Breeze guards Paige BueckersandMist forward Breanna Stewart officiallyown top seeds in Unrivaled's 1-on-1 tournament.
On Saturday, the Miami-based 3-on-3 league announced the No. 1 seeds for its annual 1-on-1 tournament. The 32-player bracket is divided into four pods and ranked by fans, players, coaches and media members. The top seeds were then selected from each pod.
After the final vote, Bueckers, in Pod B, and Stewart, in Pod D, were voted the No. 1 seeds in their respective pods. Stewart's teammate, Mist guard Allisha Gray (Pod C) and Hive guard Kelsey Mitchell (Pod A) round out the four top seeds from each eight-player pod in the bracket.
In 2025,Unrivaled co-founder Napheesa Collierwon the league's inaugural tournament.She is out for the season after surgery on both anklesand will not participate in this year's event. Lunar Owls forward Aaliyah Edwards was the runner-up last season, and Mist guard Arike Ogunbowale was in the semifinals.
The 32 players in this year's competition will compete for a portion of the tournament's $300,000 prize pool. The winner gets $200,000, the runner-up $50,000 and $25,000 each to the other two semifinalists.
Unrivaled's 1-on-1 tournament will be held Feb. 11 and 13-14 at Sephora Arena in Medley, Florida.
Unrivaled one-on-one participants, pods
Courtney Williams
Jordin Canada
Kelsey Mitchell
Natisha Hiedeman
Rachel Banham
Skylar Diggins
Veronica Burton
Arike Ogunbowale
Brittney Sykes
Chelsea Gray
Jackie Young
Kate Martin
Natasha Cloud
Paige Bueckers
Tiffany Hayes
Allisha Gray
Kahleah Copper
Marina Mabrey
Rae Burrell
Rhyne Howard
Rickea Jackson
Saniya Rivers
Sonia Citron
Aaliyah Edwards
Aliyah Boston
Alyssa Thomas
Breanna Stewart
Dearica Hamby
Dominique Malonga
Li Yueru
Shakira Austin
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Paige Bueckers, Breanna Stewart top seeds in Unrivaled tournament
