How Unrivaled plans to become women’s basketball’s Champions League

January 5, 2026

Alex Bazzell has a vision for Unrivaled, the 3-on-3 professional women’s basketball league beginning its second season on Monday, Jan. 5, in Miami, Florida.

“What we want to build this into is the Champions League of women’s basketball,” said Bazzell, the president of Unrivaled. “And that’s not a competition towards the WNBA. It’s just where we feel like we can kind of position ourselves in the market.”

Comparing the fledgling 3-on-3 basketball league to arguably the most popular in worldwide soccer isn’t exactly apples to apples, but Unrivaled will be home to most of the best players in women’s basketball. The 54 players on eight teams feature former WNBA MVPs like Breanna Stewart, Olympians like Kelsey Plum, former collegiate national champs like Aliyah Boston and rising stars like Dominique Malonga.