The Las Vegas Aces started the 2023 season No. 1 in ESPN’s WNBA Power Rankings and then won their second consecutive championship. But the Aces weren’t No. 1 in our final regular-season rankings last year; the New York Liberty were.
So it wasn’t complete wire-to-wire domination for the Aces in 2023, even if the end result made it feel that way. Las Vegas split its four regular-season games against New York and lost the Commissioner’s Cup final to the Liberty.
Yet when it came to the playoffs, the Aces took it to the next level when the stakes were the highest for the second season in a row. And as we head into 2024, the Aces are back on top of ESPN’s preseason Power Rankings.
The league enters 2024 trying to build on the momentum of both the college game the past two seasons and last year’s powerhouse WNBA Finals between the Aces and Liberty.
There has never been more interest in a rookie class, and the 2024 WNBA draft drew its highest-ever audience. No. 1 pick Caitlin Clark had a strong preseason debut Friday in the Indiana…
