Overview
- Breeze BC and Hive BC join as expansion clubs, taking the league to eight teams with 48 rostered players plus a six-player developmental pool.
- Paige Bueckers headlines Breeze BC, Kelsey Plum lands with Phantom, and Kelsey Mitchell anchors Hive BC in the newly drafted lineups.
- The schedule adds a fourth night of games, with each team expected to play two per week under a format designed to eliminate back-to-backs.
- Four new head coaches arrive — Noelle Quinn (Breeze BC), Rena Wakama (Hive BC), Zach O'Brien (Mist BC) and Roneeka Hodges (Phantom) — while Phil Handy and Adam Harrington do not return.
- Defending champion Rose BC retains Chelsea Gray, Kahleah Copper, Azurá Stevens and Lexie Hull; Angel Reese is not participating, and Caitlin Clark does not appear on the rosters.