Battle 4 Atlantis 2024: Men’s Team, Schedule, Live Stream, Bracket, TV Info | News, results, highlights, stats and rumours

The Gonzaga Bulldogs, Indiana Hoosiers and Arizona Wildcats headline the 2024 Battle 4 Atlantis men’s bracket.

Gonzaga comes to the Bahamas as the clear favorite to win the annual Thanksgiving week.

Mark Few’s team already owns a trio of wins over teams in the KenPom top 65, including a 101-63 triumph over the Baylor Bears to open the season.

Indiana and Arizona are the other ranked teams in the Atlantis group. The Hoosiers reside on Gonzaga’s side of the bracket, while Arizona is the top team in its part of the bracket.

Battle 4 Atlantis Schedule

Louisville vs. no. 14 Indiana (Noon ET, ESPN)

West Virginia vs. No. 3 Gonzaga (2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

Oklahoma vs. Providence (5 p.m. ET, ESPN2)

Davidson vs. no. 24 Arizona (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2)

Winner of Louisville/Indiana vs. West Virginia/Gonzaga Winner (Noon ET, ESPN)

Louisville/Indiana Loser vs. West Virginia/Gonzaga Loser (2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2)

Winner of Oklahoma/Providence vs. Davidson/Arizona winner (5 p.m. ET, ESPN)

Oklahoma/Providence Loser vs. Davidson/Arizona Loser (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2)

Seventh-Place Game (11 a.m. ET, ESPN2)

Third-place game (3 p.m. ET, ESPN2)

Championship Game (5:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

Fifth-place game (8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2)

All games can be streamed live on the ESPN app.

Gonzaga will look to continue its impressive 5-0 start to the season in the Bahamas.

The Zags have won all of their games by at least eight points. They have four double-digit wins, including victories over Baylor and the San Diego State Aztecs.

Mark Few’s team should cruise past the West Virginia Mountaineers in their Atlantis opener. West Virginia is 3-1, but it lost by 26 points to the Pittsburgh Panthers in its only game against a quality opponent.

Disturbances are always possible. This is college basketball, after all, and the unranked Villanova Wildcats beat the Atlantis last season, but there seems to be too much between Gonzaga and West Virginia.

The tournament opener between Indiana and the Louisville Cardinals could have a similar outcome. Louisville was outclassed in a 22-point loss to the Tennessee Volunteers, and its three wins have come against teams ranked 168th or worse on KenPom.

Louisville’s pace under new head coach Pat Kelsey could cause problems for the Hoosiers and, if anything, could be the X-factor to help the Cardinals win a few games after Thursday. All teams play three matches in the tournament.

Arizona’s opener against the Davidson Wildcats should feel a lot easier than the Big 12 program’s last two games against the Wisconsin Badgers and Duke Blue Devils.

Davidson is the only team in the field ranked outside the KenPom top 100, and it ranks near the bottom of Division I in three-point defense, which could be its downfall in the Bahamas.

The Oklahoma Sooners and Providence Friars could play the closest of the four first-round games. Neither team has allowed more than 65 points in a game so far this season.

The OU-Providence winner should give Arizona a defensive challenge, but the Wildcats are expected to reach the championship game.

A potential Arizona-Gonzaga final is the main attraction of the event. The Wildcats and Zags have long been two of the best men’s basketball programs in the West, and they tend to play close games. Three of the last five Arizona-Gonzaga meetings were decided by four points or less.