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The 2024 WNBA Draft is tonight. Here is how, and what, to watch
The 2023-2024 women’s college basketball tournament just ended.
But for many of the players who shined over the course of that tournament, their basketball careers are about to take the next step.
The 2024 WNBA Draft takes place later tonight, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn. This will be the 29th draft in WNBA history, and perhaps one of the most anticipated. It will also be the first time since 2016 that fans will be able to attend the draft.
While there is every expectation that Caitlin Clark will be the first player taken, with the Indiana Fever holding the first-overall selection, there is no shortage of talent in this draft class.
Here is how to watch, a list of the invited players, and the full WNBA Draft order.
How to watch
ESPN will broadcast the 2024 WNBA Draft, with a half-hour preview show starting at 7:00 p.m. Eastern followed by the draft itself, which begins at 7:30 p.m. Eastern.
Those interested in streaming the WNBA Draft can do so via ESPN+.
List of invited players
Back on April 11, the WNBA announced the list of 15 prospects headed to the WNBA Draft. They are:
Cameron Brink, PF/C, Stanford
Kamilla Cardoso, C, South Carolina
Caitlin Clark, G, Iowa
Marquesha Davis, G, Mississippi
Aaliyah Edwards, F, Connecticut
Dyaisha Fair, G, Syracuse
Rickea Jackson, SF, Tennessee
Elizabeth Kitley, C, Virginia Tech
Nika Mühl, G, Connecticut
Charisma Osborne, SG, UCLA
Alissa Pili, F, Utah
Nyadiew Puoch, PF/C, Cranbourne East, Australia
Angel Reese, F, LSU
Jacy Sheldon, G, Ohio State
Celeste Taylor, G, Ohio State
Full WNBA Draft order
Here is the order for all three rounds of the 2024 WNBA Draft.
Round 1
1. Indiana Fever
2. Los Angeles Sparks
3. Chicago Sky (via Phoenix)
4. Los Angeles Sparks (via Seattle)
5. Dallas Wings (via Chicago)
6. Washington Mystics
7. Chicago Sky
8. Minnesota Lynx (via Atlanta from Los Angeles)
9. Dallas Wings
10. Connecticut Sun
11. New York Liberty
12. Atlanta Dream (via Las Vegas from Los Angeles)
Round 2
1. Chicago Sky (via Phoenix)
2. Seattle Storm
3. Indiana Fever
4. Las Vegas Aces (via Los Angeles)
5. New York Liberty (via Chicago)
6. Las Vegas Aces (via Washington)
7. Connecticut Sun (via Minnesota)
8. Atlanta Dream
9. Washington Mystics (via Dallas)
10. Connecticut Sun
11. New York Liberty
12. Las Vegas Aces
Round 3
1. Phoenix Mercury
2. Seattle Storm
3. Indiana Fever
4. Los Angeles Sparks
5. Phoenix Mercury (via Chicago)
6. Washington Mystics
7. Minnesota Lynx
8. Atlanta Dream
9. Dallas Wings
10. Connecticut Sun
11. New York Liberty
12. Las Vegas Aces
Mock draft
So, Clark is expected to go first-overall, but who will join her in the first round?
In the latest SB Nation mock draft, Clark went first-overall to the Fever. She was followed by these four players in the top five:
Los Angeles Sparks: Cameron Brink, F, Stanford
Chicago Sky: Rickea Jackson, F, Tennessee
Los Angeles Sparks: Kamilla Cardoso, C, South Carolina
Dallas Wings: Carla Leite, G, France
You can see the full WNBA mock draft here.
