Battle 4 Atlantis
 Logo of the Battle 4 Atlantis | |
| Sport | College basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 |
| Founder | Kerzner International |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Country |  United States |
| Venue(s) | Imperial Arena Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas |
| Most recent champion(s) | Duke |
| Most titles | 1 Duke, Harvard |
| TV partner(s) | NBC Sports Network, AXS TV |
| Official website | Battle4Atlantis |
The Battle 4 Atlantis is a Kerzner International owned and operated preseason college basketball tournament that takes place in late November of each year, at Atlantis Resorts on Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas, usually the week before Thanksgiving. The tournament is known for being the richest Division I Men’s pre-season college basketball tournament. Schools are awarded $2 million in exchange for their participation in the event.[1]
The 2012 Battle for Atlantis Tournament will be televised on AXS TV and NBC Sports Network. The 2012 Bracket was announced on August 2, 2012.
2011 bracket
- November 24–26
| First Round November 24 | Semifinals November 25 | Championship November 26 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Connecticut | 73 | ||||||||||||
| UNC Asheville | 63 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Connecticut | 63 | ||||||||||||
| UCF | 68 | |||||||||||||
| UCF | 74 | |||||||||||||
| College of Charleston | 63 | |||||||||||||
| UCF | 49 | |||||||||||||
| Harvard | 59 | |||||||||||||
| Utah | 47 | |||||||||||||
| Harvard | 75 | |||||||||||||
| Harvard | 46 | |||||||||||||
| 22 | Florida State | 41 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Florida State | 73 | ||||||||||||
| UMass | 53 | |||||||||||||
| 3rd place game November 26 | ||||
| 4 | Connecticut | 78OT | ||
| 22 | Florida State | 76 | ||
| Consolation 2nd Round November 25 | 5th place game November 26 | ||||||||
| 1 | UNC Asheville | 66 | |||||||
| 4 | College of Charleston | 68 | |||||||
| College of Charleston | 85 | ||||||||
| UMass | 61 | ||||||||
| 3 | Utah | 75 | |||||||
| 2 | UMass | 89 | |||||||
| 7th place game November 26 | ||||
| 1 | UNC Asheville | 87 | ||
| 2 | Utah | 65 | ||
2012 bracket
- November 22–24
| First Round November 22 | Semifinals November 23 NBCSN | Championship November 24 NBCSN | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Louisville | 51 | ||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 46 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Louisville | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Missouri | 61 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Missouri | 78 | ||||||||||||
| Stanford | 70 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Louisville | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Duke | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Memphis | 65 | ||||||||||||
| VCU | 78 | |||||||||||||
| VCU | 58 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Duke | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Duke | 89 | ||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 71 | |||||||||||||
| 3rd place Game November 24 NBCSN | ||||
| VCU | 7:00pm | |||
| 13 | Missouri | |||
| Consolation 2nd Round November 23 AXS TV | 5th place game November 24 AXS TV | ||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 50 | ||||||||
| Stanford | 66 | ||||||||
| Stanford | 63 | ||||||||
| Minnesota | 66 | ||||||||
| 19 | Memphis | 75 | |||||||
| Minnesota | 84 | ||||||||
| 7th place game November 24 AXS TV | ||||
| 19 | Memphis | 52 | ||
| Northern Iowa | 47 | |||
| Mainland Bracket November 21 | Mainland Championship game November 22 | ||||||||
| Samford | 69 | ||||||||
| Toledo | 82 | ||||||||
| Toledo | 66 | ||||||||
| Florida Gulf Coast | 72 | ||||||||
| Florida Gulf Coast | 50 | ||||||||
| Alcorn State | 48 | ||||||||
| Mainland 3rd place game November 24 | ||||
| Samford | 65 | |||
| Alcorn State | 69 | |||
All Times Eastern
Future Fields
2013
- Kansas
- Tennessee
- USC
- UTEP[4]
- Villanova
- Xavier
- Wake Forest
- Sullivan East
- Chief Sitting Bulls Fighting Indians
2014
- North Carolina[5]
2016
- FGCU[6]
References
- ^ "Battle 4 Atlantis Basketball Teams Announced for November 2011 Tournament". The Bahamas Weekly. April 21, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
- ^ http://www.atlantis.com/promotions/battle4atlantis/brackets.aspx
- ^ "2012 Battle of Atlantis Bracket". Retrieved August 2, 2012.
- ^ Pickeral. "UTEP Men's Basketball to Take in Part in Battle For Atlantis". Miner Rush. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|second=ignored (help) - ^ Pickeral, Robbi. "Trips to Maui, Bahamas in Tar Heels' future". ESPN. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
- ^ Pierson, Patrick. "FGCU Uses Strong Second Half to Defeat Toledo and Earn 2016 Battle 4 Atlantis Invite". FGCUAthletics.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
