USF Males’s Basketball Attracts VCU in Opening Spherical of Battle 4 Atlantis

TAMPA, Fla., August 7, 2025 – The Battle 4 Atlantis has introduced that the University of South Florida males’s basketball group will start the eight-team event towards VCU within the opening spherical of the three-day occasion, held Nov. 26–28 at Atlantis Paradise Island in The Bahamas.
 
The Bulls and Rams will sq. off on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 2:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2 on the event’s opening day. USF is one in every of eight applications within the 2025 area, which additionally contains Vanderbilt, Western Kentucky, Virginia Tech, Colorado State, Saint Mary’s, VCU, and Wichita State.
 
Should USF defeat VCU, the Bulls would advance to face the winner of Vanderbilt and Western Kentucky on Thursday, Nov. 27 at 12:00 p.m. ET on ESPN, with the championship set for Friday, Nov. 28 at 1:00 p.m. ET on ESPN2. A loss would drop USF into the comfort bracket for a Thanksgiving Day matchup at 5:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
 
Battle 4 Atlantis – USF Men’s Basketball Schedule

• Game 1: vs. VCU – Wednesday, Nov. 26 – 9:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
• Game 2: vs. WKU/Vanderbilt – Thursday, Nov. 27 – Time and Network TBD primarily based on outcomes
• Game 3: TBD – Friday, Nov. 28 – Time and Network TBD primarily based on outcomes

 
For the total bracket and schedule, go to Battle4Atlantis.com or comply with @USFMBB on social media. Fans can comply with the Bulls all through the event on ESPN platforms and at GoUSFBulls.com.

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Get your tickets for the Battle 4 Atlantis here. USF Men’s basketball single-game and season tickets could be bought by calling 1-800-Go-Bulls or by visiting USFBullsTix.com.

 

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About USF Men’s Basketball

South Florida males’s basketball named Bryan Hodgson, 37, as this system’s twelfth head coach on March 24, 2025. Hodgson got here to Tampa from Arkansas State, the place he led this system to back-to-back 20-win seasons and its first postseason look since 1999 in his two seasons on the helm.

 

The program, coming into its 55^th season in 2025-26, most lately gained the American Athletic Conference common season championship in 2023-24 and has made 13 postseason appearances, together with three NCAA Tournaments, 9 NITs, and a CBI championship in 2019. Three former Bulls – Chucky Atkins, Charlie Bradley, and Rodenko Dobras – have had their jerseys retired and are members of the USF Athletic Hall of Fame. The Bulls play their house video games on the 10,400-seat Yuengling Center on the USF Tampa campus.

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