Kansas basketball to face North Carolina State in opening round of Battle 4 Atlantis event in November

By Matt Tait     Aug 5, 2022

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Header image from the Battle 4 Atlantis college basketball tournament from Battle4Atlantis.com.

Organizers for the Battle 4 Atlantis college hoops tournament in November recently released the bracket for this year’s event in the Bahamas.

KU will play North Carolina State at 11 a.m. on Nov. 23 in the opening game of the tournament.

The winner of that game will face the winner of the Round 1 matchup between Dayton and Wisconsin the following day.

North Carolina State is led by sixth-year coach Kevin Keatts. The Wolfpack finished 11-21 last season (4-16 in the ACC) and are 1-11 all-time in the series with Kansas.

KU lost to Dayton last year in the second round of the ESPN Events Invitaitonal in Orlando and also faced the Flyers in the championship game of the Maui Invitational in 2019, when KU won an overtime thriller.

The other side of the Atlantis bracket features USC taking on BYU and Tennessee facing Butler. The winners of those games will also play on Nov. 24 and the finals are set for Nov. 25.

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Written By Matt Tait

A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.