The WNBA season may be over, but there’s still a lot of women’s basketball to watch. Unrivaled, which features many of the WNBA’s brightest stars, starts its third season on January 8 at TD Garden in Boston.
Most of the eight clubs feature some familiar faces from the last two seasons. But with former players like Angel Reese not participating and new ones joining the league, the rosters still look notably different.
1. Mist BC
Players: Breanna Stewart, Veronica Burton, Arike Ogunbowale, Kiki Rice, Bridget Carleton, Isabelle Harrison
Mist BC enters the 2027 season as the defending champions. Stewart, Ogunbowale, and Burton are returners from that title roster. Carleton, Rice, and Harrison are all fresh off good WNBA seasons in big roles for the two expansion teams. Most importantly, pairing Stewart with a championship-level point guard is always a recipe for success.
2. Rose BC
Players: Chelsea Gray, Shakira Austin, Brittney Sykes, Aziaha James, Lexie Hull, Kayla Thornton
Chelsea Gray and Brittney Sykes led Rose BC to Unrivaled’s very first title in 2025. The roster looks quite different now, but Gray, Sykes, and Shakira Austin make for a great starting trio. Austin is fresh off her first All-WNBA season. Moreover, Kayla Thornton will add versatility and championship experience, and Lexie Hull and Aziaha James can provide strong defense. Plus, James scored over twenty points in two of the three games she played out of the development pool last season. You always have a chance when you have Chelsea Gray, especially if she’s paired with a talented big.
3. Lunar Owls BC
Players: Napheesa Collier, Skylar Diggins, Temi Fagbenle, Marina Mabrey, Sydney Taylor, Courtney Williams
The Lunar Owls struggled a lot last year after losing Napheesa Collier to injury. This should be a true bounce-back season for the club. Collier can dominate the paint, while Skylar Diggins and Courtney Williams provide strong guard play, and Marina Mabrey and Sydney Taylor give head coach Pokey Chatman two of the W’s toughest shotmakers on the wing.
4. Vinyl BC
Players: Allisha Gray, Jordin Canada, Rhyne Howard, Dearica Hamby, Flau’jae Johnson, Aneesah Morrow
Vinyl’s roster features a lot of familiarity. Rhyne Howard, Allisha Gray, and Jordin Canada just took the Atlanta Dream to the WNBA finals. Moreover, Howard and Hamby played together in the previous two Unrivaled seasons. Canada was also on the first Vinyl roster in 2025. Between Canada, Howard, Flau’jae Johnson, and Gray, this roster has all the perimeter defense you could ask for plus rim pressure and outside shooting. If Hamby and Morrow can hold their own on both ends of the floor against the other great bigs in the league, this could be one of the most dangerous rosters in Unrivaled.
5. Breeze BC
Players: Paige Buckers, Dominique Malonga, Kahleah Copper, DiJonai Carrington, Kaityn Chen, Monique Billings
Breeze BC was able to hold on to one of the most exciting young duos in the league with Paige Buckers and Dominique Malonga. The latter, who is fresh off her first All-Star season in the WNBA, should be even better than last season. Moreover, Kahleah Copper will provide veteran leadership and wing scoring. DiJonai Carrington offers lockdown defense off the bench, and Kaitlyn Chen should be able to exploit the spacing with her ability to get to the rim.
6. Laces BC
Players: Gabby Williams, Jackie Young, Jessica Shepard, Marine Johannes, Satou Sabally, Maddy Siegrist
Gabby Williams, Jackie Young, and Jessica Shepard are a truly dangerous starting trio, and Marine Johannes is always good for some crazy 3-pointers. But this roster has a lot of defensive weaknesses. Shepard isn’t a great defender and will probably struggle in the spaced-out 3-on-3 style that leaves defenders on islands more often than not. Plus, there’s not much perimeter defense behind Young and Williams, and Satou Sabally’s health is always a question mark.
7. Phantom BC
Players: Kelsey Plum, Kayla McBride, Aaliyah Edwards, Tiffany Hayes, Natasha Cloud, Li Yueru
Kelsey Plum, Natasha Cloud, and Tiffany Hayes all played for Phantom last season, leading the club to the number-one seed and the championship game. They had a much stronger big rotation last year with Aaliyah Boston and Kiki Iriafen. Still, Kayla McBride is an upgrade over Dana Evans, and Edwards put up huge numbers for the Lunar Owls last year. If Edwards and Yueru exceed my expectations, Phantom BC could quickly outplay this ranking.
8. Hive BC
Players: Olivia Miles, Sonia Citron, Cameron Brink, Natisha Hiedeman, Rae Burrell, Naz Hillmon
Hive BC has an assortment of great young talent and should be fun to watch. However, that fun might not translate to a ton of wins. They are inexperienced and don’t have much size behind Cameron Brink. Brink struggled with foul trouble last season, averaging over three per game. If she gets in foul trouble early, Naz Hillmon will be left to guard much taller players, like Austin or Malonga. While Hillmon is a scrappy and physical defender, that could become a problem.
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