Plan out your Thanksgiving plans accordingly.
The official Battle 4 Atlantis bracket is set! Gonzaga will play West Virginia in the opening round on November 27th at 11:30 AM PST on ESPN/ESPN2.
The official bracket for the 2024 @badboymowers Battle 4 Atlantis Men’s Tournament is here!
Join us in November at @atlantisbahamas & on the networks of @espn as @ArizonaMBB, @DavidsonMBB, @ZagMBB, @IndianaMBB, @LouisvilleMBB, @OU_MBBall, @PCFriarsmbb, @WVUhoops compete! pic.twitter.com/hMzRwtgc7x
— Battle 4 Atlantis (@B4AOfficial) August 21, 2024
This was definitely done on purpose but it’s lining up for Gonzaga to have an opportunity to play former Zag Oumar Ballo/Indiana in the semifinals and former Gonzaga assistant coach Tommy Lloyd/Arizona in the championship game. No better way to spend your Thanksgiving morning than a tournament title on the line between Mark Few and Lloyd with major NCAA Tournament seeding implications.
The Zags must get through the Mountaineers first. Darian DeVries is under the helm now for West Virginia. At Drake, he led the Bulldogs to three trips to the NCAA Tournament. His son, Tucker DeVries, will also be joining him in Morgantown. The 6’7 guard averaged 21.6 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 3.7 APG and 1.6 SPG for his father last season at Drake.
Here is what the 2024-2025 non-conference schedule is shaping up to look like for the Zags with four more game announcements to follow:
November 10th vs Arizona State
November 18th at San Diego State
November 27th vs West Virginia (Battle 4 Atlantis)
November 28th vs Louisville/Indiana (Battle 4 Atlantis)
November 29th vs Arizona/Oklahoma/Providence/Davidson (Battle 4 Atlantis)
December 7th vs Kentucky (in Climate Pledge Arena)
December 14th vs UConn (in Madison Square Garden)
December 18th vs Nicholls State
December 28th vs UCLA (in Intuit Dome)
Arden Cravalho is a Gonzaga University graduate from the Bay Area… Follow him on Twitter @a_cravalho