Big changes are coming to the WNBA in 2025.
There will be some significant changes coming to the WNBA in 2025, league commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced Thursday.
Starting next year, the league plans to adopt a best-of-seven format for the WNBA Finals, similar to that of the NBA, moving away from the the current best-of-five format. Additionally, the first round of the postseason will see teams alternate home court advantage throughout the best-of-three series, making it a 1-1-1 format in terms of home and away games. The current format saw the higher seed host the first two games of the series. The lower seed only gained home court advantage if the series went three games, which none of this year's first-round matchups did.There are also changes coming to the length of the regular season.
The league is continuing to grow after a record-shattering 2024 season, thanks to the emergence of popular new stars such as Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. A 13th franchise,Karl Rasmussen is a staff writer for the Breaking and Trending News team for Sports Illustrated. A University of Oregon alum who joined SI in February 2023, his work has appeared on 12up and ClutchPoints. Rasmussen is a loyal Tottenham, Jets, Yankees and Ducks fan.
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