Battle 4 Atlantis

Battle 4 Atlantis

Sport	College basketball
Founded	2011 (men) 2020 (women)
Founder	Kerzner International
No. of teams	8
Country	Bahamas
Venue(s)	Imperial Arena Paradise Island, The Bahamas
Most recent champion(s)	Villanova (Men's) Ole Miss (Women's)
Most titles	Villanova (3)
TV partner(s)	ESPN
Sponsor(s)	Bad Boy Mowers
Official website	Battle4Atlantis

The Battle 4 Atlantis is an early-season college basketball tournament. It takes place at Atlantis Paradise Island on Paradise Island in The Bahamas, on the week of the US holiday of Thanksgiving. For sponsorship purposes, the tournament is officially named Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis. The games are played in the Imperial Arena, a grand ballroom which is turned into a basketball venue.^[1] The tournament is known for being the richest Division I men's early-season college basketball tournament. Schools are awarded $2 million in exchange for their participation in the men's event.^[2]

In 2020, the tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was scheduled to include a women's Battle 4 Atlantis tournament which also would have featured eight teams.^[3][4]

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Tournament MVP
2011	Harvard	59–49	UCF	Keith Wright, Harvard[5]
2012	Duke	76–71	Louisville	Quinn Cook, Duke[6]
2013	Villanova	88–83OT	Iowa	James Bell, Villanova[7]
2014	Wisconsin	69–56	Oklahoma	Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin[8]
2015	Syracuse	74–67	Texas A&M	Michael Gbinije, Syracuse[9]
2016	Baylor	66–63	Louisville	Johnathan Motley, Baylor[10]
2017	Villanova	64–50	Northern Iowa	Jalen Brunson, Villanova[11]
2018	Virginia	53–46	Wisconsin	De'Andre Hunter, Virginia[12]
2019	Michigan	82–64	Gonzaga	Jon Teske, Michigan[13]
2020	Canceled due to COVID-19[14]
2021	Baylor	75–58	Michigan State	James Akinjo, Baylor[15]
2022	Tennessee	64–50	Kansas	Santiago Vescovi, Tennessee
2023	Villanova	79–63	Memphis	Eric Dixon, Villanova[16]
2024	TBD	–	TBD	TBD

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Tournament MVP
2020	Canceled due to COVID-19
2021	South Carolina	73–53	UConn	Aliyah Boston, South Carolina[17]
2022	UCLA	66–58OT	Marquette	Charisma Osborne, UCLA
2023	Ole Miss	60–49	Michigan	Madison Scott, Ole Miss
2024	TBD	–	TBD	TBD

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent
2012	Florida Gulf Coast	72–66	Toledo
2014	Chattanooga	78–67	Coastal Carolina
2015	Texas A&M–CC	85–81	Elon
2017	UMBC	89–88	Nicholls State

Team	Appearances	Championships	Years	Tournament Record
UConn	3		2011, 2015, 2021	5–4 (.556)
UNC Asheville	1		2011	1–2 (.333)
UCF	1		2011	2–1 (.667)
Charleston	1		2011	2–1 (.667)
Utah	1		2011	0–3 (.000)
Harvard	1	1	2011	3–0 (1.000)
Florida State	1		2011	1–2 (.333)
UMass	1		2011	1–2 (.333)
Louisville	3		2012, 2016, 2024	4–2 (.667)
Northern Iowa	3		2012, 2017, 2023	3–6 (.333)
Missouri	1		2012	2–1 (.667)
Stanford	3		2012, 2018, 2023	3–6 (.333)
Memphis	2		2012, 2023	3–3 (.500)
VCU	3		2012, 2016, 2021	4–5 (.444)
Duke	1	1	2012	3–0 (1.000)
Minnesota	1		2012	2–1 (.667)
Kansas	2		2013, 2022	4–2 (.667)
Wake Forrest	1		2013	1–2 (.333)
Villanova	3	3	2013, 2017, 2023	9–0 (1.000)
USC	2		2013, 2022	2–4 (.333)
Tennessee	3	1	2013, 2017, 2022	7–2 (.778)
UTEP	1		2013	1–2 (.333)
Xavier	1		2013	0–3 (.000)
Iowa	1		2013	2–1 (.667)
Wisconsin	3	1	2014, 2018, 2022	7–2 (.778)
UAB	1		2014	0–3 (.000)
Florida	2		2014, 2018	2–4 (.333)
Georgetown	1		2014	1–2 (.333)
UCLA	1		2014	1–2 (.333)
Oklahoma	3		2014, 2018, 2024	4–2 (.667)
Butler	3		2014, 2018, 2022	5–4 (.556)
North Carolina	3		2014, 2019, 2023	6–3 (.667)
Gonzaga	3		2015, 2019, 2024	4–2 (.667)
Washington	1		2015	1–2 (.333)
Texas A&M	1		2015	2–1 (.667)
Texas	1		2015	1–2 (.333)
Michigan	3	1	2015, 2019, 2023	6–3 (.667)
Charlotte	1		2015	0–3 (.000)
Syracuse	2	1	2015, 2021	4–2 (.667)
Michigan State	2		2016, 2021	4–2 (.667)
St. Johns	1		2016	0–3 (.000)
Baylor	2	2	2016, 2021	6–0 (1.000)
Wichita State	1		2016	1–2 (.333)
LSU	1		2016	1–2 (.333)
Old Dominion	1		2016	1–2 (.333)
Purdue	1		2017	1–2 (.333)
Western Kentucky	1		2017	2–1 (.667)
NC State	2		2017, 2022	3–3 (.500)
Arizona	2		2017, 2024	0–3 (.000)
SMU	1		2017	1–2 (.333)
Dayton	2		2018, 2022	1–5 (.167)
Virginia	1	1	2018	3–0 (1.000)
Middle Tennessee	1		2018	0–3 (.000)
Iowa State	1		2019	2–1 (.667)
Alabama	1		2019	1–2 (.333)
Southern Miss	1		2019	0–3 (.000)
Seton Hall	1		2019	2–1 (.667)
Oregon	1		2019	1–2 (.333)
Loyola	1		2021	1–2 (.333)
Auburn	1		2021	1–2 (.333)
Arizona State	1		2021	0–3 (.000)
BYU	1		2022	1–2 (.333)
Texas Tech	1		2023	2–1 (.667)
Arkansas	1		2023	1–2 (.333)
Indiana	1		2024	0–0 (.000)
West Virginia	1		2024	0–0 (.000)
Providence	1		2024	0–0 (.000)
Davidson	1		2024	0–0 (.000)

Team	Appearances	Championships	Years	Tournament Record
South Carolina	1	1	2021	3–0 (1.000)
Oklahoma	1		2021	2–1 (.667)
South Florida	1		2021	2–1 (.667)
UConn	1		2021	2–1 (.667)
Buffalo	1		2021	1–2 (.333)
Minnesota	1		2021	1–2 (.333)
Oregon	1		2021	1–2 (.333)
Syracuse	1		2021	0–3 (.000)
UCLA	1	1	2022	3–0 (1.000)
Gonzaga	1		2022	2–1 (.667)
Marquette	1		2022	2–1 (.667)
South Dakota State	1		2022	2–1 (.667)
Louisville	1		2022	1–2 (.333)
Tennessee	1		2022	1–2 (.333)
Texas	1		2022	1–2 (.333)
Rutgers	1		2022	0–3 (.000)
Ole Miss	1	1	2023	3-0 (.1000)
Arizona	1		2023	2–1 (.667)
Michigan	1		2023	2–1 (.667)
Middle Tennessee	1		2023	2–1 (.667)
DePaul	1		2023	1–2 (.333)
Memphis	1		2023	1–2 (.333)
South Dakota	1		2023	1–2 (.333)
Howard	1		2023	0–3 (.000)
Baylor	1		2024	0–0 (.000)
Southern Miss	1		2024	0–0 (.000)
North Carolina	1		2024	0–0 (.000)
Ball State	1		2024	0–0 (.000)
Texas A&M	1		2024	0–0 (.000)
Villanova	1		2024	0–0 (.000)
Indiana	1		2024	0–0 (.000)
Columbia	1		2024	0–0 (.000)

* – Denotes overtime period

Games Televised on FloHoops and ESPN2

* – Denotes overtime period

* – Denotes overtime period

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2020 Battle 4 Atlantis was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[21]

• Duke
• Ohio State
• West Virginia
• Utah
• Texas A&M
• Wichita State
• Creighton
• Memphis

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• Central Michigan
• Marquette
• Minnesota
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• South Carolina
• South Florida
• Syracuse

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	Mainland Bracket November 23				Mainland Championship game November 24
	Nicholls State	76
	Presbyterian	64
					Nicholls State	88
					UMBC	89
	Chicago State	73
	UMBC	84			Mainland 3rd place game November 24
					Presbyterian	75
					Chicago State	73

Mainland Battle 4 Atlantis was unbracketed for 2016.

	Mainland Bracket November 26				Mainland Championship game November 27
	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	73
	Furman	69
					Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	85
					Elon	81
	Mount St. Mary's	74
	Elon	79			Mainland 3rd place game November 27
					Furman	69
					Mount St. Mary's	60

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	Mainland Bracket November 26				Mainland Championship game November 27
	Coastal Carolina	61
	Louisiana–Monroe	48
					Coastal Carolina	67
					Chattanooga	78
	Robert Morris	46
	Chattanooga	61			Mainland 3rd place game November 27
					Robert Morris	71
					Louisiana–Monroe	54

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	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

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Auburn, Ohio State, Saint Mary's, VCU and Virginia Tech will participate in the 2025 tournament.^[31]

• Official site of the Battle 4 Atlantis