{"id":447623,"date":"2026-02-04T01:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T01:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/447623\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T01:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T01:35:08","slug":"unrivaled-the-2nd-1-on-1-tournament-tips-off-in-one-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/447623\/","title":{"rendered":"Unrivaled: The 2nd 1-on-1 Tournament tips off in one week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In one week, Unrivaled will begin to \u201cCrown the One,\u201d as the league\u2019s second-ever 1-on-1 Tournament tips off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The 16 first-round matchups will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 11, beginning at 7 p.m. ET (truTV). The second round and quarterfinals will take place on Friday, Feb. 13 starting a 7:30 p.m. ET (TNT\/truTV). The tournament then concludes on Saturday, Feb. 14 with the semifinals and final, with the action beginning at 6 p.m. ET (TNT\/truTV).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The game format will be the same as last year. Games end when one player reaches the winning score of 11 points. If the 10-minute running clock expires before a player reaches 11 points, the player in the lead advances. Games again will have a seven-second shot clock. The final will be a best-of-three series, with each game having a winning score of seven points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Last year, Napheesa Collier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swishappeal.com\/2025\/2\/15\/24366080\/unirvaled-napheesa-collier-1-on-1-recap-stats-arike-ogunbowale-aaliyah-edwards-azura-stevens-200k\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">took the crown<\/a>. While Aaliyah Edwards prevailed in the first game of the best-of-three final series, Collier won the next two to win the $200,000 prize.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This year, the champion again will receive $200,000, with $50,000 going to the runner up and $25,000 to each semifinalist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Before the competitive festivities can begin, however, the bracket must be established\u2014and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrivaled.basketball\/1-on-1?utm_source=ig&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=link_in_bio&amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnhH1y_PktKURv_lcyCClXg5CX_tt5RDAfbVxGsqIY13Vki8KFotaHvpnOQnY_aem_afSeBYHExc6m6BT7HfCmGw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fans can have their say<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The tournament\u2019s 32 participants have been divided into four eight-player pods. Fans can submit their rankings for each pod, with that data helping to determine the final bracket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The four positional pods are:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The pods, certainly, present the possibility for some fun matchups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">From Pod A, a Stud Budz showdown stands out as a can\u2019t-miss event, while a Kelsey vs. Kelsey contest between Mitchell and Plum would be crazy. Pod B is stacked, yet it won\u2019t be surprising when Paige is the No. 1 seed\u2014and proves she was deserving of it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">From Pod C, there is the potential for besties to do battle with Allisha and Rhyne. The magic of Lisa Leslie, however, could carry Sweet Baby Rae further than expected. While a Dom dunk would be the highlight of Pod D, she might not need a slam to run through the bracket, although, after last year\u2019s first-round loss, Stewie surely will be out for revenge. An AB-AT rumble might be the most-intense (theoretical) matchup of them all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In one week, Unrivaled will begin to \u201cCrown the One,\u201d as the league\u2019s second-ever 1-on-1 Tournament tips off.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,18419,434],"class_list":["post-447623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-unrivaled","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}