{"id":600627,"date":"2026-04-13T06:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T06:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/600627\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T06:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T06:20:08","slug":"what-time-does-the-wnba-draft-start-today-live-tv-coverage-channel-schedule-live-stream-for-2026-rounds-1-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/600627\/","title":{"rendered":"What time does the WNBA Draft start today? Live TV coverage, channel, schedule, live stream for 2026 Rounds 1-3"},"content":{"rendered":"

What time does the WNBA Draft start today? Live TV coverage, channel, schedule, live stream for 2026 Rounds 1-3<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For women’s hoops fans, March Madness was just a preview of the talent expected at the 2026 WNBA Draft Monday.<\/p>\n

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Once again, many of the best eligible players will head to New York to find out where they’ll continue their careers professionally. Just like last year, the Dallas Wings<\/a> have the No. 1 overall pick in the draft, but the choice is not as clear this time around as it was with Paige Bueckers in 2025.<\/p>\n

After carrying UCLA to a historic NCAA championship win last week, Lauren Betts is expected to be a top pick. Olivia Miles, Azzi Fudd, Awa Fam, Kiki Rice and Flau’Jae Johnson are amongst the other biggest names to look out for Monday.<\/p>\n

How will the new-look W shape up for the 2026 season with two new franchises entering the fold in Portland and Toronto?<\/p>\n

Here’s everything you need to know about the 2026 WNBA Draft, including TV channel and streaming options for the annual event in New York City.<\/p>\n

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What time does the WNBA Draft start today?<\/p>\n

This year’s WNBA Draft will start at 7 p.m. ET on Monday, April 13. It will take place at The Shed at Hudson Yards in New York.<\/p>\n

What channel is the WNBA Draft on today?<\/p>\n

This year’s WNBA Draft will air nationally on ESPN.\u00a0There will be an “Orange Carpet” ceremony and a special edition of “WNBA Countdown” airing on ESPN before the draft begins.<\/p>\n

Cord-cutters can also stream the action live on the\u00a0ESPN app<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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2026 WNBA Draft orderFirst round<\/p>\n

Pick<\/p>\n

Team<\/p>\n

1.<\/p>\n

Dallas Wings<\/p>\n

2.<\/p>\n

Minnesota Lynx<\/p>\n

3.<\/p>\n

Seattle Storm<\/p>\n

4.<\/p>\n

Washington Mystics<\/p>\n

5.<\/p>\n

Chicago Sky<\/p>\n

6.<\/p>\n

Toronto Tempo<\/p>\n

7.<\/p>\n

Portland Fire<\/p>\n

8.<\/p>\n

Golden State Valkyries<\/p>\n

9.<\/p>\n

Washington Mystics<\/p>\n

10.<\/p>\n

Indiana Fever<\/p>\n

11.<\/p>\n

Washington Mystics<\/p>\n

12.<\/p>\n

Connecticut Sun<\/p>\n

13.<\/p>\n

Atlanta Dream<\/p>\n

14.<\/p>\n

Seattle Storm<\/p>\n

15.<\/p>\n

Connecticut Sun<\/p>\n

Second Round<\/p>\n

Pick<\/p>\n

Team<\/p>\n

1.<\/p>\n

Seattle Storm<\/p>\n

2.<\/p>\n

Portland Fire<\/p>\n

3.<\/p>\n

Connecticut Sun<\/p>\n

4.<\/p>\n

Washington Mystics<\/p>\n

5.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Sparks<\/p>\n

6.<\/p>\n

Chicago Sky<\/p>\n

7.<\/p>\n

Toronto Tempo<\/p>\n

8.<\/p>\n

Golden State Valkyries<\/p>\n

9.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Sparks<\/p>\n

10.<\/p>\n

Indiana Fever<\/p>\n

11.<\/p>\n

Toronto Tempo<\/p>\n

12.<\/p>\n

Phoenix Mercury<\/p>\n

13.<\/p>\n

Atlanta Dream<\/p>\n

14.<\/p>\n

Las Vegas Aces<\/p>\n

15.<\/p>\n

Washington Mystics<\/p>\n

Third Round<\/p>\n

Pick<\/p>\n

Team<\/p>\n

1.<\/p>\n

Dallas Wings<\/p>\n

2.<\/p>\n

Chicago Sky<\/p>\n

3.<\/p>\n

Connecticut Sun<\/p>\n

4.<\/p>\n

Washington Mystics<\/p>\n

5.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Sparks<\/p>\n

6.<\/p>\n

Toronto Tempo<\/p>\n

7.<\/p>\n

Portland Fire<\/p>\n

8.<\/p>\n

Golden State Valkyries<\/p>\n

9.<\/p>\n

Seattle Storm<\/p>\n

10.<\/p>\n

Indiana Fever<\/p>\n

11.<\/p>\n

New York Liberty<\/p>\n

12.<\/p>\n

Phoenix Mercury<\/p>\n

13.<\/p>\n

Atlanta Dream<\/p>\n

14.<\/p>\n

Las Vegas Aces<\/p>\n

15.<\/p>\n

Minnesota Lynx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What time does the WNBA Draft start today? Live TV coverage, channel, schedule, live stream for 2026 Rounds…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":600628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[76200,732,49,48,726,3458,3459,1161,1612,2803,3460,632,736,3457,4658,3461,14748,104252,1611,82,3302,45963,737,630,38381],"class_list":{"0":"post-600627","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-2026-wnba-draft","9":"tag-atlanta-dream","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-chicago-sky","13":"tag-connecticut-sun","14":"tag-dallas-wings","15":"tag-espn","16":"tag-golden-state-valkyries","17":"tag-indiana-fever","18":"tag-las-vegas-aces","19":"tag-los-angeles-sparks","20":"tag-minnesota-lynx","21":"tag-new-york-liberty","22":"tag-paige-bueckers","23":"tag-phoenix-mercury","24":"tag-portland","25":"tag-portland-fire","26":"tag-seattle-storm","27":"tag-sports","28":"tag-toronto","29":"tag-toronto-tempo","30":"tag-washington-mystics","31":"tag-wnba","32":"tag-wnba-draft"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}