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Draft Day is almost here. The 2024 WNBA Draft will be broadcast live from the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York on Monday (April 15).
Iowa's Caitlin Clark, LSU's Angel Reese, Stanford's Cameron Brink and Tennessee's Rikea Jackson are some of the women's college basketball stars who will enter the league. Clark, the all-time leading scorer in the NCAA, is expected to be the No. 1 pick in the draft.
Keep reading for details on when and how to watch the WNBA draft without cable.
How to watch the WNBA draft on ESPN without cable
The 2024 WNBA Draft is presented by State Farm and will air at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. And you don't need a cable to watch live or on demand, from any location and various streaming devices.
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ESPN will broadcast coverage of the first round pick from five team draft rooms located in Indiana, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas and Washington. The network will also air live coverage of the official Indiana Fever and Los Angeles Sparks watch parties.
ESPN's Ryan Ruocco will anchor the draft broadcast along with analysts Rebecca Lobo and Andraya Carter and reporter Holly Rowe. The WNBA Draft festivities begin with the WNBA Countdown Powered by Google at 7 p.m. ET and hosted by LaChina Robinson, along with analysts Carolyn Peck and Chiney Ogwumike. The pre-show will include “key draw interviews,” clips from Clark's college basketball career and a fashion recap, per ESPN.
After a record-breaking NCAA Women's Championship that produced the highest ratings in league history, Reese hopes the ratings increase will extend to the WNBA.
“I think I've done a lot in college and so many different players have done the same thing. Being able to transfer it to [WNBA] is where you want to do it. And I think they deserve it, especially the vets,” Rees said New York Post the manufacture. “I mean they've done a great job setting the stage for us.”
