WNBA TV schedule to feature Fever and likely top pick Clark
The WNBA has released its broadcast schedule for the 2024 season, and for those who are looking to see former Iowa guard Caitlin Clark on television, she won’t be hard to find.
Unless the Indiana Fever surprises the whole world, they will select Clark, the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer, with the No. 1 overall pick during Monday’s draft. The team will have 36 of its 40 regular-season games on linear television or streaming services.
The Fever will be featured eight times each on the Disney networks (ABC, ESPN and ESPN2), ION and twice more on CBS.
NBA TV will air 13 Fever games, with four more on Amazon Prime Video and one on CBS Sports Network.
The ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 doubleheader schedule starts on May 14, when the Fever take on the Connecticut Sun at 7:30 p.m. EDT. The nightcap will feature the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces taking on the Phoenix Mercury.
Indiana finished 13-27 last season and has missed the playoffs in each of the past eight seasons.
The WNBA All-Star Game is July 20. The WNBA season breaks for the Paris Summer Olympics and resumes on Aug. 15, when the Liberty take on the Los Angeles Sparks.
15 prospects invited to draft
Caitlin Clark, Kamilla Cardoso, Angel Reese and Dyaisha Fair headline 15 prospects invited to today’s WNBA draft (7:30 p.m. EDT, ESPN) at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York.
Iowa’s Clark is the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer; South
Carolina’s Cardoso was named the NCAA Tournament’s most outstanding player after leading the undefeated Gamecocks to a national championship; Syracuse’s Fair has the third-most points in NCAA women’s history; and LSU’s Reese led the Tigers to a national title in 2023 as that year’s most outstanding player.
The draft prospects are rounded out by Stanford’s Cameron Brink, Ole Miss’ Marquesha Davis, UConn’s Aaliyah Edwards, Tennessee’s Rickea Jackson; Virginia Tech’s Elizabeth Kitley, UConn’s Nika Mühl, UCLA’s Charisma Osborne, Utah’s Alissa Pili and Nyadiew Puoch of Australia; in addition to Ohio State’s Jacy Sheldon and Celeste Taylor.
The prospects will attend a lighting ceremony at the Empire State Building before hitting the WNBA’s orange carpet ahead of the draft. Predraft coverage will start on the ESPN app at 7 p.m.
The draft will last three rounds with 12 picks in each round.