WNBA star Napheesa Collier on new Unrivaled league, UConn’s Geno Auriemma and more
Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier explains why she started the Unrivaled league and how she hopes it will improve the lives of players and coaches across women’s basketball.
Unrivaled – the new women’s basketball league started by WNBA stars Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart – will play its inaugural season from January to mid-March.
Six teams with 36 of the best women’s basketball players in the world, including Sabrina Ionescu and Brittney Griner, will compete in 3-on-3, full court games for the next nine weeks.
Four of the six teams will compete in the league’s playoffs semifinal games March 16, leading to the March 17 final. There will also be a mid-season 1v1 tournament in February to determine the best one-on-one player in the league.
Games will be played at Wayfair Arena in Medley, Fla., which is in the Miami metropolitan area, on mostly Fridays, Saturdays and Mondays. There is one Thursday and one Tuesday game during the season, and the semifinals are on a Sunday. TNT will broadcast all Friday and Monday games, while TruTV handles Saturday broadcasts. All games will be available to live stream on Max.
Here’s the full Unrivaled schedule, and how to watch games during the league’s first season.
Friday, Jan. 17
Saturday, Jan. 18
Monday, Jan. 20
Friday, Jan. 24
Saturday, Jan. 25
Monday, Jan. 27
Friday, Jan. 31
Saturday, Feb. 1
Monday, Feb. 3
Friday, Feb. 7
Saturday, Feb. 8
Monday, Feb. 10
1v1 Tournament, 7 p.m. (TV TBD)
Thursday, Feb. 13
1v1 Tournament, 6:30 p.m. (TV TBD)
Friday, Feb. 14
1v1 Tournament, 7:30 p.m. (TV TBD)
Tuesday, Feb. 18
Friday, Feb. 21
Saturday, Feb. 22
Monday, Feb. 24
Friday, Feb. 28
Saturday, March 1
Monday, March 3
Friday, March 7
Monday, March 10
Sunday, March 16
Monday, March 17
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