ESPN to Televise First Two Rounds of WNBA Draft Live
WNBA Draft News
The draft will be held on April 10th at 7 p.m. ET
ESPN will televise the first two rounds of the 2023 WNBA Draft live on ESPN2, the network announced Monday. The draft will be held on April 10th at 7 p.m. ET at the SpringHill Suites Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee.
This is the first time that ESPN has televised the WNBA Draft. The draft was previously televised on ESPNU from 2013 to 2019 and on ABC in 2020 and 2021.
The first round of the draft will be televised on ESPN2, while the second round will be televised on ESPNU. The third and fourth rounds of the draft will be streamed live on ESPN.com.
The Indiana Fever have the No. 1 overall pick in the draft.
The Indiana Fever have the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. The Fever are coming off a 5-29 season, the worst record in the WNBA.
The Fever are expected to select South Carolina center Aliyah Boston with the No. 1 overall pick. Boston is a 6-foot-5 center who was named the 2023 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year.
The draft is expected to be one of the deepest in recent memory.
The 2023 WNBA Draft is expected to be one of the deepest in recent memory. There are a number of talented players who are expected to be selected in the first round, including Boston, Stanford forward Cameron Brink, and LSU guard Angel Reese.
The draft is also expected to be competitive, with a number of teams expected to make a run at the championship. The Las Vegas Aces are the defending champions, but the Fever, Seattle Storm, and Connecticut Sun are all expected to be contenders.
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