sacramento, 8 p.m. Jul. 1 -- Los Angeles, 8 p.m. Jul. 3 -- Phoenix, 8 p.m. Jul. 6 -- at Houston, 8:30 p.m. Jul. 7 -- at Orlando, 7:30 p.m. Jul. 11 -- at New York, 4 p.m. Jul. 12 -- at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Jul. 17 -- New York, 3:30 p.m. Jul. 19 -- Sacramento, 8 p.m. Jul. 21 -- at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m. Jul. 23 -- Washington, 8 Jul. 25 -- Houston, 6 p.m. Jul. 27 -- at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Jul. 29 -- at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Jul. 31 -- Charlotte, 8 Aug. 2 -- Phoenix, 8 p.m. Aug. 4 -- at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 6 -- Los Angeles, 8 p.m. Aug. 7 -- at Utah, 9 p.m. Aug. 9 -- at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Aug. 11 -- Utah, 8 p.m. Aug. 14 -- at Houston, 4 p.m. Aug. 16 -- Cleveland, 8 p.m. Aug. 18 -- at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Aug. 20 -- Orlando, 8 p.m. Aug. 21 -- at Washington, 7 p.m. Coach: Brian Agler (first season with Lynx) Top players: G Kristen Folkl (Stanford), G Katie Smith (ABL's Quest), G Tonya Edwards (Quest), G-F Trisha Fallon (Italy) Arena: Target Center Colors: Green and blue