Vinyl BC
| Vinyl BC | |
|---|---|
| League | Unrivaled |
| Founded | 2025 |
| History | Vinyl BC since 2025 |
| Arena | Wayfair Arena |
| Location | Miami, Florida[1] |
| Team colors | |
| Head coach | Teresa Weatherspoon (2025–present) |
| Team captain | Arike Ogunbowale(2025) Dearica Hamby (2026) |
| Ownership | Unrivaled[1] |
| Website | Website |
Vinyl Basketball Club,[2] also known as Vinyl BC, is an American professional basketball team. They are a member of the Unrivaled basketball league, and made their debut in 2025. The teams are based in Miami, Florida and Vinyl is led by coach Teresa Weatherspoon.[3]
History
On October 24, 2024, the Unrivaled basketball league announced the names and logos of six teams joining its league, which are Laces BC, Lunar Owls BC, Mist BC, Rose BC, Phantom BC, and Vinyl BC.[4] Vinyl BC, along with the other five teams, are based in Miami, Florida for the inaugural 2025 season, before the teams began travelling more frequently during the 2026 season.[5] The six head coaches were later hired on November 15.[6]
On September 10, 2025, Unrivaled announced they were adding two new teams to the league, Breeze BC and Hive BC.[7][8]
Roster
2025 season
On November 20, 2024, the six head coaches collaborated on balancing and choosing the rosters for the six teams.[9] Vinyl BC’s roster was finalized with Arike Ogunbowale, Jordin Canada, Rhyne Howard, Rae Burrell, Aliyah Boston, and Dearica Hamby as its players.[10]
| Players | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arike Ogunbowale | Jordin Canada | Rhyne Howard | Rae Burrell | Aliyah Boston | Dearica Hamby | |
2026 season
| Players | ||||||
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| Brittney Griner | Rae Burrell | Erica Wheeler | Dearica Hamby | Rhyne Howard | Courtney Williams | |
2025 schedule
Regular season
| 2025 Vinyl BC Total: 5–9 (Home: 3–4; Road: 2–5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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January: 2–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–1)
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February: 3–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–3)
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March: 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–1)
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2025
Rhyne Howard was named to the All-Unrivaled Second Team.[13]
2026
On January 11, Dearica Hamby became the first Unrivaled player to have a 40 point game, breaking the previous records of 38 points in the regular season and 39 points in the playoffs.[14]
Honors and Awards
- All-Unrivaled Second Team: Rhyne Howard (2025)
References
- ^ a b Smith, Chris (October 24, 2024). "Unrivaled unveils team names, branding". sportsbusinessjournal.com.
- ^ a b "Official Vinyl Basketball Club Website | Unrivaled". www.unrivaled.basketball. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
- ^ "Weatherspoon, Handy among Unrivaled coaches". ESPN.com. 2024-11-15. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
- ^ Smith, Chris (2025-08-19). "Unrivaled unveils team names, branding". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
- ^ read, Cassandra NegleyWomen's basketball reporter·9 min (2024-05-30). "Unrivaled basketball league set to feature serious salaries and has the backing of some major names". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Weatherspoon, Handy among Unrivaled coaches". ESPN.com. 2024-11-15. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
- ^ "Unrivaled announces two expansion teams for Year 2 with stars like Paige Bueckers set to join league". CBS Sports. 2025-09-10. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
- ^ Andrews, Kendra (2025-09-10). "Unrivaled adding two teams for 2026, bringing total to 8". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
- ^ Unrivaled Basketball (2024-11-20). Unrivaled Basketball Club Selection presented by State Farm. Retrieved 2025-08-19 – via YouTube.
- ^ read, Kari AndersonContributing writer·2 min (2024-11-15). "Unrivaled Basketball announces slate of head coaches, headlined by Teresa Weatherspoon and Phil Handy". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Official Vinyl Basketball Club Website". www.unrivaled.basketball. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
- ^ "Media Advisory: Laces BC at Vinyl BC". Unrivaled. February 8, 2025. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
- ^ Deen, Safid. "Napheesa Collier, Chelsea Gray and Kayla McBride named to All-Unrivaled first team". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ Das, Akash (2026-01-12). "Dearica Hamby Scripts Unrivaled History Just Hours After Kelsey Plum's Viral Milestone". EssentiallySports. Retrieved 2026-01-15.