The Battle 4 Atlantis is a Kerzner International owned and operated preseason college basketball

College basketball

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 tournament that takes place in late November of each year, at Atlantis Resorts

Atlantis Resorts

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 on Paradise Island

Paradise Island

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 in Nassau, Bahamas

Nassau, Bahamas

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 usually the week before Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

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. The tournament is known for being the richest Division I Men’s pre-season college basketball tournament. Teams are awarded 2 million to participate in the event

On October 18, 2011 it was announced that all 12 of the games at the prestigious Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament will be televised live on Versus

Versus (TV channel)

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 and HDNet

HDNet

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. Versus will air daily coverage of the tournament at 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. EST, as well as the championship game on Nov. 26 at 4:30 p.m. EST, with HDNet broadcasting the daily 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. EST game starting on Nov. 24 The tournament, as a result, will be played Thanksgiving weekend, an increasing trend among college basketball tournaments that began with the Old Spice Classic

Old Spice Classic

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 in 2006 and the 76 Classic in 2007, two competing tournaments carried by ESPN Networks

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2011 tournament

• November 24–26

* – Denotes overtime

Future Fields

2012

• Missouri
• Stanford
• Memphis
• Northern Iowa
• Duke
• Minnesota
• VCU
• Louisville

2014

• North Carolina

External links

• Official site of the Battle 4 Atlantis