Athletes Unlimited Season 3: Live stream, schedule, captains, rosters, points system, format

WNBA veterans Kelsey Mitchell, Allisha Gray, Lexie Hull and Odyssey Sims served as the first captains of the season

By Erica Ayala Feb 29, 2024 at 6:08 pm ET• 4 min read

Women's professional basketball returns to action this week by way of Athletes Unlimited, a new model of professional sports in which athletes draft their own teams and are involved in other decision-making. 

Four WNBA players make their return to AU Hoops as Week 1 captains. Indiana Fever teammates Kelsey Mitchell and Lexie Hull, as well as Atlanta Dream guard Allisha Gray and former Dallas Wings guard Odyssey Sims, round out the first four captains. 

As the top four returners from the previous Championship Season's leaderboard, Sims (third, 6,383 leaderboard points) will lead Team Gold. Gray (fourth, 5,748 leaderboard points) will lead Team Orange, Lexie Hull (eighth, 5,411 leaderboard points) will captain Team Blue and Mitchell (ninth, 5,386 leaderboard points) will lead Team Purple. 

Each week, the top performers will be named captains for the upcoming week. The AU Hoops leaderboard follows an innovate points system and accounts for individual and team performance. Players can earn points in three ways: when their team wins a game or quarter, when they make a positive play such as assists and rebounds, and when they are voted one of the top three MVPs of a game by players and fans.