MEDLEY, Fla. — Unrivaled, the 3-on-3 women’s basketball league founded by WNBA stars Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart, is adding two more clubs for its second season.
One team will be the Breeze and the other the Hive.
The league announced the expansion Wednesday, saying it also will bring in six players for a season-long development pool and add a fourth night of games to each week during the regular season.
That brings the league to eight teams and 54 players, up from six teams and 36 players who competed in its inaugural eight-week season that wrapped up in March.
Unrivaled’s second season will tip off in January.
During the first season, games were played on Friday, Saturday and Monday, with each club playing two games per week. Clubs will continue playing two nights a week but will no longer play back-to-back night.
The league’s development pool will include young players who temporarily will fill a spot on a team if a player on its roster gets injured. After that, they’ll return to the pool.
The expansion announcement two days after Unrivaled said it is now valued at $340 million after closing its oversubscribed Series B investment round that brought in funding from another group of sports figures.