Vinyl BC

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Vinyl BC
League Unrivaled
Founded2025;0 years ago (2025)
HistoryVinyl BC
since 2025
ArenaWayfair Arena
Location Miami, Florida [1]
Head coach Teresa Weatherspoon (since 2025)
Team captain Arike Ogunbowale (since 2025)
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]

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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, will be based in Miami, Florida for the inaugural 2025 season, before the teams travel more frequently during the 2026 season. [5] The six head coaches were later hired on November 15. [6]

Roster

On November 20, 2024, the six head coaches collaborated on balancing and choosing the rosters for the six teams. [7] Vinyl BC’s roster was finalized with Arike Ogunbowale, Jordin Canada, Rhyne Howard, Rae Burrell, Aliyah Boston and Dearica Hamby as its players. [8]

Vinyl BC Roster [2]
Players
Arike Ogunbowale Jordin Canada Rhyne Howard Rae Burrell Aliyah Boston Dearica Hamby

2025 schedule

Regular season

2025 Vinyl BC
Total: 5–9 (Home: 3–4; Road: 2–5)
January: 2–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
1January 17@ Rose BC W 79–73 Rhyne Howard (33) Dearica Hamby (13)Dearica Hamby (4) Wayfair Arena 1–0
2January 20 Phantom BC W 84–69 Dearica Hamby (22)Rhyne Howard (8)Tied – 3 players (4)2–0
3January 24@ Laces BC L 79–83 Dearica Hamby (18)Dearica Hamby (8)Tied – 3 players (4)Wayfair Arena2–1
4January 27 Lunar Owls BC L 57–67 Boston & Canada (14) Arike Ogunbowale (10)Arike Ogunbowale (7)2–2
February: 3–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
5February 1@ Mist BC L 67–77 Dearica Hamby (35)Dearica Hamby (15) Arike Ogunbowale (6) Wayfair Arena 2–3
6February 3@ Lunar Owls BC L 68–85 Rhyne Howard (21)Dearica Hamby (10)Tied – 3 players (3)2–4
7February 8 Laces BC W 11–0 Game canceled – Laces forfeit [9] 3–4
8February 18 Rose BC L 55–61 Rhyne Howard (24)Dearica Hamby (11) Burrell & Ogunbowale (3)Wayfair Arena3–5
9February 21Mist BC W 72–65 Rhyne Howard (26)Dearica Hamby (9) Jordin Canada (5)Wayfair Arena4–5
10February 22@ Phantom BC L 72-79 Rhyne Howard (28)Jordin Canada (10)Jordin Canada (8)Wayfair Arena
4-6
11February 28@ Laces BC W 64-63 Rhyne Howard (24)Aliyah Boston (10)Jordin Canada (6)Wayfair Arena
5-6
March: 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
12March 1 Lunar Owls BC L 72-78 Dearica Hamby (31)Dearica Hamby (11) Jordin Canada (8) Wayfair Arena
5-7
13March 8 Phantom BC L 74-80 Rhyne Howard (37)Rhyne Howard (12)Rhyne Howard (5)5-8
14March 10@ Rose BC L 46-74 Hamby & Howard (12)Dearica Hamby (13)Jordin Canada (3)5-9

2025

Rhyne Howard was named to the All-Unrivaled Second Team. [10]

References

  1. 1 2 Smith, Chris (October 24, 2024). "Unrivaled unveils team names, branding". sportsbusinessjournal.com.
  2. 1 2 "Official Vinyl Basketball Club Website | Unrivaled". www.unrivaled.basketball. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  3. "Weatherspoon, Handy among Unrivaled coaches". ESPN.com. 2024-11-15. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  4. Smith, Chris (2025-08-19). "Unrivaled unveils team names, branding". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  5. 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)
  6. "Weatherspoon, Handy among Unrivaled coaches". ESPN.com. 2024-11-15. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  7. Unrivaled Basketball (2024-11-20). Unrivaled Basketball Club Selection presented by State Farm . Retrieved 2025-08-19 via YouTube.
  8. 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)
  9. "Media Advisory: Laces BC at Vinyl BC". Unrivaled. February 8, 2025. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  10. Deen, Safid. "Napheesa Collier, Chelsea Gray and Kayla McBride named to All-Unrivaled first team". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2025-03-16.