For the second year in a row, the Indiana Fever will have the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft.
The Fever, who picked South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston in 2023, won the 2024 WNBA draft lottery on Sunday and have the first selection on April 15.
The Los Angeles Sparks, Phoenix Mercury and Seattle Storm will have the Nos. 2-4 picks in the draft.
Iowa Hawkeyes guard Caitlin Clark is the projected No. 1 pick in ESPN’s most recent mock draft. But like several other potential draftees, Clark is eligible to return for a fifth college season in 2024-2025 because of the COVID-19 waiver.
Players can wait to declare for the draft until after they have completed this college season.
Lottery odds were based on the cumulative records of the past two WNBA regular seasons (2022 and 2023). With a cumulative record of 18-58, the Fever had the most chances to land the top pick (442 out of 1,000).
Boston was named WNBA Rookie of the Year, but the Fever again missed the playoffs; they haven’t been since 2016.
Phoenix was a combined 24-52 the past two seasons and had…
