The regular season began on January 17, 2025, with seven weeks of round-robin play. [27] [28] For the 2025 season, all regular season games were played in a custom facility (Wayfair Arena) at Mediapro Studios in the Miami suburb of Medley, Florida. [29] Regular season games occurred three nights a week with two games played each night. [30]
1 on 1 tournament
A one-on-one single-elimination tournament mid-season took place from February 10–14, 2025, with the winner earning a $200,000 paycheck. [31] [a] In January 2025, Sprite was named the presenting partner of 2025 1 on 1 tournament. [33] The runner-up of the tournament will earn $50,000 and the remaining two semi-finalists, 25,000 each. Additionally, all clubmates of the winner earned $10,000 each. [34]
All games for the one-on-one tournament were played with a continuous clock to a winning score of 11 points or to 10 minutes in length, whichever occurred first. The shot clock was set at seven seconds with players earning next possession after each made shot (also known as make it, take it or winner's ball). [31]
From January 30 to February 2, 2025, fans were be able to vote for any of the 30 players to determine their seedings within pods for the first round. [31] The first round began on February 10 and consisted of fourteen single-elimination 1-on-1 games across two televised sessions, with the top seeds in Pods A and D getting byes in the first round. [31] Eight second round games followed by the 4 quarterfinal games aired on February 11 on truTV. [34] The final four remaining players appeared in the semifinals on February 14 and was followed immediately after with a best of three games for the final. [34] Notable exclusions from the player pool include Stefanie Dolson, Brittney Griner, Sabrina Ionescu, Angel Reese, and Courtney Vandersloot, as well as the leagues's 2025 relief players. [34]
On February 9, the league announced that Natasha Cloud, Tiffany Hayes, Marina Mabrey, Kate Martin, Kayla McBride, Alyssa Thomas, and Brittney Sykes had withdrawn from the 2025 1 on 1 tournament due to injury, resulting in multiple walkovers in the bracket. [35]
