2025 WNBA Draft - Women's Basketball - NCAA.com
Here's a look at where this year's WNBA draft selections went to college.
www.ncaa.comHere are the latest, verifiable headlines on the 2025 WNBA Draft:
- Paige Bueckers was the No. 1 pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft, going to the Dallas Wings. This marked a continued tradition of UConn stars going No. 1 in the draft, joining a lineage of Huskies legends [cbc.ca: Dallas Wings choose UConn star Paige Bueckers with 1st pick of 2025 WNBA draft] [cbc.ca].
- The 2025 draft featured the expansion Golden State Valkyries, who were slotted at No. 5 in the first round and held picks 17 and 30 in the subsequent rounds, reflecting the league’s new landscape and how expansion affects draft order [cbssports.com article summary] [cbssports.com].
- Live-draft coverage highlighted notable selections across the rounds, including top picks and trades shaping rosters for the 2025 season, with reports emphasizing the Wings’ front office moves surrounding the No. 1 pick and subsequent draft-night trades [ballislife.com live draft updates] [ballislife.com].
Illustration example: The 2025 draft order (first round) began with Dallas Wings, followed by Los Angeles Sparks, Chicago Sky, Washington Mystics, Golden State Valkyries, and continued through Round 1 with 12 picks due to a league rule change tied to the Aces’ penalties from 2023 investigations [cbssports.com summary][cbc.ca].
Would you like a concise table of the full first-round order, or a one-paragraph recap focusing on the Wings, Sparks, and Mystics? I can also pull up player-by-player notes for the top 10 picks.
Citations:
- Paige Bueckers No. 1 pick, Dallas Wings: [cbc.ca]
- Draft expansion and Valkyries: [cbssports.com]
- Live-draft updates and trades: [ballislife.com]