Just over a week after the Women’s NCAA tournament wrapped up with a UConn win, the next major event of the women’s basketball season, the WNBA draft. will take place tonight.
UConn senior Paige Bueckers ended her collegiate career on a high note with a national title win; now, it’s widely accepted that she will be drafted first overall tonight to the Dallas Wings. The Wings were awarded the first pick in this year’s draft after a 9-31 season in 2024.
Ahead of draft night, Bueckers already inked a three-year contract with 3-on-3 league Unrivaled, which plays in the WNBA offseason; the first year of the Unrivaled contract is more than an entire WNBA rookie contract.
what to know about 2025 wnba draft
Several players, including Olivia Miles, Azzi Fudd and Flau’jae Johnson, who were projected to be selected high up in the draft order, held off on entering the draft in favor of another year of NCAA eligibility.
What time is the 2025 WNBA draft?
The WNBA draft begins tonight, April 14, at 7:30 p.m. ET.
How to watch the 2025 WNBA draft for free:
Cord-cutters can watch the WNBA draft for free by utilizing a free trial from a live TV streaming service that includes ESPN. Our favorite options include DIRECTV (five days free, then $79.99/month) and fuboTV.
Other ways to stream the 2025 WNBA draft:
You can also stream the 2025 WNBA draft on Sling TV, which includes ESPN in its Orange plan, currently 50% off your first month. ESPN+ is also carrying the draft for $11.99/month, or you can bundle ESPN+ with Disney+ and Hulu starting at $16.99/month.
Who is going No. 1 in the WNBA draft?
As noted above, UConn guard Paige Bueckers is widely projected to be this year’s first overall pick in the WNBA draft.
More 2025 WNBA draft projected top picks:
Dominique Malonga, Sonia Citron (Notre Dame), Kiki Iriafen (USC), and Aneesah Morrow (LSU) are projected to be drafted high this year, falling into the No. 2-5 slots in The Post’s mock draft.
2025 WNBA draft order:
The WNBA draft has three rounds. This year’s draft order was affected by the Las Vegas Aces violation of league rules regarding player benefits; the team’s first-round pick was revoked, so the first round will have just 12 picks, while the following two will have 13.
First round:
- Dallas Wings
- Seattle Storm (from Los Angeles Sparks)
- Washington Mystics (from Chicago Sky)
- Washington Mystics
- Golden State Valkyries
- Washington Mystics (from Atlanta Dream)
- Connecticut Sun (from New York Liberty)
- Connecticut Sun (from Indiana Fever)
- Los Angeles Sparks (from Seattle Storm)
- Chicago Sky (from Connecticut Sun)
- Chicago Sky (from Minnesota Lynx)
- Dallas Wings (from New York Liberty)
Second round:
- Las Vegas Aces (from Los Angeles Sparks)
- Dallas Wings
- Minnesota Lynx (from Chicago Sky)
- Chicago Sky (from Washington Mystics)
- Golden State Valkyries
- Atlanta Dream
- Indiana Fever (from Phoenix Mercury)
- Indiana Fever
- Los Angeles Sparks (from Seattle Storm)
- Chicago Sky (from Las Vegas Aces)
- Washington Mystics (from Connecticut Sun)
- Minnesota Lynx
- Connecticut Sun (from New York Liberty)
Third round:
- Seattle Storm (from Los Angeles Sparks)
- Dallas Wings
- Los Angeles Sparks (from Chicago Sky)
- Seattle Storm (from Washington Mystics)
- Golden State Valkyries
- Dallas Wings (from Atlanta Dream)
- Washington Mystics (from Phoenix Mercury)
- Indiana Fever
- Seattle Storm
- Las Vegas Aces
- Atlanta Dream (from Connecticut Sun)
- Minnesota Lynx
- New York Liberty
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