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. 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.
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.
Tournament history
Tournament champions
Men's
Women's
Men's Mainland bracket champions
Men's appearances and championships
Women's appearances and championships
Brackets
2024
Men's
* – Denotes overtime period
All-Tournament Team
- Jalon Moore − Oklahoma (MVP)
- Jeremiah Fears − Oklahoma
- Chucky Hepburn − Louisville
- Javon Small − West Virginia
- Tucker Devries − West Virginia
Women's
Games Televised on FloHoops, ESPN2 and ESPNU
* – Denotes overtime period
2023
Men's
* – Denotes overtime period
Women's
2022
Men's
Women's
2021
Men's
Women's
2020
2020 Battle 4 Atlantis was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Men's
- Duke
- Ohio State
- West Virginia
- Utah
- Texas A&M
- Wichita State
- Creighton
- Memphis
Women's
- Central Michigan
- Marquette
- Minnesota
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- South Florida
- Syracuse
2019
2018
2017
Mainland Bracket
2016
Mainland Games
Mainland Battle 4 Atlantis was unbracketed for 2016.
2015
Mainland Bracket
2014
Mainland Bracket
2013
2012
Mainland Bracket
2011
Future Fields
2025
- Colorado State
- Saint Mary's
- South Florida
- Vanderbilt
- VCU
- Virginia Tech
- Western Kentucky
- Wichita State
References
External links
- Official site of the Battle 4 Atlantis
