The women’s basketball landscape looks completely different than seven months ago when the two-time champion Las Vegas Aces collapsed into a celebratory pile on the center court logo at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Caitlin Clark secured all-time scoring records. South Carolina won another national championship. Nearly 20 million tuned in to watch the WNBA’s future play ball in college. And millions stayed to see them officially enter the professional ranks on draft night.
That included Clark, the No. 1 overall pick and headliner of this 28th WNBA season.