WNBA draft 2024: Caitlin Clark projections, start time and order — live updates

The conscripts are currently walking the orange carpet at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City before the official draft begins.

Earlier today, service members gathered at the Empire State Building for a lighting ceremony to celebrate military service.

First round

1. Indiana fever

2. Los Angeles Sparks

3. Chicago Sky (via Phoenix Mercury)

4. Los Angeles Sparks (via Seattle Storm)

5. Dallas Wings (via Chicago Sky)

6. Washington mystics

7. Chicago Sky (via Minnesota Lynx)

8. Minnesota Lynx (via Atlanta Dream)

9. Dallas wings

10. Connecticut Sun

11. Freedom of New York

12. Atlanta Dream (via Las Vegas Aces)

Second round

1. Chicago (via Phoenix)

2. Seattle

3. Indiana

4. Las Vegas (via Los Angeles)

5. New York (via Chicago)

6. Las Vegas (via Washington)

7. Connecticut (via Minnesota)

8. Atlanta

9. Washington (via Dallas)

10. Connecticut

11. New York

12. Vegas

Third round

1. phoenix

2. Seattle

3. Indiana

4. Vegas

5. Phoenix (via Chicago)

6. Washington

7. Minnesota

8. Atlanta

9. Dallas

10. Connecticut

11. New York

12. Vegas

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the highly anticipated 2024 WNBA Draft. A historic March Madness, featuring record viewership and attendance and incredible basketball, ended with the South Carolina Gamecocks defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes to take home their third title.

Some of the NCAA tournament’s biggest stars are here tonight to be called up to the professional league, including Iowa’s Caitlin Clarke, who is widely expected to be the No. 1 pick, and South Carolina’s Kamilla Cardoso, the MOP of the NCAA. Also expected to be called up tonight are Stanford’s Cameron Brink, UConn’s Aaliyah Edwards, LSU’s Angel Reese and Tennessee’s Rickea Jackson.

From the first round picks to the possible sleeper selections, join me for what is sure to be a fun evening as we watch some of college basketball’s greatest players begin their professional careers. Let the drafting begin.

If you have any questions, predictions, musings, analysis, complaints, hopes and dreams, movie suggestions, or just general thoughts, feel free to email me.