Draft:2024–24 VTB United League

The 2023–24 VTB United League is the 15th season of the VTB United League. It was the 11th season that the league functions as the Russian domestic top tier level. It started on 3 October 2023 with the regular season and will end in May 2023 with the finals.

UNICS was the defending champion.

Format changes
For this season, the regular season will be divided into two phases since none team will participate in European competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At the first phase, 14 teams will play two rounds, after which the teams will be divided into two groups: Group A with top six teams from first phase and Group B with last eight teams from first phase. At the second phase, the teams will play among themselves in their groups for two more rounds. Group A teams directly qualify for the playoffs. The 4 best teams of Group B based on the results of the second stage will compete in a new stage of the championship for the League - play-in - for the 2 remaining places in the playoffs. The top eight teams at the end of the second stage advance to the playoffs. For the playoffs, all series will be played in best-of-seven playoffs, except for the quarterfinals that will be played in best-of-five playoffs.

Teams
A total of 14 teams contested the league, including 12 sides from the 2022–23 season (Ten Russian teams, one Belarusian team and one Kazakhstani team) and two newly-joined Russian sides (Uralmash Ekaterinburg and Runa Moscow).