Feast Week returns to the Caribbean for one of
college basketball's most looked forward and prestigious early-season multi-team events. And this year's field once again stacked and jam-packed with talent. For the 13th consecutive season, eight of
college basketball's top programs will travel down to Atlantis Paradise Island Resort in The Bahamas for
the Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis. Headlining the field this year are
No. 3 Gonzaga, No. 17 Arizona and
No. 18 Indiana. Gonzaga and Arizona have looked the part of national championship-caliber teams, even though the Wildcats are coming off back-to-back losses to No. 25 Wisconsin and No. 10 Duke. Led by Graham Ike and Khalif Battle, Gonzaga has the No. 1 adjusted offense on KenPom. Then there are Mike Woodson's Hoosiers, who enter this season with a considerable amount of buzz surrounding their program after revamping themselves through the transfer portal in the offseason. Of the new additions to Indiana's roster perhaps none bigger was landing the No. 1 player in the portal former Arizona forward Oumar Ballo. Teams like
Oklahoma, Louisville ,
West Virginia ,
Providence and
Davidson head down to The Bahamas looking to pick up an early signature win (or two) for their March Madness resume. After all, Quad 1 wins and a high NET ranking seem to be what separate teams that are on the bubble of making or missing out on the Field of 68 come Selection Sunday in March.
When is the Battle 4 Atlantis 2024?
The men's Battle 4 Atlantis will start on Wednesday, Nov. 27 and run through Friday, Nov. 29 in The Bahamas. The Battle 4 Atlantis semifinal games will take place on Thanksgiving between the NFL Thanksgiving Day games while the championship game will take place at 5 p.m. ET on Friday.
Where is the Battle 4 Atlantis 2024?
You guessed it, Atlantis in The Bahamas. But to be specific, Battle 4 Atlantis will once again take place inside the Imperial Arena at Atlantis Paradise Island in The Bahamas.
Battle 4 Atlantis 2024 teams
The Battle 4 Atlantis consists of eight teams, with six of the teams coming from the five major college basketball conferences: Big Ten, SEC, Big 12, ACC and the Big East. The remaining two spots in the eight-team field are taken up by mid-major conference. This year's Battle 4 Atlantis field consists of three teams that are ranked in the top 25 of the USA Today Coaches Poll.
Battle 4 Atlantis 2024 bracket
As alluded to above, the 2024 Battle 4 Atlantis bracket is made up of three of the college basketball's current top 25 teams: No. 3 Gonzaga, No. 17 Arizona and No. 18 Indiana. One of the more intriguing first-round matchups is the lid-lifter of the Battle 4 Atlantis between Louisville and Indiana, two of college basketball's storied programs. A fun matchup in that game will be Cardinals' guard Reyne Smith going up against Ballo inside the paint. But one of the bigger storylines that college basketball fans might have their eyes set on is a potential head-to-head coaching matchup between Mark Few and Tommy Llyod if Gonzaga and Arizona meet up. Llyod was Few's right-hand man and top assistant during their time together in Spokane before becoming the head coach at Arizona following Gonzaga's Final Four run in 2021. To view the complete schedule and bracket, click
here. Battle 4 Atlantis 2024 scores, schedule
How to watch Battle 4 Atlantis 2024? TV schedule, streaming info
The 2024 Battle 4 Atlantis will be broadcast nationally on both ESPN and ESPN2. Beth Mowins and Dave O'Brien will share the play-by-play duties on the broadcast with Debbie Antonelli and Jimmy Dykes serving as their analysts, respectively. Streaming options for Battle 4 Atlantis include the ESPN app (by logging in with your TV provider credentials)
and Fubo, which carries the ESPN family of networks and offers a free trial to new subscribers.
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