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Unrivaled, a new women’s professional basketball league, is about to hit the ground running, ushering in another era for women’s sports.
The 3-on-3 league was co-founded by two WNBA stars, the Minnesota Lynx’s Napheesa Collier and the New York Liberty’s Breanna Stewart, and features dozens of fellow WNBA players.
Unrivaled will set a record for the highest average salaries in women’s sports history, according to the league’s website, and will bring some major changes to the game fans are used to watching.
Here’s what to know about the league, kicking off Jan. 17, and how to watch.
Unrivaled is a new 3-on-3 professional women’s basketball league comprised of 36 players separated into six teams — the Laces Basketball Club, Lunar Owls Basketball Club, Mist Basketball Club, Phantom Basketball Club, Rose Basketball Club and Vinyl Basketball Club.
Basketball fans might be familiar with the 3×3 event at the Olympics, which made its debut at the Tokyo Games four years ago, but the new league takes a different approach.
Unrivaled games will take place on a condensed 70-foot-by-50-foot court. The Olympics’ 3×3 competition is played on a 36-foot-by-49-foot half court, and the WNBA plays on a 94-foot-by-50-foot court.
Games will consist of four quarters with a game clock and a shot clock. Each matchup will be played during a one-hour broadcast window.
The Unrivaled season lasts nine weeks, including playoffs. The top four teams at the end of the regular season will head to the playoffs in March.
Unique to Unrivaled, the league will also include a one-on-one single-elimination tournament in February “to determine the best 1v1 player in the world.”
Thirty-six players have been separated into six teams across the new league. Here’s who fans can expect to take the court.
University of Connecticut star Paige Bueckers, who could be selected as the No. 1 pick in the 2025 WNBA draft, already signed with Unrivaled and will join the league in 2026, The Associated Press reported.
No, WNBA All-Star Caitlin Clark will not play in Unrivaled.
The Indiana Fever star was named WNBA Rookie of the Year last season. The WNBA begins its 2025 regular season May 16.
The first Unrivaled games tip off Friday, Jan. 17, in the Miami area with a doubleheader.
The first game will be a matchup between the Mist and the Lunar Owls at 7 p.m. ET, followed by a game between the Rose and the Vinyl at 8 p.m. ET.
Unrivaled games are set to air three nights per week on TNT Sports platforms, which are available through major cable television providers and streaming services that carry them. TNT will host games as the lead network on Mondays and Fridays, while truTV will broadcast Saturday matchups.
All games will also be available for streaming on Max.
Becca Wood is a news and trending reporter for TODAY Digital based in New York City. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter.
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