NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS – Baha Mar, the leading resort destination in The Bahamas, revealed today 19 NCAA men’s and women’s teams who will participate in the newly announced “Baha Mar Hoops” event, making it the largest early season event in all of college basketball. The weeklong slate of games is headlined on the men’s side by Louisville and Maryland and on the women’s side by defending national champion Stanford and two top-5 teams in Maryland and NC State. In total, 23 games will be played across three events during the U.S. Thanksgiving week, Nov. 22-27 at the Baha Mar Convention Center.
“We are thrilled to welcome the men’s and women’s NCAA teams for the first-ever Baha Mar Hoops event,” said Graeme Davis, President, Baha Mar. “At the heart of the resort destination is our determination to inspire the youth from around the world. We have created Baha Mar facilities and offerings with the intent of hosting events such as Baha Mar Hoops and look forward to enjoying these excellent collegiate athletes play basketball in the beautiful Bahamas.”
The event will take place this week at the Baha Mar Convention Center.
A mere 55-minute flight from Florida, Baha Mar opened in 2017 and is home to three Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Argentina famous brands: Grand Hyatt, SLS and Rosewood. situated on 1,000 acres overlooking Nassau’s popular cord Beach, the resort destination features a lot more than 2,300 rooms and an abundance of dynamic programming, activities, and amenities including the largest casino in the Caribbean, a state-of-the-art convention center, an 18-hole Jack Nicklaus signature Golf Course, the Caribbean’s first and only flagship ESPA spa, a collection of a lot more than 40 restaurants and lounges, and more. The $200 million luxury water park, Baha Bay debuted in July 2021 as the current addition to Baha Mar’s portfolio of spectacular guest offerings. set on 15 beachfront acres, Baha Bay has introduced an exciting variety of aquatic activities and experiences, alfresco dining, a gaming pavilion, beach club, and more.
The basketball action ideas on Monday, Nov. 22 with the eight-team “Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship.” The men’s tournament, which is created strictly for mid-major NCAA division I programs, is in its fourth iteration after launching in 2017. The field is headlined by Abilene Christian, which won the Southland conference title last season and upset #3-seed Texas in the NCAA Tournament’s first Round.
Bahamas Championship
Four of the top programs in college basketball next season then will compete in the “Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship” on Nov. 25/27. Maryland is expected to once again be a Top-25 team next season for instructor mark Turgeon. The Terps return three starters from last season’s NCAA tournament squad and add two crucial transfers in center Qudus Wahab from Georgetown and point guard Fatts Russell from Rhode Island. The Terrapins will face one of the nation’s a lot of experienced teams in Richmond which returns all of last year’s roster sans one starter and will feature four returning “super seniors.” The Spiders were one of the “last teams out” of last season’s NCAA tournament despite having wins over Kentucky, Vanderbilt and Loyola-Chicago.
Excitement is high in Starkville for a Mississippi state program primed for a strong run this season. instructor Ben Howland’s program returns its leading scorer (Iverson Molinar), the SEC’s leading rebounder (Tolu Smith) and adds four transfers – Garrison Brooks, a three-year starter at North Carolina, D.J. Jeffries (Memphis), Rocket Watts (Michigan State) and Shakeel Moore Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Brasil (NC State). Louisville instructor Chris Mack has had similar success reloading this off-season. The Cardinals return three starters but add seven newcomers including top-100 recruits Mike James and Roosevelt Wheeler, as well as Sydney Curry, a one-time Kansas commit before going the junior college route. television broadcast information for the four games of the Bahamas championship will be announced at a later date.
Pink Flamingo Championship
On schedule the same days as the Bahamas Championship, college basketball’s top women’s programs take the floor in the “Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship” starting on Thursday, Nov. 25 with six of the seven Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Croacia participating teams having played in last season’s NCAA Tournament. The majority of the teams will play two games each on Thursday/Saturday but defending NCAA champ Stanford will play three straight days, Thursday-Saturday. All seven games of the Pink Flamingo championship will be broadcast on FloHoops.
The slate of games in the Pink Flamingo championship will likely feature multiple top-10 clashes with Stanford, Maryland, NC state and Indiana all being projected to be elite programs next season. A final Four-worthy doubleheader ideas off the action with NC state facing Maryland and Indiana battling Stanford in the first two games of women’s action onnull