The Battle 4 Atlantis is one of the best holiday basketball tournaments every year, and this year it's no different. Three ranked teams — No. 3 Gonzaga, No. 14

The opportunity to spend six November days at a luxurious beachfront resort in the sun-splashed Bahamas would seemingly appeal to any West Virginian.

Coaches don’t like to look ahead and project potential matchups they could see in a multi-team event. Sportsbooks, of course, don’t operate by those same rules.

One major contributor to Louisville’s stingy defense is senior guard Chucky Hepburn who spent three seasons as a starter for Wisconsin. The Omaha, Nebraska, native was named to the Big Ten All-Defensive Team in 2023-24 and faced the Cream and Crimson five times during his tenure in Madison.

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana basketball heads to the Bahamas as a top 15 team. The undefeated Hoosiers (4-0; 0-0) jumped three spots in the latest USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll to No. 15 and two spots in the latest AP Poll to No. 14. They spent nine weeks ranked in the top 15 of the AP Poll during the 2022-23 season.

The opportunity to spend six November days at a luxurious beachfront resort in the sun-splashed Bahamas would seemingly appeal to any West Virginian.

The University of Arizona men’s basketball team prepares to take on Davidson College and other highly-ranked opponents in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament.

It would seem like a dream, of sorts, maybe a nightmare, depending on your position. Darian DeVries sort of fits somewhere in the middle. "It's an opportunity, " the WVU men's basketball coach said of what may await the Mountaineers when they travel to the Bahamas for the Battle 4 Atlantis that begins Wednesday.

Find out how to watch live on television and stream the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament games featuring Gonzaga, Indiana, and Arizona this Thanksgiving week.