Unmatched, the skilled 3×3 basketball league for ladies, is including two groups and 18 gamers to the league in 2026.
The league introduced Wednesday the addition of the Hive Basketball Membership and Breeze Basketball Membership, which is able to begin play in January and convey the league to eight groups. Every crew may have six gamers on the roster.
Six extra gamers will likely be on a growth squad, permitting them to follow and fill in when groups want an damage alternative.
The league started play in 2025 and supplied what it says is the very best common wage in skilled ladies’s sports activities historical past and supplies fairness to gamers.
The extra groups imply a fourth evening of video games in the course of the week will likely be added, with no golf equipment taking part in on back-to-back nights.
Enlargement was set to return after the third yr, however the rising league decided there was no cause to attend.
“Increasing a yr sooner than deliberate is a testomony to the robust enterprise mannequin we have constructed and the potential Unmatched has for long-term success,” mentioned Luke Cooper, Unmatched’s president of basketball. “We outperformed each objective we set for the league in yr one, and with the unimaginable expertise we’ve got returning paired with the inflow of recent stars, it was a no brainer so as to add two extra golf equipment this season.”
Dallas Wings rookie Paige Bueckers is ready to hitch Unmatched within the new season, already signed to a three-year deal.
After a brand new spherical of funding, Unmatched is valued at $340 million, the league mentioned Monday.
–Subject Degree Media