Vinyl BC

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| league = Unrivaled

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| history = Vinyl BC
since 2025

| arena = Wayfair Arena

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| location = Miami, Florida{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Chris|title=Unrivaled unveils team names, branding|url= https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/10/24/unrivaled-team-branding?publicationSource=morningbuzz&issue=7b8739f7d45e42b086d8768a88346fbc|website=sportsbusinessjournal.com|date=October 24, 2024}}

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| coach = Teresa Weatherspoon (since 2025)

| captain = Arike Ogunbowale (since 2025)

| ownership = Unrivaled

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| website = [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/vinyl Website]

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Vinyl Basketball Club, 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 team is based in Miami, Florida and led by coach Teresa Weatherspoon.

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.{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Chris|title=Unrivaled unveils team names, branding|url= https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/10/24/unrivaled-team-branding?publicationSource=morningbuzz&issue=7b8739f7d45e42b086d8768a88346fbc|website=sportsbusinessjournal.com|date=October 24, 2024}} 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. The six head coaches were later hired on November 15.{{cite web|last=Philippou|first=Alexa|title=Unrivaled coach list includes Teresa Weatherspoon, Phil Handy|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/42408827/unrivaled-coach-list-includes-teresa-weatherspoon-phil-handy|website=ESPN.com|date=November 15, 2024}}

Roster

On November 20, 2024, the six head coaches collaborated on balancing and choosing the rosters for the six teams.{{cite web|last=Mcgregor|first=Greg|title= Unrivaled rosters 2024: Complete draft results, team-by-team picks for new basketball league|url= https://www.sportingnews.com/us/tsn/news/unrivaled-live-draft-results-rosters/b9f07b7c5bb6696c958b7eab|website=sportingnews.com|date=November 28, 2024}} Vinyl BC’s roster was finalized with Arike Ogunbowale, Jordin Canada, Rhyne Howard, Rae Burrell, Aliyah Boston and Dearica Hamby as its players.

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|+ Vinyl BC Roster {{Cite web |title=Official Vinyl Basketball Club Website |url=https://www.unrivaled.basketball/vinyl |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=www.unrivaled.basketball}}

! style="background:#820234" colspan=7 align=center | {{color|white|Players}}

Arike Ogunbowale

| Jordin Canada

| Rhyne Howard

| Rae Burrell

| Aliyah Boston

| Dearica Hamby

2025 schedule

=Regular season=

{{Game log start|style=background:#820234 |title={{color|white|2025 Vinyl BC
Total: 5–9 (Home: 3–4; Road: 2–5)}}}}

{{Game log section start|style=background:#1e9cbf |title={{color|white|January: 2–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–1)}}| Game| Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location |Record| hide=y}}

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 1

| January 17

| @ Rose BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/jb3jklxmsrks W 79–73]

| Rhyne Howard (33)

| Dearica Hamby (13)

| Dearica Hamby (4)

| rowspan=2| Wayfair Arena

| 1–0

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 2

| January 20

| Phantom BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/m9sh1b3jm0p1 W 84–69]

| Dearica Hamby (22)

| Rhyne Howard (8)

| Tied – 3 players (4)

| 2–0

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 3

| January 24

| @ Laces BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/j2riqv1tez5e L 79–83]

| Dearica Hamby (18)

| Dearica Hamby (8)

| Tied – 3 players (4)

| rowspan=2| Wayfair Arena

| 2–1

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 4

| January 27

| Lunar Owls BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/yogi89xx6aw5 L 57–67]

| Boston & Canada (14)

| Arike Ogunbowale (10)

| Arike Ogunbowale (7)

| 2–2

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|style=background:#1e9cbf |title={{color|white|February: 3–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–3)}} | Game| Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location |Record| hide=n}}

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 5

| February 1

| @ Mist BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/sjrwaj31kq62 L 67–77]

| Dearica Hamby (35)

| Dearica Hamby (15)

| Arike Ogunbowale (6)

| rowspan=2| Wayfair Arena

| 2–3

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 6

| February 3

| @ Lunar Owls BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/b0zhbxptb17f L 68–85]

| Rhyne Howard (21)

| Dearica Hamby (10)

| Tied – 3 players (3)

| 2–4

|- bgcolor="lightgray"

| 7

| February 8

| Laces BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/32ea486hkzln W 11–0]

|bgcolor="lightgray" colspan=4| Game canceled – Laces forfeit{{cite web |title=Media Advisory: Laces BC at Vinyl BC |url=https://www.unrivaled.basketball/news/media-advisory-laces-bc-at-vinyl-bc-47y9rqm5v5he |website=Unrivaled |date=February 8, 2025|access-date=February 8, 2025}}

| 3–4

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 8

| February 18

| Rose BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/h1nn8q71jybo L 55–61]

| Rhyne Howard (24)

| Dearica Hamby (11)

| Burrell & Ogunbowale (3)

| Wayfair Arena

| 3–5

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 9

| February 21

| Mist BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/vmem0ntfgge0 W 72–65]

| Rhyne Howard (26)

| Dearica Hamby (9)

| Jordin Canada (5)

| Wayfair Arena

| 4–5

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 10

| February 22

| @ Phantom BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/lrsm6npgthbs L 72-79]

| Rhyne Howard (28)

| Jordin Canada (10)

| Jordin Canada (8)

| Wayfair Arena

| 4-6

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 11

| February 28

| @ Laces BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/wmma46sohv96 W 64-63]

| Rhyne Howard (24)

| Aliyah Boston (10)

| Jordin Canada (6)

| Wayfair Arena

| 5-6

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|style=background:#1e9cbf|title={{color|white|March: 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–1)}} | Game| Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location |Record| hide=y}}

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 12

| March 1

| Lunar Owls BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/vi8xu7g2nnws L 72-78]

| Dearica Hamby (31)

| Dearica Hamby (11)

| Jordin Canada (8)

| rowspan=3|Wayfair Arena

| 5-7

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 13

| March 8

| Phantom BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/pd433x3z9okv L 74-80]

| Rhyne Howard (37)

| Rhyne Howard (12)

| Rhyne Howard (5)

| 5-8

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 14

| March 10

| @ Rose BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/225g2kfh1838 L 46-74]

| Hamby & Howard (12)

| Dearica Hamby (13)

| Jordin Canada (3)

| 5-9

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log end}}

2025

Rhyne Howard was named to the All-Unrivaled Second Team.{{Cite web |last=Deen |first=Safid |title=Napheesa Collier, Chelsea Gray and Kayla McBride named to All-Unrivaled first team |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/wnba/2025/03/13/unrivaled-first-team-and-second-team-honors-heres-who-made-the-list/82374868007/ |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}

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