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    What to watch for as the WNBA season opens and interest spikes in women's basketball

    Caitlin Clark has sold out arenas nationwide. But can she, alongside 2023's Rookie of the Year Aliyah Boston, turn around the league's worst team? Or will the Las Vegas Aces pull off a three-peat?
    by Becky Sullivan May 14, 2024 3 minutes
    Caitlin Clark, #22, and Aliyah Boston, #7, of the Indiana Fever during a preseason game earlier this month. Together, the two back-to-back No. 1 draft picks hope to lead the Fever to their first playoff appearance since 2016.

    It's shaping up to be a big year for the WNBA. The league's opening night comes on the heels of a record-breaking women's college basketball season during which more people watched the women's title game than the men's.

    Now, as some of those college stars make their official WNBA debut as rookies — including Iowa's Caitlin Clark and LSU's Angel Reese — the WNBA will tip off Tuesday hoping to capture that excitement.

    The WNBA is looking to build on , its most-watched in over two

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