WNBA Draft decision tracker 2024: Latest news on Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, other college basketball stars
March Madness is here, and on the women’s side, fans will be locked into an uber-talented senior class full of star power.
This year’s seniors are especially impressive in that they’ve enjoyed successful careers even after the COVID-19 pandemic seriously impacted their freshman season. As a result, they are some of the last athletes who received the option from the NCAA to return for an extra season of competition.
These players now face the decision of whether or not they will take advantage of the extra season or renounce their remaining college eligibility to declare for the 2024 WNBA Draft.
Which players are headed to the WNBA Draft and who is staying for the 2024-25 college basketball season? Here is a look at what we know about the decisions of some of the most notable stars.
Clark, a senior at Iowa, declared for the WNBA Draft on Thursday, Feb. 29.
“While this season is far from over and we have a lot more goals to achieve, it will be my last one at Iowa,” Clark wrote in a letter to Iowa fans. “I am excited to be entering the 2024 WNBA Draft.”
Bueckers announced on UConn’s senior night that she would be returning for the 2024-25 college basketball season. She was projected as a top-five pick in the 2024 draft.
“I know everybody wants me to address the elephant in the room,” said Bueckers during her senior night speech. “Unfortunately, this will not be my last senior night here at UConn — I’m coming back!”
Bueckers was the consensus National Player of the Year as a freshman but has battled injuries throughout her career. She is a senior academically but a redshirt junior athletically, so she could even stick around for the 2025-26 season if she so chooses.
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