SALT LAKE CITY — The Basketball Tournament, the annual summer hoops showcase featuring players from around the country, has historically had some notable local flair. Teams comprised of alums from local schools have played in it, some former Utah Jazz players have appeared and the Maverik Center in West Valley City hosted some tournament games in 2019.
There are fewer local ties this year as the tournament is being played in a bubble in Columbus, Ohio, because of the coronavirus pandemic, but one squad remaining in the field has multiple players with Utah connections.
Overseas Elite, which has won four of the six tournaments in TBT history (four in a row from 2015-2018) and advanced to the 2020 semifinals Saturday with a 93-76 win over Herd That (Marshall University alums), has three players who have spent part of their basketball lives in the Beehive State.