2022 Athletes Unlimited Basketball season

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2022 AU Basketball Season
LeagueAthletes Unlimited Basketball
SportBasketball
DurationJanuary 26 - February 26
TV partner(s)CBS Sports Network, YouTube, FS2
Season championsTianna Hawkins
Seasons
2023 →

The 2022 Season was the Athletes Unlimited Basketball's first in existence. The season was played in Las Vegas and ran from January 26 to February 26.[1] The format in which teams are redrafted each week allows athletes to accumulate points for both individual and team performances, culminating with one individual winner.[2]

Tianna Hawkins became the inaugural Overall Season Winner - finishing with 6,836 points. She also led in many statistical categories. She led the league in rebounds (166) and ranked second in points (357), and owns single-game records for points (43), leaderboard points (790) and field goals (19).[3]

Players[edit]

Name Position College Current Team
CC Andrews Guard Saint Joseph's
Antoinette Bannister Guard/Forward East Carolina
Kalani Brown Center Baylor Hatayspor
Lexie Brown Guard Duke Chicago Sky
Kirby Burkholder Guard James Madison Santurce
Marjorie Butler Guard Georgia
DiJonai Carrington Guard/Forward Stanford/Baylor Connecticut Sun
Essence Carson Guard Rutgers
Brittany Carter Guard Ball State Keltern (Germany)
Natasha Cloud Guard Saint Joseph's Washington Mystics
Taj Cole Guard Georgia Baloncesto Málaga
Sydney Colson Guard Texas A&M
Drew Edelman Forward USC Hollywood Wonder (WUBA)
Nikki Greene Center Penn State Union Féminine Angers Basket 49
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan Forward South Carolina Seattle Storm
Rebecca Harris Forward Illinois WBC Dynamo Kyiv
Isabelle Harrison Forward Tennessee Dallas Wings
Tianna Hawkins Forward Maryland Atlanta Dream
Ariel Hearn Guard Memphis Sherbrooke Suns
Grace Hunter Guard North Carolina State
Briahanna Jackson Guard Louisville Club Aztks
Meme Jackson Guard/Forward Tennessee Santurce
Tyce Knox Guard Texas A&M
Jessica Kuster Forward Rice
Takoia Larry Forward Texas Wesleyan
Jantel Lavender Forward Ohio State Indiana Fever
Akela Maize Center North Carolina State La Glacerie
Lauren Manis Forward Holy Cross Cegledi
Shannon McCallum Guard Charlotte
Danielle L. McCray Guard/Forward Kansas Poznań
Danielle M. McCray Forward Mississippi Hannover
Imani McGee-Stafford Center Texas
Laurin Mincy Guard Maryland
Kelsey Mitchell Guard Ohio State Indiana Fever
Chelsea Phillips Forward Park University FSV Rijeka
Toccara Ross Forward Iowa State Pioneras de Delicias
Tina Roy Guard South Carolina
Mercedes Russell Center Tennessee Seattle Storm
Odyssey Sims Guard Baylor Atlanta Dream
Antoinette Thompson Guard TCU Saarlouis
Destinee Walker Guard North Carolina/Notre Dame Niki Lefkadas
Becca Wann-Taylor Guard/Forward Richmond
Courtney Williams Guard South Florida Atlanta Dream
Dominique Wilson Guard North Carolina State Śląsk Wrocław
Tamera Young Guard/Forward James Madison

[4]

Scoring system[edit]

There are multiple ways for players to accumulate points during games to make their way into 1 of the 4 captain spots.[5]

Win Points[edit]

Win points are all about the team performance. They accumulate during both individual quarters and overall game wins. Each quarter is worth +50 points and overall games are worth +100 points. If a quarter is tied, the points roll over to the subsequent quarter.

Game MVPs[edit]

After each game, the players and members of The Unlimited Club will vote for players who they feel had standout performances. These points will be added to the player's individual total. Points will be awarded as follows:

  • MVP 1: +90 points
  • MVP 2: +60 points
  • MVP 3: +30 points

Individual Stats[edit]

The final component of points is individual stats. Players will earn points based on their performance:

  • Assist: +10
  • Steal: +10
  • Block: +10
  • Shooting Foul Drawn: +4
  • Personal Foul Drawn: +4
  • Offensive Foul Drawn: +8
  • Defensive Rebound: +5
  • Offensive Rebound: +10
  • Made FT: +10
  • Made 2: +20
  • Made 3: +30

Players can also lose points for certain actions, such as committing fouls, turning over the ball or missing a shot:

  • Shooting Foul Committed: -8
  • Personal Foul Committed: -8
  • Offensive Foul Committed: -16
  • Other Foul Committed: -8
  • Turnover: -10
  • Missed FT: -10
  • Missed 2: -10
  • Missed 3: -10

Captains[edit]

Each week, based on the point system, the top 4 players will draft their teams. They will draft in a snake style system.

Games[edit]

Week 1[edit]

2022 Athletes Unlimited Season
Week 1
Date Time (ET) Matchup TV Result High points High rebounds High assists High blocks
Wednesday, January 26 9:00 p.m. Team Sims vs Team Russell YouTube 71–80 Taj Cole (21) Danni M. McCray (12) Sims
Cole (4) 		Mikiah Herbert Harrigan (2)
11:00 p.m. Team Mitchell vs Team Carrington CBS Sports Network 85–92 Isabelle Harrison (21) McGee-Stafford
Carrington (11) 		Natasha Cloud (13) Harrison
Kuster (2)
Friday, January 28 7:00 p.m. Team Carrington vs Team Russell FS2 110-104 (2OT) DiJonai Carrington (30) Russell
Lavender
Harrison (10) 		Natasha Cloud (15) Manis
Cole
Carter (1)
9:30 p.m. Team Sims vs Team Mitchell FS2 103–108 Kalani Brown (32) Essence Carson (11) Odyssey Sims (12) Kalani Brown (2)
Saturday, January 29 7:00 p.m. Team Carrington vs Team Sims FS2 84-78 Odyssey Sims (24) Mikiah Herbert Harrigan (9) Odyssey Sims (8) Mikiah Herbert Harrigan (2)
9:30 p.m. Team Russell vs Team Mitchell YouTube 79-71 Mercedes Russell (20) Tianna Hawkins (11) Cole
Brown (5) 		Danni M McCray (4)

Week 2[edit]

2022 Athletes Unlimited Season
Week 2
Date Time (ET) Matchup TV Result High points High rebounds High assists High blocks
Wednesday, February 2 6:30 p.m. Team Harrison vs Team Brown YouTube 76-83 Isabelle Harrison (29) Isabelle Harrison (12) Lexie Brown (5) Imani McGee-Stafford (4)
9:00 p.m. Team Cloud vs Team Russell Bally Sports 105-94 Natasha Cloud (30) Russell
Greene (11) 		Natasha Cloud (8) Nikki Greene (3)
Friday, February 4 7:00 p.m. Team Russell vs Team Brown FS2 98-85 Tianna Hawkins (38) Lexie Brown (10) Lexie Brown (8) Greene
Carson (1)
9:30 p.m. Team Harrison vs Team Cloud FS2 95-89 Courtney Williams (30) Kalani Brown (11) Natasha Cloud (7) Sims
Williams
Brown
Harrison (1)
Saturday, February 5 7:00 p.m. Team Russell vs Team Harrison FS2 74-100 Mercedes Russell (20) Russell
Lavender (8) 		Courtney Williams (10) Greene
Jackson (1)
10:00 p.m. Team Brown vs Team Cloud Bally Sports 97-84 Tianna Hawkins (46) Cloud
Hawkins (10) 		Taj Cole (12) Tianna Hawkins (3)

Week 3[edit]

2022 Athletes Unlimited Season
Week 3
Date Time (ET) Matchup TV Result High points High rebounds High assists High blocks
Wednesday, February 9 6:30 p.m. Team Cloud vs Team Brown YouTube 85-80 DiJonai Carrington (25) Kalani Brown (12) Natasha Cloud (6) Herbert Harrigan
Manis
Carson
Jantel Lavender
Cloud (1)
9:00 p.m. Team Hawkins vs Team Harrison Bally Sports 54-79 Tianna Hawkins (20) Nikki Greene (10) Courtney Williams (8) Greene
Russell
Harrison
Hawkins (1)
Friday, February 11 7:00 p.m. Team Harrison vs Team Brown FS2 86-81 Isabelle Harrison (25) Odyssey Sims (12) Courtney Williams (10) McGee-Stafford
Cole (2)
9:30 p.m. Team Cloud vs Team Hawkins FS2 70-90 Tianna Hawkins (28) Drew Edelman (14) Sydney Colson (9) Edelman
Hawkins (2)
Saturday, February 12 7:30 p.m. Team Harrison vs Team Cloud FS2 85-79 Odyssey Sims (32) Courtney Williams (12) Natasha Cloud (10) Courtney Williams (2)
10:30 p.m. Team Brown vs Team Hawkins Bally Sports 90-104 Tianna Hawkins (32) Tianna Hawkins (14) Sydney Colson (9) Hawkins
Lavender
McGee-Stafford
Jackson (1)

Week 4[edit]

2022 Athletes Unlimited Season
Week 4
Date Time (ET) Matchup TV Result High points High rebounds High assists High blocks
Wednesday, February 16 6:30 p.m. Team Cloud vs Team Harrison YouTube 87-85 Natasha Cloud (27) DiJonai Carrington (11) Isabelle Harrison (8) McGee-Stafford
Lavender (2)
9:00 p.m. Team Hawkins vs Team Sims Bally Sports Network 86-76 Kelsey Mitchell (32) Hawkins
Walker (11) 		Colson
Sims (8) 		Nikki Greene (2)
Friday, February 18 7:00 p.m. Team Sims vs Team Harrison Bally Sports Network 87-71 Taj Cole (26) Kuster
Harrison (11) 		Cole
Williams (5) 		Herbert Harrigan
Harrison (3)
11:30 p.m. Team Cloud vs Team Hawkins CBS Sports Network 110-113 DiJonai Carrington (41) Carrington
Hawkins (14) 		Natasha Cloud (8) Kalani Brown (4)
Saturday, February 19 7:00 p.m. Team Sims vs Team Cloud FS2 81-91 Sims
Carrington (28) 		Manis
Carrington (11) 		Courtney Williams (10) Laurin Mincy (4)
9:30 p.m. Team Harrison vs Team Hawkins FS2 100-93 Tianna Hawkins (29) Tianna Hawkins (12) Sydney Colson (13) Hawkins
Jantel Lavender (1)

Week 5[edit]

2022 Athletes Unlimited Season
Week 5
Date Time (ET) Matchup TV Result High points High rebounds High assists High blocks
Wednesday, February 23 9:00 p.m. Team Harrison vs Team Cloud Bally Sports Network 78-88 Sims
DiJonai Carrington (22) 		Imani McGee-Stafford (15) Natasha Cloud (9) McGee-Stafford
Herbert Harrigan (1)
11:30 p.m. Team Hawkins vs Team Brown CBS Sports Network 80-70 Kalani Brown (22) Tianna Hawkins (14) Taj Cole (8) Kalani Brown (3)
Friday, February 25 7:00 p.m. Team Brown vs Team Cloud FS2 97-88 Natasha Cloud (31) Kalani Brown (16) Taj Cole (8) Kalani Brown (4)
9:30 p.m. Team Harrison vs Team Hawkins FS2 74-85 Isabelle Harrison (28) Tianna Hawkins (13) Sydney Colson (10) Nikki Greene (3)
Saturday, February 26 7:00 p.m. Team Brown vs Team Harrison FS2 103-90 Odyssey Sims (30) Kalani Brown (10) Cole
Williams (9) 		Herbert Harrigan
Greene
Kuster
Brown (10
10:00 p.m. Team Cloud vs Team Hawkins Bally Sports Network 111-116 (3OT) Tianna Hawkins (35) Tianna Hawkins (18) Natasha Cloud (19) Manis
Carrington (1)

Leaderboard[edit]

Below is the leaderboard which tallies the total points earned via the scoring system that each player has accumulated during the games that are played each week. The points are on a running-tally from week to week. The list reflects the final standings - culminating after Week 5.

Rank Player Points Notes
1 Tianna Hawkins 6,836
2 Natasha Cloud 5,919
3 Isabelle Harrison 5,373
4 Lexie Brown 5,317
5 Kalani Brown 5,192
6 Odyssey Sims 5,043
7 DiJonai Carrington 4,953
8 Jantel Lavender 4,473
9 Courtney Williams 4,461 Missed Week 1 due to COVID Protocols [11]
10 Taj Cole 4,415
11 Kelsey Mitchell 4,295 Missed the Game on February 5[12]
12 Sydney Colson 4,162
13 Destinee Walker 4,032
14 Jessica Kuster 4,017
15 Air Hearn 3,861
16 Nikki Greene 3,813
17 Lauren Manis 3,426
18 Essence Carson 3,350 Inactive for Week 4[13]
19 Tamera Young 3,320
20 Danni McCray 3,284
21 Imani McGee-Stafford 3,251 Entered COVID Protocol after 1 game in Week 1[14]
22 Mercedes Russell 3,235 Inactive for the game on February 12, as well, as the entirety of Week 4[15]
23 Rebecca Harris 3,152
24 Dominique Wilson 3,138
25 Drew Edelman 3,044
26 Laurin Mincy 3,019
27 MeMe Jackson 2,829
28 Kirby Burkholder 2,767
29 Toccara Ross 2,729
30 Marjorie Butler 2,676
31 Mikiah Herbert Harrigan 2,627
32 Briahanna Jackson 2,548
33 Akela Maize 2,541 Missed Week 1 due to COVID Protocols [16]
34 Shannon McCallum 2,281 Only played in Game 3 during Week 1[17]
35 Brittany Carter 2,249
36 Danielle McCray 2,247 Inactive for Week 3-5[18]
37 Chelsea Phillips 2,242
38 Grace Hunter 2,190
39 Becca Wann-Taylor 2,134
40 Antoinette Bannister 2,125
41 Takoia Larry 2,119
42 CC Andrews 2,055
43 Tina Roy 2,027
44 Antoinette Thompson 1,901 Missed the Game on February 4[19]
45 Tyce Knox 1,300

Team Captain Records[edit]

Team Captains Records
Team Record Number of Weeks as Captain
Team Carrington 3-0 1
Team Hawkins 6-2 3
Team Harrison 6-5 4
Team Brown 4-4 3
Team Cloud 5-6 4
Team Russell 2-4 2
Team Mitchell 1-2 1
Team Sims 1-5 2

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