2024 broadcast schedule announced, including opener
The Connecticut Sun will open the 2024 WNBA season on national television against the Indiana Fever on ESPN2, and the team’s broadcast schedule includes three games on non-cable networks.
The Sun’s opener against the Indiana Fever at Mohegan Sun on May 14 is highly anticipated as the professional debut of former Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark, the presumed No. 1 overall pick in Monday’s WNBA Draft. Clark and the Fever will be featured a league-leading 36 times across the league’s national broadcast partners, while the reigning champion Las Vegas Aces will play on national TV 35 times. The Sun will appear 21 times on national broadcasts, with four games across the ESPN family of networks and four times on CBS platforms.
After the opener, the Sun are back on ESPN when they play at the fever on May 20, and they will play their first CBS Sports Network game against the Chicago Sky on May 25. Connecticut’s first game on a non-cable channel is against the New York Liberty on June 8 for a rematch of the 2023 WNBA playoffs.
All games not on national TV will be broadcast locally by NBC Sports Boston. Most games are also available to stream via WNBA League pass or on Nbcsports. com. The Sun will also stream two games on Prime Video.
The Sun went 27-13 in 2023 and reached the second round of the postseason for the seventh consecutive year before falling to the Liberty in a 1-3 series. Star guard Alyssa Thomas finished second in MVP voting behind former Uconn and Liberty star Breanna Stewart after a career year, averaging a near triple-double with 15.5 points, 9.9 rebounds and 7.9 assists. Thomas and 15-year veteran Dewanna Bonner were both named WNBA All-stars, Bonner for the fifth time in her career and Thomas for the fourth.
How to watch Connecticut Sun May 14:
Indiana, 7:30p.m., ESPN2; 17: Washington, 7:30p.m., ION; 20: at Indiana, 7p.m., ESPN; 23: Minnesota, 7p.m., NBC Sports Boston; 25: at Chicago, 8p.m., CBS SN; 28: Phoenix, 7p.m., CBS SN; 31: Dallas, 7:30p.m., ION
June 2: at Atlanta, 3p.m., NBC SB; 4: Washington, 7p.m., NBC SB; 8: vs New York, 1p.m., ABC; 10: Indiana, 7p.m., NBC SB/NBA TV; 12: at Chicago, 8p.m., NBC SB; 15: at Dallas, 1p.m., CBS SN; 18: Los Angeles, 7p.m., NBC SB/NBA TV; 21: at Las Vegas Aces, 10p.m., ION; 23: at Seattle, 3p.m., NBC SB; 27: at Washington, 7 p.m., NBC SB/NBA TV; 28: Atlanta, 7:30p.m., ION
July 1: at Phoenix, 10p.m., NBC SB; 4: at Minnesota, 8p.m., NBC SB; 7: Atlanta, 1p.m., NBC SB;
10: New York, 11a.m., NBC SB; 14: Phoenix, 1 p.m., ABC; 16: at New York, 7p.m., NBC SB
Aug. 16: at Dallas Wings; 9:30p.m., ION; 18: at Atlanta, 3p.m., NBC SB; 20: vs Los Angeles, 7 p.m., NBC SB; 23: vs. Chicago, 7:30p.m., ION;
24: at New York, 7p.m., NBC SB; 28: at Indiana, 7p.m., NBC SB/NBA TV; 31: at Washington, 3 p.m., NBC SB
Sept. 1: Seattle, 1p.m., NBC SB/NBA TV; 3: Seattle, 7:30p.m., NBC SB; 6: Las Vegas, 7:30 p.m., ION; 8: Los Angeles Sparks, 9p.m., NBC SB; 10: at Los Angeles, 10p.m., NBC SB; 13: at Phoenix, 10p.m., ION; 15: at Las Vegas, 6p.m., CBS SN; 17: vs Minnesota, 7p.m., NBC SB; 19: vs. Chicago, 7p.m., NBC SB