2025 Unrivaled season

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2025 Unrivaled season
League Unrivaled
Sport Basketball (three-on-three)
DurationJanuary 17 – March 17, 2025
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.

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2025 Unrivaled season
Location of the primary venue for the league's matches in Medley, Florida.

Teams and coaches

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

On November 15, 2024, the 2025 head coaches were announced: Phil Handy, Adam Harrington, Nola Henry, DJ Sackmann, Teresa Weatherspoon, and Andrew Wade. [2] On November 20, after the team selection, the head coaches were each assigned to a team. [3]

2025 Unrivaled teams
TeamHead coachAssistant coach
Laces BCAndrew WadeTBD
Lunar Owls BCDJ SackmanTBD
Mist BC Phil Handy TBD
Phantom BC Adam Harrington TBD
Rose BCNola HenryTBD
Vinyl BC Teresa Weatherspoon TBD

Rosters

For the inaugural season, Unrivaled was originally announced to consist of 30 professional players with six 5-player teams. [4] Starting in July 2024, the players for the 2025 season began to be announced one-by-one on Unrivaled's social media accounts. [4] Hints were given on social media before roster announcements, encouraging fans to engage and make their guesses on the next Unrivaled roster addition. In late October 2024, the league announced it had "surpassed its initial financial targets" and would be expanding the inaugural season roster to 36 total players and increase the individual team roster size to six players. [5]

On November 20, 2024, players were divvied into their Unrivaled teams with the event being streamed on the league's YouTube channel. [6] [7] During the selection process, players were assigned to six pods (six players in each pod). [8] The head coaches then assigned one player from each pod to create balanced rosters for each club. Once all rosters were set, the head coaches were then made aware of which team they would be coaching for the 2025 season. [8] At the time of the selection show, only 34 players had been confirmed to be participating in the 2025 season. [9] The final two players were drafted as wildcards within Pod D and went to Lunar Owls BC and Phantom BC. [10] Teams with a wildcard selection were able to recruit and sign player of their choosing.

In late November 2024, Kelsey Plum announced via social media that she would no longer be playing in the 2025 season and instead would "take some more time for myself this offseason," leaving Laces BC with a wildcard spot. [11] On December 17, 2024, Brink signed a multiyear deal with the Lunar Owls; however, Brink will not appear in the league until the 2026 season due to injury. [12] And on December 20, 2024, it was announced that Samuelson had signed with Phantom BC. [13] On December 21, 2024, the league's first trades were announced: Laces BC traded Courtney Williams to Lunar Owls BC for Natasha Cloud. Laces BC then traded Cloud and their wildcard pick to Phantom BC in exchange for Jackie Young and Tiffany Hayes. [14] The final wildcard spot, belonging to Phantom BC, was filled by Sabrina Ionescu on December 23, 2024, in a signing deal that "puts her in a category of her own" in the Unrivaled league. [15] [16]

Denotes captain of basketball club [17]
Player(in bold text)Denotes wildcard selection
Player(in italic text)Denotes will not appear in league in 2025 season
2025 Team Rosters [9]
TeamsPlayers
Pod APod BPod CPod DPod EPod F
Laces BC Jackie Young Tiffany Hayes Kayla McBride Kate Martin Alyssa Thomas Stefanie Dolson
Lunar Owls BC Skylar Diggins-Smith Courtney Williams Allisha Gray Cameron Brink [12] [18] Napheesa Collier Shakira Austin
Mist BC Jewell Loyd Courtney Vandersloot DiJonai Carrington Rickea Jackson Breanna Stewart Aaliyah Edwards
Phantom BC Sabrina Ionescu [15] Natasha Cloud Marina Mabrey Katie Lou Samuelson [13] Satou Sabally Brittney Griner
Rose BC Chelsea Gray Brittney Sykes Kahleah Copper Lexie Hull Angel Reese Azurá Stevens
Vinyl BC Arike Ogunbowale Jordin Canada Rhyne Howard Rae Burrell Aliyah Boston Dearica Hamby

Pre-season

Players are to report to training camp on January 2, 2025. [19]

Regular season

The regular season will begin on January 17, 2025 with six weeks of round-robin play. [19] [20] For the 2025 season, the majority of regular season games will be played in a custom facility at Mediapro Studios in the Miami suburb of Medley, Florida. [21] Regular season games are to occur three nights a week with two games played each night. [22]

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. [23]

Schedule

2025 Unrivaled regular season
January
DateTime (ET)MatchupTVResultHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Friday, January 177:00 p.m.Mist BCvsLunar Owls BC TNT Mediapro Studios
8:15 p.m.Rose BCvsVinyl BCMediapro Studios
Saturday, January 182:00 p.m.Phantom BCvsLaces BC TruTV Mediapro Studios
3:00 p.m.Lunar Owls BCvsRose BCMediapro Studios
Monday, January 208:00 p.m.Vinyl BCvsPhantom BCTNTMediapro Studios
9:15 p.m.Laces BCvsMist BCMediapro Studios
Friday, January 247:00 p.m.Phantom BCvsMist BCMediapro Studios
8:15 p.m.Laces BCvsVinyl BCMediapro Studios
Saturday, January 256:00 p.m.Mist BCvsRose BCTruTVMediapro Studios
7:00 p.m.Lunar Owls BCvsPhantom BCMediapro Studios
Monday, January 277:00 p.m.Vinyl BCvsLunar Owls BCTNTMediapro Studios
8:15 p.m.Rose BCvsLaces BCMediapro Studios
Friday, January 317:00 p.m.Phantom BCvsRose BCMediapro Studios
8:15 p.m.Laces BCvsLunar Owls BCMediapro Studios
February
DateTime (ET)MatchupTVResultHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Saturday, February 16:00 p.m.Mist BCvsVinyl BC TruTV Mediapro Studios
7:00 p.m.Rose BCvsLaces BCMediapro Studios
Monday, February 37:00 p.m.Mist BCvsPhantom BC TNT Mediapro Studios
8:15 p.m.Lunar Owls BCvsVinyl BCMediapro Studios
Friday, February 77:00 p.m.Phantom BCvsLunar Owls BCMediapro Studios
8:15 p.m.Mist BCvsRose BCMediapro Studios
Saturday, February 86:00 p.m.Vinyl BCvsLaces BCTruTVMediapro Studios
7:00 p.m.Lunar Owls BCvsMist BCMediapro Studios
Monday, February 107:00 p.m.1v1 TournamentTBD
Thursday, February 136:30 p.m.1v1 TournamentTBD
Friday, February 147:30 p.m.1v1 TournamentTBD
Tuesday, February 187:00 p.m.Vinyl BCvsRose BCTNTMediapro Studios
8:15 p.m.Laces BCvsPhantom BCMediapro Studios
Friday, February 217:00 p.m.Rose BCvsLunar Owls BCMediapro Studios
8:15 p.m.Vinyl BCvsMist BCMediapro Studios
Saturday, February 226:00 p.m.Lunar Owls BCvsLaces BCTruTVMediapro Studios
7:00 p.m.Phantom BCvsVinyl BCMediapro Studios
Monday, February 247:00 p.m.Rose BCvsPhantom BCTNTMediapro Studios
8:15 p.m.Mist BCvsLaces BCMediapro Studios
Friday, February 287:00 p.m.Laces BCvsVinyl BCMediapro Studios
8:15 p.m.Phantom BCvsMist BCMediapro Studios
March
DateTime (ET)MatchupTVResultHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Saturday, March 16:00 p.m.Vinyl BCvsLunar Owls BC TruTV Mediapro Studios
7:00 p.m.Rose BCvsMist BCMediapro Studios
Monday, March 37:00 p.m.Laces BCvsRose BC TNT Mediapro Studios
8:15 p.m.Lunar Owls BCvsPhantom BCMediapro Studios
Friday, March 77:00 p.m.Phantom BCvsLaces BCMediapro Studios
8:15 p.m.Lunar Owls BCvsRose BCMediapro Studios
Saturday, March 86:00 p.m.Laces BCvsMist BCTruTVMediapro Studios
7:00 p.m.Vinyl BCvsPhantom BCMediapro Studios
Monday, March 107:00 p.m.Mist BCvsLunar Owls BCTNTMediapro Studios
8:15 p.m.Rose BCvsVinyl BCMediapro Studios
2025 Unrivaled playoffs
Semifinals
DateTime (ET)MatchupTVResultHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Sunday, March 167:00 p.m.TBDvsTBDTBD
8:15 p.m.TBDvsTBDTBD
Finals
DateTime (ET)MatchupTVResultHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Monday, March 177:30 p.m.TBDvsTBDTBD

Playoffs and finals

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. [20] The postseason is slotted to end on March 17, 2025. [19]

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. [24]

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