Vinyl BC

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]

Vinyl BC
League	Unrivaled
Founded	2025; 0 years ago (2025)
History	Vinyl BC since 2025
Arena	Wayfair Arena
Location	Miami, Florida[1]
Head coach	Teresa Weatherspoon (since 2025)
Team captain	Arike Ogunbowale (since 2025)
Ownership	Unrivaled[1]
Website	Website

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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 1 January 17 @ Rose BC W 79–73 Rhyne Howard (33) Dearica Hamby (13) Dearica Hamby (4) Wayfair Arena 1–0 2 January 20 Phantom BC W 84–69 Dearica Hamby (22) Rhyne Howard (8) Tied – 3 players (4) 2–0 3 January 24 @ Laces BC L 79–83 Dearica Hamby (18) Dearica Hamby (8) Tied – 3 players (4) Wayfair Arena 2–1 4 January 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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 5 February 1 @ Mist BC L 67–77 Dearica Hamby (35) Dearica Hamby (15) Arike Ogunbowale (6) Wayfair Arena 2–3 6 February 3 @ Lunar Owls BC L 68–85 Rhyne Howard (21) Dearica Hamby (10) Tied – 3 players (3) 2–4 7 February 8 Laces BC W 11–0 Game canceled – Laces forfeit[9] 3–4 8 February 18 Rose BC L 55–61 Rhyne Howard (24) Dearica Hamby (11) Burrell & Ogunbowale (3) Wayfair Arena 3–5 9 February 21 Mist BC W 72–65 Rhyne Howard (26) Dearica Hamby (9) Jordin Canada (5) Wayfair Arena 4–5 10 February 22 @ Phantom BC L 72-79 Rhyne Howard (28) Jordin Canada (10) Jordin Canada (8) Wayfair Arena 4-6 11 February 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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 12 March 1 Lunar Owls BC L 72-78 Dearica Hamby (31) Dearica Hamby (11) Jordin Canada (8) Wayfair Arena 5-7 13 March 8 Phantom BC L 74-80 Rhyne Howard (37) Rhyne Howard (12) Rhyne Howard (5) 5-8 14 March 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]