2025 Unrivaled Betting Online
Women's basketball has grown exponentially over the past several years. Now that Unrivaled has tipped off, it will expand even more. A new 3-on-3 league, Unrivaled is a domestic opportunity for WNBA players to compete during the offseason. But to those who helped bring the league to fruition, it was about bringing competitive basketball back to its simplest, rawest form, like playing hoops on the playground.
Since the WNBA's inaugural season in 1997, many of the league's players have headed overseas to continue playing in the offseason -- both to supplement their income and find high-level competition.
Founded by Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, Unrivaled provides an opportunity for 36 of the top WNBA players to remain in the United States for an eight-week season that runs from January 17 to March 17 in a custom-built facility in Miami. It's not the first domestic alternative league. Unrivaled, which will consist of six teams, looks to set itself apart with its salaries, amenities, and style of play.
Unrivaled aims to be the first league to compete with the WNBA financially and with its resources.
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Unrivaled officials said the league has surpassed $35 million in funding. When the league was announced, one of its selling points was that its average salaries would be higher than the WNBA's—albeit with a fourth as many players. The average WNBA salary in 2024 was about $119,500, with a high of around $242,000.
Unrivaled has said it is offering "the highest average salary in professional women's (team) sports." League president Alex Bazzell told SB Nation in December that Unrivaled has a total salary pool of $8 million, which puts the league's average salary around $222,222.
In addition to their salary, Unrivaled players get equity in the league. Unrivaled officials declined to discuss the league's player compensation with ESPN.
Unrivaled set out to get as many top WNBA players as possible to commit to the league. When league officials pitched it to them, all they had was a concept.
The Unrivaled season will last eight weeks, including playoffs, and will be played entirely at the MediaPro Center in Miami. Games will be played on Monday, Friday, and Saturday each week.
The regular season will consist of a round-robin format, with the six teams facing each opponent at least once and each team playing 14 games. The top four teams, based on record, will advance to the playoffs. Head-to-head records and point differential will serve as tiebreakers.
The playoffs start March 16—which is also Selection Sunday for men's and women's college basketball—with two single-elimination semifinal games. The championship game is on March 17.
2025 Unrivaled Teams
Unrivaled will be played on a 49.2-by-72-foot condensed full court rather than the half court (36 feet by 49 feet) used at the Olympics. For reference, the WNBA is played on a 94-by-50-foot court.
Each Unrivaled game will feature three seven-minute quarters and a fourth quarter that the league is calling "winning score." The winning score will be determined by adding 11 points to the leading team's score through three quarters. For example, if the score is 50-48 heading into the final quarter, the first team to reach 61 points wins. There will never be overtime.
Unrivaled organizers hope playing to a target score eliminates late fouls and speeds up the game overall. To that end, the free throw process also will be different. When a player is fouled -- whether on a layup or a 3-pointer -- only one free throw will be awarded. The single shot is worth two points for a foul on a 2-point field goal or three points if the foul occurred on a 3-point attempt. A free throw attempt after a foul on a made basket is worth one point.
Players will foul out after their sixth foul, but if the team has only three players available and one of them picks up a sixth foul, the player will remain in the game but incur technical fouls for each additional foul they commit.
The games will use an 18-second shot clock, compared to the WNBA's 24 seconds, and the clock will be stopped on made baskets only in the last 30 seconds of periods rather than in the last minute.
Except for tip-off at the start of the game, all jump ball situations are replaced by alternating possessions.
2025 Unrivaled Complete Schedule (All times are in ET)
Friday, January 17
Mist vs. Lunar Owls, 7:00 PM (TNT)
Rose vs. Vinyl, 8:00 PM (TNT)
Saturday, January 18
Phantom vs. Laces, 2:00 PM (TruTV)
Lunar Owls vs. Rose, 3:00 PM (TruTV)
Monday, January 20
Vinyl vs. Phantom, 8:30 PM (TNT)
Laces vs. Mist, 9:30 PM (TNT)
Friday, January 24
Phantom vs. Mist, 7:15 PM (TNT)
Laces vs. Vinyl, 8:15 PM (TNT)
Saturday, January 25
Mist vs. Rose, 6:00 PM (TruTV)
Lunar Owls vs. Phantom, 7:00 PM (TruTV)
Monday, January 27
Vinyl vs. Lunar Owls, 7:30 PM (TNT)
Rose vs. Laces, 8:30 PM (TNT)
Friday, January 31
Phantom vs. Rose, 7:15 PM (TNT)
Laces vs. Lunar Owls, 8:15 PM (TNT)
Saturday, February 1
Mist vs. Vinyl, 6:00 PM (TruTV)
Rose vs. Laces, 7:00 PM (TruTV)
Monday, February 3
Mist vs. Phantom, 7:30 PM (TNT)
Lunar Owls vs. Vinyl, 8:30 PM (TNT)
Friday, February 7
Phantom vs. Lunar Owls, 7:15 PM (TNT)
Mist vs. Rose, 8:15 PM (TNT)
Saturday, February 8
Vinyl vs. Laces, 6:00 PM (TruTV)
Lunar Owls vs. Mist, 7:00 PM (TruTV)
Monday, February 10
1v1 Tournament, 7:00 PM (TV TBD)
Thursday, February 13
1v1 Tournament, 6:30 PM (TV TBD)
Friday, February 14
1v1 Tournament, 7:30 PM (TV TBD)
Tuesday, February 18
Vinyl vs. Rose, 7:30 PM (TNT)
Laces vs. Phantom, 8:30 PM (TNT)
Friday, February 21
Rose vs. Lunar Owls, 7:15 PM (TNT)
Vinyl vs. Mist, 8:15 PM (TNT)
Saturday, February 22
Lunar Owls vs. Laces, 6:00 PM (TruTV)
Phantom vs. Vinyl, 7:00 PM (TruTV)
Monday, February 24
Rose vs. Phantom, 7:30 PM (TNT)
Mist vs. Laces, 8:30 PM (TNT)
Friday, February 28
Laces vs. Vinyl, 7:15 PM (TNT)
Phantom vs. Mist, 8:15 PM (TNT)
Saturday, March 1
Vinyl vs. Lunar Owls, 6:00 PM (TruTV)
Rose vs. Mist, 7:00 PM (TruTV)
Monday, March 3
Laces vs. Rose, 7:30 PM (TNT)
Lunar Owls vs. Phantom, 8:30 PM (TNT)
Friday, March 7
Phantom vs. Laces, 7:15 PM (TNT)
Lunar Owls vs. Rose, 8:15 PM (TNT)
Monday, March 10
Mist vs. Lunar Owls, 7:30 PM (TNT)
Rose vs. Vinyl, 8:30 PM (TNT)
Sunday, March 16
Semifinal, 7:15 PM (TV TBD)
Semifinal, 8:15 PM (TV TBD)
Monday, March 17
Final, 7:30 PM (TV TBD)
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