The WNBA draft is just around the corner — April 15 in New York — and we now have the answers on which key players will be available. This senior class in women’s college basketball is the last to have the option of returning for a fifth year in college via the NCAA’s COVID-19 waiver from the 2020-21 season.
Most of the players we have been projecting for the first round of the 2024 draft are opting to go pro, including the lock-solid No. 1 pick, guard Caitlin Clark of Iowa, who announced her decision Feb. 29. This week, South Carolina center Kamilla Cardoso and LSU forward Angel Reese also declared they are headed to the draft.
One exception: Guard Georgia Amoore, a projected first-round pick who was at Virginia Tech but is now in the transfer portal for what will be her fifth collegiate season.
But there are also several fifth-year seniors who have exhausted their eligibility and now hope to continue their careers in the WNBA. The league remains at 12 teams; the Bay Area franchise begins play in 2025. Making a WNBA roster is a big challenge: The…
