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Unrivaled Adding Two Teams, a Fourth Night of Games per Week

The 3-on-3 league is expanding a year earlier than planned after a round of funding valued it at $340 million. 

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Unrivaled is expanding. 

Two new teams will be added to the 3-on-3 women’s basketball league, it said Wednesday. The teams will be called Breeze BC and Hive BC. The league had previously planned to expand in 2027; its second season is scheduled for January 2026 as the WNBA stares down a winter of labor uncertainty.

On Monday, the league announced the closing of a Series B investment round, valuing the league at $340 million—a tenfold increase from the spring of 2024. 

“Expanding a year earlier than planned is a testament to the strong business model we’ve built and the potential Unrivaled has for long-term success,” Unrivaled president of basketball Luke Cooper said in a statement. “We outperformed every goal we set for the league in year one, and with the incredible talent we have returning paired with the influx of new stars, it was a no brainer to add two more clubs this season.”

The league had six teams last season, with Chelsea Gray’s and Angel Reese’s Rose BC winning the title last winter.

The two new teams, with six players on each team, bring the league’s total player pool to 54 including six developmental players. The league will also be adding a fourth night of games each week; last year, the games aired on TNT on Mondays and Fridays and Saturdays on truTV. Every game was available to stream on Max. (Parent company Warner Bros. Discovery is among the investors in the league.) Teams will now only play two games per week, eliminating back-to-backs. 

Unrivaled paid players an average of approximately $220,000 in its inaugural season plus offering equity in the league to the initial 36 players. Dallas Wings rookie Paige Bueckers signed a three-year deal with Unrivaled, including a first year salary that pays more than her entire WNBA rookie contract. She will make $348,198 over her first four years in the WNBA. 

Unrivaled president Alex Bazzell said salaries will increase in year two. 

The schedule will be released at a later date. 

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