– Cardinal Paradise – Battle 4 Atlantis Bracket revealed

We learned today that our Louisville Cardinals will be the #1 seed of the 2012 Battle 4 Atlantis. Our Cards will face Northern Iowa in the first round of the tournament. The rest of Battle 4 Atlantis Draw: Missouri-Stanford, Duke-Minnesota, Memphis-VCU,. This is considered by most to be the best preseason tournament of the year. And it is the best field of talented teams that the tourney has had since it began in 2011. Last year Harvard defeated UCF 59 – 49 for the title.

The Battle 4 Atlantis is a Kerzner International owned and operated preseason college basketball tournament that takes place in late November of each year, at Atlantis Resorts on Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas usually the week before Thanksgiving. 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.

No doubt this will be a great preseason tournament to start the college basketball season and will be a great gauge to see just how good our Louisville Cardinals will be to start the season. I can’t wait!