Tampa St. Petersburg, FL, October 26, 2026 —

Tampa is set to welcome a professional women’s basketball team from the Upshot league for the 2027 season, according to the information provided. The planned team would mark a return for professional women’s basketball to the city.

The announcement’s available details do not identify the team, its owners, where it will play, or when it might begin operating beyond the stated 2027 season. Information about its roster, schedule, coaching staff, and other league plans was not provided.

Tampa previously had an effort to establish a professional women’s basketball franchise. In 1980, the Tampa Bay Sun was connected to the Women’s Professional Basketball League, but the team ultimately never played a game in Florida. The summary does not provide further details about why the franchise did not take the court.

The Upshot league’s arrival would therefore represent a new attempt to bring professional women’s basketball to Tampa, rather than a continuation of the earlier Tampa Bay Sun franchise. No additional information was provided about the relationship, if any, between the new team and that historical effort.

Further specifics about the 2027 team—including its name, venue, and schedule—were not included in the available account. The information provided establishes the planned league affiliation and season, as well as the historical reference to the 1980 franchise, but leaves those operational details unconfirmed.


Story summarized from the original created by By Jarrett van Meter on www.cltampa.com, see more information here.

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