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Kansas Jayhawks will participate in 2022 Battle 4 Atlantis men’s basketball tournament

Kansas guard Christian Braun drives between Iona forward Nelly Junior Joseph (left) and guard Elijah Joiner during the Jayhawks’ win Sunday in the ESPN Events Invitational third-place game.
Kansas guard Christian Braun drives between Iona forward Nelly Junior Joseph (left) and guard Elijah Joiner during the Jayhawks’ win Sunday in the ESPN Events Invitational third-place game. AP

Kansas will compete in the Battle 4 Atlantis men’s holiday basketball tournament, set for Nov. 23-25, 2022 in Paradise Island, Bahamas, meet organizers have announced.

The Jayhawks, who just completed play in the 2021 ESPN Events Invitational in Florida, will be joined by Butler, Brigham Young, Dayton, North Carolina State, USC, Tennessee, and Wisconsin at the eight-team Thanksgiving week tournament.

Pairings will be announced at a later date.

The three-day tournament has been in existence for 10 seasons. It was canceled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Baylor won this year’s tourney.

KU has been at the event once before. In 2013 the Jayhawks beat Wake Forest 87-78, lost to Villanova 63-59, then beat UTEP in the third-place game 67-63.

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Gary Bedore
The Kansas City Star
Gary Bedore covers KU basketball for The Kansas City Star. He has written about the Jayhawks since 1978 — during the Ted Owens, Larry Brown, Roy Williams and Bill Self eras. He has won the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year award and KPA writing awards.
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