2025 Unrivaled season

2025 Unrivaled season
LeagueUnrivaled
SportBasketball (three-on-three)
DurationJanuary–March
Number of games48
Number of teams6
TV partner(s)TNT Sports and TruTV
Streaming partner(s)Max
Unrivaled seasons
2026 →

The 2025 season of Unrivaled is the league's inaugural season. Six teams will play a regular season of matches in January to March to contest four places in a single-elimination playoff tournament that determines the champions of the league.

Map
Location of the primary venue for the league's matches in Medley, Florida.

Teams

On October 24, the inaugural six team names were announced.[1] For the 2025 season, teams did not have desingated geographic connections, although the branding was created with a consideration for potential future sale and relocation of the teams.[1]

2025 Unrivaled teams
Team Head coach Captain
Laces BC TBD TBD
Lunar Owls BC TBD TBD
Mist BC TBD TBD
Phantoms BC TBD TBD
Rose BC TBD TBD
Vinyl BC TBD TBD

Format

Pre-season

Players are to report to training camp on January 2, 2025.[2]

Regular season

The regular season will begin on January 17, 2025 with six weeks of round-robin play.[2][3] For the 2025 season, the majority of regular season games will be played in a custom facility within Mediapro Studios in the Miami-area community of Medley, Florida.[4] Regular season games are to occur three nights a week with two games played each night.[5]

All-Star event

An All-Star event with a one-on-one (1v1) single elimination tournament mid-season is scheduled for February 10, 2025 with the winner earning a $250,000 paycheck.[6]

Playoffs

At the conclusion of the regular season, the top four teams will appear in the playoffs (lasting approximately two weeks) to complete for the championship title.[3] The postseason is slotted to end on March 17, 2025.[2]

Rosters

For the inaugural season, Unrivaled was originally announced to consist of thirty professional players with six 5-player teams.[7] However, in late October 2024, the league announced they had, "surpassed its initial financial targets" and would be expanding the inaugural season roster to thirty-six total players and increase the individual team roster size to six players.[8]

Unrivaled 2025 Roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
FUnited StatesStewart, Breanna6' 4" (1.93m)170 lb (77kg)1994-08-27ConnecticutR
FUnited StatesCollier, Napheesa6' 2" (1.88m)185 lb (84kg)1996-09-23ConnecticutR
GUnited StatesGray, Chelsea5' 11" (1.8m)170 lb (77kg)1992-10-08DukeR
GUnited StatesOgunbowale, Arike5' 8" (1.73m)165 lb (75kg)1997-03-02Notre DameR
GUnited StatesLoyd, Jewell5' 11" (1.8m)165 lb (75kg)1993-10-05Notre DameR
GUnited StatesPlum, Kelsey5' 8" (1.73m)145 lb (66kg)1994-08-24WashingtonR
GUnited StatesHoward, Rhyne6' 2" (1.88m)175 lb (79kg)2000-04-29KentuckyR
G/FUnited StatesCopper, Kahleah6' 1" (1.85m)165 lb (75kg)1994-08-28RutgersR
GUnited StatesYoung, Jackie6' 0" (1.83m)165 lb (75kg)1997-09-16Notre DameR
FUnited StatesReese, Angel6' 3" (1.91m)165 lb (75kg)2002-05-06LSUR
FUnited StatesHamby, Dearica6' 3" (1.91m)189 lb (86kg)1993-11-06Wake ForestR
GUnited StatesMcBride, Kayla5' 10" (1.78m)186 lb (84kg)1992-06-25Notre DameR
GUnited StatesMabrey, Marina5' 11" (1.8m)170 lb (77kg)1996-09-14Notre DameR
FGermanySabally, Satou6' 4" (1.93m)175 lb (79kg)1998-04-25OregonR
GUnited StatesGray, Allisha6' 0" (1.83m)167 lb (76kg)1995-01-12South CarolinaR
GUnited StatesCloud, Natasha5' 9" (1.75m)160 lb (73kg)1992-02-22Saint Joseph'sR
GUnited StatesDiggins-Smith, Skylar5' 9" (1.75m)145 lb (66kg)1990-08-02Notre DameR
FUnited StatesJackson, Rickea6' 2" (1.88m)175 lb (79kg)2001-03-16TennesseeR
G/FUnited StatesCarrington, DiJonai5' 11" (1.8m)175 lb (79kg)1998-01-08BaylorR
GHungaryVandersloot, Courtney5' 8" (1.73m)137 lb (62kg)1989-02-08GonzagaR
GUnited StatesSykes, Brittney5' 9" (1.75m)154 lb (70kg)1994-02-07SyracuseR
C/FUnited StatesAustin, Shakira Injured6' 5" (1.96m)190 lb (86kg)2000-07-25MississippiR
GAzerbaijanHayes, Tiffany5' 10" (1.78m)155 lb (70kg)1989-09-20ConnecticutR
CUnited StatesGriner, Brittney6' 9" (2.06m)205 lb (93kg)1990-10-18BaylorR
F/CUnited StatesStevens, Azurá6' 6" (1.98m)180 lb (82kg)1996-02-01ConnecticutR
GUnited StatesWilliams, Courtney5' 8" (1.73m)142 lb (64kg)1994-05-11South FloridaR
GUnited StatesMartin, Kate6' 0" (1.83m)172 lb (78kg)2000-06-05IowaR
FCanadaEdwards, Aaliyah Injured6' 3" (1.91m)2002-07-09ConnecticutR
GUnited StatesHull, Lexie6' 1" (1.85m)155 lb (70kg)1999-09-13StanfordR
F/CUnited StatesBoston, Aliyah6' 5" (1.96m)220 lb (100kg)2001-12-11South CarolinaR

Broadcasting

TNT Sports will air Monday and Friday games on TNT, and Saturday games air on TruTV. The TNT and TruTV broadcasts will be streamed on Max.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Unrivaled unveils team names, branding". www.sportsbusinessjournal.com. October 24, 2024. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Peterson, Chloe (October 31, 2024). "Aliyah Boston to join Unrivaled, becoming second Indiana Fever player in new 3x3 league". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Negley, Cassandra (May 30, 2024). "Unrivaled basketball league set to feature serious salaries and has the backing of some major names". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  4. ^ "Unrivaled's Bazzell believes Micky Lawler is the right person to be commissioner". Sports Business Journal. August 19, 2024. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  5. ^ @PHEEsespieces (August 9, 2024). "There will be 2 games in a row, 3 nights per week that will be highly accessible..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ Leahy, Sean (October 31, 2024). "Unrivaled 3-on-3 basketball league expands to 36 roster spots ahead of debut season". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
  7. ^ @Unrivaledwbb (July 9, 2024). "STEWIE IS UNRIVALED 👑 1/30 ✅" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Nelson, Jenn. "Unrivaled League Surpasses Financial Projections, Expands Roster To 36". Forbes. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
  9. ^ Alex, Weprin (October 16, 2024). "TNT Sports Gets Into Women's Basketball, Inks Rights Deal With Startup League Unrivaled". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 16, 2024.