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

Battle 4 Atlantis

College basketball tournament

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]

Quick Facts Sport, Founded ...

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]

Men's appearances and championships

More information Team, Appearances ...

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	2		2012, 2016	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	2		2014, 2018	4-2 (.667)
Butler	3		2014, 2018, 2022	5-4 (.556)
North Carolina	3		2014, 2019, 2023	6-3 (.667)
Gonzaga	2		2015, 2019	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	1		2017	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)

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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	88–83^OT	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]

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	66–58^OT	Marquette	Charisma Osborne, UCLA
2023	Ole Miss	60–49	Michigan	Madison Scott, Ole Miss

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


5th Place Game Monday, November 20		Consolation 2nd Round Sunday, November 19		Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Championship Monday, November 20



				23	Ole Miss	67

					Howard	54

		Howard	43				23	Ole Miss	56

		Memphis	52					Arizona	47

				Arizona		90

				Memphis		67

Memphis	57									24	Ole Miss	60

Middle Tennessee	64										Michigan	49

				Michigan		63

				Middle Tennessee		49

7th Place Game Monday, November 20		Middle Tennessee	71				Michigan		70	3rd Place Game Monday, November 20

		DePaul	69				South Dakota		52

Howard	62			DePaul		71				Arizona		61

DePaul	85			South Dakota		83				South Dakota		52


5th Place Game Friday, November 25		Consolation 2nd Round Thursday, November 24		Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Championship Friday, November 25



				3	Kansas	80

					NC State	74

		NC State	76				3	Kansas	69*

		Dayton	64					Wisconsin	68

				Dayton		42

				Wisconsin		43

NC State	76									3	Kansas	50

Butler	61									22	Tennessee	64

				USC		82

				BYU		76

7th Place Game Friday, November 25		BYU	70					USC	66	3rd Place Game Friday, November 25

		Butler	75				22	Tennessee	73*

Dayton	75			22	Tennessee	71				Wisconsin		64

BYU	79*				Butler	45				USC		59

Team	Appearances	Championships	Years	Tournament Record
South Carolina	1	1	2021	3-0 (.1000)
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 (.1000)
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)


5th Place Game Friday, November 24		Consolation 2nd Round Thursday, November 23		Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Championship Friday, November 24



				14	North Carolina	91

					Northern Iowa	69

		Northern Iowa	70				14	North Carolina	81

		Texas Tech	72					Villanova	83*

				Villanova		85

				Texas Tech		69

Texas Tech	73									Villanova		79

Michigan	57									Memphis		63

				Michigan		67

				Memphis		71

7th Place Game Friday, November 24		Michigan	83					Memphis	84	3rd Place Game Friday, November 24

		Stanford	78				20	Arkansas	79

Northern Iowa	73			20	Arkansas	77**				14	North Carolina	87

Stanford	51				Stanford	74				20	Arkansas	72


5th Place Game Monday, November 21			Consolation 2nd Round Sunday, November 20			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Championship Monday, November 21



						11	Tennessee	94

							Rutgers	54

			Rutgers		56				11	Tennessee	63

			South Dakota State		75					UCLA	80

						UCLA		72

						South Dakota State		65

	South Dakota State	65										20	UCLA	66*

10	Louisville	55											Marquette	58

						6	Louisville	67

							Gonzaga	79

7th Place Game Monday, November 21			6	Louisville	71				Gonzaga		66	3rd Place Game Monday, November 21

			3	Texas	63				Marquette		70

	Rutgers	44				3	Texas	61				23т	Tennessee	72

19	Texas	82					Marquette	68					Gonzaga	73


5th Place Game Friday, November 26			Consolation 2nd Round Thursday, November 25			First Round Wednesday, November 24			Semifinals Thursday, November 25			Championship Friday, November 26



						Michigan State		63

						Loyola		61

				Loyola	53					Michigan State	64

			19	Auburn	62				22	UConn	60

						19	Auburn	109

						22	UConn	115**

19	Auburn	89											Michigan State	58

	Syracuse	68										6	Baylor	75

						Syracuse		55

						VCU		67

7th Place Game Friday, November 26			Syracuse		92					VCU	61	3rd Place Game Friday, November 26

			Arizona State		84				6	Baylor	69

Loyola		77				6	Baylor	75				22	UConn	70

Arizona State		59					Arizona State	63					VCU	63


5th Place Game Monday, November 22		Consolation 2nd Round Sunday, November 21		First Round Saturday, November 20			Semifinals Sunday, November 21			Championship Monday, November 22



				2	UConn	88

					Minnesota	58

		Minnesota	70				2	UConn	60

		Syracuse	63				23	South Florida	53

				23	South Florida	77

					Syracuse	53

Minnesota	69									2	UConn	57

Oklahoma	88									1	South Carolina	73

				9	Oregon	98

					Oklahoma	93

7th Place Game		Oklahoma	93				9	Oregon	63	3rd Place Game

		Buffalo	72				1	South Carolina	80

Syracuse	79			1	South Carolina	88				23	South Florida	71

Buffalo	88				Buffalo	60				9	Oregon	62


5th Place Game November 29			Consolation 2nd Round November 28			First Round November 27			Semifinals November 28			Championship November 29



						Michigan		83

						Iowa State		76

			Iowa State		104					Michigan	73

			Alabama		89				6	North Carolina	64

						6	North Carolina	76

							Alabama	67

	Iowa State	76											Michigan	82

13	Seton Hall	84										8	Gonzaga	64

						8	Gonzaga	94

							Southern Miss	69

7th place game				Southern Miss	56				8	Gonzaga	73	3rd Place Game

			13	Seton Hall	81				11	Oregon	72

Alabama		83				13	Seton Hall	69				6	North Carolina	78

Southern Miss		68				11	Oregon	71				11	Oregon	74


5th Place Game November 23		Consolation 2nd Round November 22		First Round November 21			Semifinals November 22			Championship November 23



				Florida		60

				Oklahoma		65

		Florida	72					Oklahoma	58

		Stanford	49				25	Wisconsin	78

				25	Wisconsin	62

					Stanford	46

Florida	54									25	Wisconsin	46

Butler	61									4	Virginia	53

				Butler		64

				Dayton		69

7th place game		Butler	84					Dayton	59	3rd Place Game

		Middle Tennessee	53				4	Virginia	66

Stanford	67			4	Virginia	74				Oklahoma		65

Middle Tennessee	54				Middle Tennessee	52				Dayton		54


5th Place Game November 24			Consolation 2nd Round November 23			First Round November 22			Semifinals November 23			Championship November 24



						18	Purdue	60

							Tennessee	78*

			18	Purdue	73					Tennessee	60

				Western Kentucky	77				5	Villanova	85

						5	Villanova	66

							Western Kentucky	58

Western Kentucky		63										5	Villanova	64

SMU		61											Northern Iowa	50

							NC State	90

						2	Arizona	84

7th place game			2	Arizona	60				NC State		60	3rd Place Game

				SMU	66				Northern Iowa		64

18	Purdue	89				SMU		58				Tennessee		67

2	Arizona	64				Northern Iowa		61				NC State		58

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


5th Place Game November 25		Consolation 2nd Round November 24		First Round November 23			Semifinals November 24			Championship November 25



				24	Michigan State	73

					St. John's	62

		St. John's	69				24	Michigan State	58

		VCU	75				20	Baylor	73

				20	Baylor	71

					VCU	63

VCU	85									20	Baylor	66

LSU	74									10	Louisville	63

				Wichita State		82

				LSU		47

7th place game		LSU	66					Wichita State	52	3rd Place Game

		Old Dominion	60				10	Louisville	62

St. John's	55			10	Louisville	68*				24	Michigan State	77

Old Dominion	63				Old Dominion	62					Wichita State	72


5th Place Game November 27		Consolation 2nd Round November 26		First Round November 25			Semifinals November 26			Championship November 27



				10	Gonzaga	80

					Washington	64

		Texas	82				10	Gonzaga	61

		Washington	70				25	Texas A&M	62

				25	Texas A&M	82

					Texas	73

Texas	72									25	Texas A&M	67

Michigan	78										Syracuse	74

					Michigan	60

				18	UConn	74

7th place game		Michigan	102				18	UConn	76	3rd Place Game

		Charlotte	47					Syracuse	79

Washington	71			Charlotte		70				10	Gonzaga	73

Charlotte	66			Syracuse		83				18	UConn	70

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


5th Place Game November 28			Consolation 2nd Round November 27			First Round November 26			Semifinals November 27			Championship November 28



						2	Wisconsin	72

							UAB	43

				UAB	46				2	Wisconsin	68

			18	Florida	57					Georgetown	65

						18	Florida	65

							Georgetown	66*

18	Florida	64										2	Wisconsin	69

5	North Carolina	75											Oklahoma	56

						22	UCLA	65

							Oklahoma	75

7th place game			22	UCLA	56				Oklahoma		59	3rd Place Game

			5	North Carolina	78				Butler		46

	UAB	76					Butler	74				Georgetown		58

22	UCLA	88				5	North Carolina	66				Butler		64


5th Place Game November 30		Consolation 2nd Round November 29		First Round November 28			Semifinals November 29			Championship November 30



				2	Kansas	87

					Wake Forest	78

		Wake Forest	77				2	Kansas	59

		USC	63					Villanova	63

				Villanova		93

				USC		79

Wake Forest	63										Villanova	88*

Tennessee	82									23	Iowa	83

				Tennessee		70

				UTEP		78

7th place game		Tennessee	64					UTEP	53	3rd Place Game

		Xavier	49				23	Iowa	89

USC	84				Xavier	74				2	Kansas	67

Xavier	78			5	Iowa	77*					UTEP	63

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


5th Place Game November 26		Consolation 2nd Round November 25		First Round November 24			Semifinals November 25			Championship November 26



				4	Connecticut	73

					UNC Asheville	63

		UNC Asheville	66				4	Connecticut	63

		College of Charleston	68					UCF	68

				UCF		74

				College of Charleston		63

College of Charleston	85									UCF		49

UMass	61									Harvard		59

				Utah		47

				Harvard		75

7th place game		Utah	75					Harvard	46	3rd Place Game

		UMass	89				22	Florida State	41

UNC Asheville	87			22	Florida State	73				4	Connecticut	78*

Utah	65				UMass	53				22	Florida State	76

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Men's appearances and championships

Women's appearances and championships

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