And with that, the 2026 Unrivaled season has come to a close!

In our SEASON FINALE, we sing the praises of our new Unrivaled Champions, the Mist Basketball Club! We cover the highs and lows of the 2026 playoffs, including the very electrifying (and very New York Liberty heavy) Semifinals in Brooklyn.

Thank you to all of our listeners, new and old, for rocking with us this season! We’ll be back with new episodes this summer to cover the WNBA (no matter how late it starts lol).

Don’t forget to get your tickets to our FIRST EVER LIVE SHOW in Brooklyn on March 11th at The Bush. You can purchase them here: https://partiful.com/e/S5dPJ8imCx4baBNZkH1A?c=R8ZfW2Mn

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CREDITS: 

Hosts: Kat Nicholas, Cy Dieyi

Producer: Kat Nicholas 

Editor: Kat Nicholas 

Cover Art: Ari Kole 

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That was a clean steal, refs!

We’ve made it to the end of the 2026 Unrivaled regular season, and we’re finishing off with a bang! With all 6 of our playoff basketball clubs set, we make our predictions for who will make it to top and who we think can pull off an upset. We also pour one out for our eliminated squads and try to examine what went wrong.

But before all that, we get into the magnetic energy that was Angel Reese’s triumphant return to the Rose (despite those meddling refs).

Don’t forget to get your tickets to our FIRST EVER LIVE SHOW in Brooklyn on March 11th at The Bush. You can purchase them here: https://partiful.com/e/S5dPJ8imCx4baBNZkH1A?c=R8ZfW2Mn

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CREDITS: 

Hosts: Kat Nicholas, Cy Dieyi

Producer: Kat Nicholas 

Editor: Kat Nicholas 

Cover Art: Ari Kole 

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With only 3 regular-season games left, the push to the Unrivaled playoffs has begun, and we have a LOT in store for you this week! We applaud our newest 1v1 Tournament Champion Chelsea Gray and we speculate as to which basketball clubs will take up that last three playoff positions.

ALSO the Unrivaled Semifinals will be held in Brooklyn at Barclays Center, and we will BOTH be in attendance!

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: On Wednesday March 11th we will be having our first ever live show!!! Come through to The Bush in Brooklyn and join us in person as we celebrate the end of the 2026 season. Tickets can be found in the show’s Instagram bio.

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CREDITS: 

Hosts: Kat Nicholas, Cy Dieyi

Producer: Kat Nicholas 

Editor: Kat Nicholas 

Cover Art: Ari Kole 

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Three words: BARBIE. IS. BACK.

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CREDITS:

Hosts: Kat Nicholas, Cy Dieyi

Producer: Kat Nicholas 

Editor: Kat Nicholas 

Cover Art: Ari Kole 

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Philly was A WHOLE VIBE.

(Well, except for SEPTA.)

Listen as we recap the record-breaking experience that was #PhillyIsUnrivaled, including the 47-point masterclass put on by Marina Mabrey. Next, we go through the recent shakeups in the standings. And last, we make our predictions for the upcoming 1v1 Tournament!

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CREDITS: 

Hosts: Kat Nicholas, Cy Dieyi

Producer: Kat Nicholas 

Editor: Kat Nicholas 

Cover Art: Ari Kole 

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We are halfway through the Unrivaled regular season games, and we’re giving out progress reports! Together we break down what’s been working and not working for each basketball club. Later we name our UNMATCHED Players of the Week (spoiler alert, it’s unanimous again)!

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CREDITS: 

Hosts: Kat Nicholas, Cy Dieyi

Producer: Kat Nicholas 

Editor: Kat Nicholas 

Cover Art: Ari Kole

SOCIAL MEDIA:

Kat Nicholas: @itskatinasoleil (all platforms)

Cy Dieyi: @CyDieyi (Twitter, BlueSky), @cynthiadieyi (all other platforms)

Ari Kole: @ari.kole (TikTok)

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The Rose losing 2 in a row? The Hive beating the reigning champs? The Lunar Owls finally being able to hootie their first hoo? We didn’t have any of this on our bingo cards this week.

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CREDITS:

Hosts: Kat Nicholas, Cy Dieyi

Producer: Kat Nicholas

Editor: Kat Nicholas

Cover Art: Ari Kole

SOCIAL MEDIA:

Kat Nicholas: @itskatinasoleil (all platforms)

Cy Dieyi: @CyDieyi (Twitter, BlueSky), @cynthiadieyi (all other platforms)

Ari Kole: @ari.kole (TikTok)

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This week, Kat and Cy celebrate the jam-packed Opening Day of Unrivaled Season 2. They recap each of the 4 games and discuss which teams were their favorites and which teams left them feeling underwhelmed.

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CREDITS: 

Hosts: Kat Nicholas, Cy Dieyi

Producer: Kat Nicholas 

Editor: Kat Nicholas 

Cover Art: Ari Kole 

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WE ARE SO BACK.

Unrivaled Basketball’s 2026 season tips off on January 5th, and Thee UNMATCHED Pod has returned to cover it all! In this season premiere, our hosts Kat and Cy go over the plethora of new changes to both Unrivaled and UNMATCHED (including a very special announcement for our New York listeners!). We continue with Kat resuming her semiannual tradition of torturing Cy with trivia. Afterwards we list out each of the 8 basketball clubs’ rosters and make our early predictions for who will come out on top.

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CREDITS:

Hosts: Kat Nicholas, Cy Dieyi

Producer: Kat Nicholas

Editor: Kat Nicholas

Cover Art: Ari Kole

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They came, they saw, they swept. In our Season Finale, we speak on the Aces’ historic 4-0 sweep that led to their third championship in four years. We also get into our excitement for the upcoming Unrivaled season. This might be the end of our weekly episodes until January, but we will still have some treats for you to enjoy in the meantime. Stay tuned!

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CREDITS

Hosts: Kat Nicholas, Cynthia Dieyi 

Producer + Editor: Kat Nicholas

Cover Art: Ari Kole

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