Ludacris -- YEAH, I LIKE THE WNBA ... And I'm Damn Proud Of It!

Ludacris hit up a professional sporting event this weekend -- but it wasn't the Belmont, or the Stanley Cup, or the big NASCAR race ... dude took his daughter to a WNBA game and TMZ Sports has the pics.

Luda and Karma sat courtside to watch the Atlanta Dream demolish the Chicago Sky on Saturday night -- it also happened to be "Dads and Daughters night."

The father/daughter duo seemed to be having a blast -- and even went down on the court and met some of the players.

Pretty cool, right?