An early-stage Milwaukee startup building an app that would connect basketball players with indoor courts recently won $5,000 in a local pitch competition.

The startup, called I Got Nxt, would have an Uber-like model of pairing idle gyms with competitive or recreational players who want to rent them, founder Monte Eady said. Users could include coaches, trainers and individual players.

“I would love it to be a huge basketball ecosystem,” Eady said. “The community that is there for basketball could be a lot larger than what it is. It’s only a matter of connecting people.”

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