In a rapidly changing and social media-driven women’s hoops landscape, one league is seeking to prepare the next wave of top recruits for the challenges ahead.
An incoming high school sophomore, every fan Banks gains is meaningful as she looks to grow her basketball career. At 15 years old, havingBanks is not alone. She is one of 64 players who took part in Overtime Select this summer, a new-to-the-scene women’s high school basketball league that features the top recruits in the country. Players made up eight teams that trained and competed over four weekends in August and September at Overtime Elite’s facility in Atlanta, Ga.
While the men's basketball league, Overtime Elite, provides housing and schooling for its men’s high school participants, OT Select entered the amateur basketball sphere as an additive experience for women’s players during a slow time of the calendar. Differentiating the leagues in that way was based on input from players and their families on what would best suit their schedules and preferences.
OT Select takes advantage of its nonstop access to players by constantly documenting interactions, practices and plays. Throughout any day at the OTE facility, there are multiple producers with cell phones and professional cameras capturing video and mic-ing up players. No highlight or inside joke is left behind.
“This league helps you build your brand and help audiences learn more about you, your personality on and off the court,” Mia says. “They connect you with brands, a lot of different things and opportunities to show people who you are.” “It’s just so much fun getting to interact with the next generation of women’s basketball players,” Bueckers said. “To be able to give back and come here and have fun is awesome.”
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