VERMILLION, S.D. – The Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis tournament bracket was announced on Tuesday afternoon. South Dakota women's basketball has drawn DePaul in the opening round with the two facing off at 6:30 p.m. (Central) on Saturday, Nov. 18.
The tournament takes place over three days, Nov. 18-20, in Paradise Island, Bahamas. Joining South Dakota and DePaul in the field are Arizona, Howard, Memphis, Michigan, Middle Tennessee and Ole Miss.
The Coyotes will face either Michigan or Middle Tennessee on Sunday. The winners of Saturday's games will play at 1:30 p.m. (CST) Sunday while the losers will meet at 6:30 p.m. (CST) Sunday.
Monday features the championship game (11 a.m. CST), third place (1:30 p.m. CST), fifth place (4 p.m. CST) and seventh place (6:30 p.m. CST) games.
The tournament will be televised on FloHoops, a subscription streaming platform, with the championship game picked up by ESPN2 and the consolation game on ESPNU.
South Dakota returns 11 players from last season's roster headlined by all-Summit first team pick
Grace Larkins. The Coyotes also welcome in four freshmen and a pair of transfers for 2023-24.
This will be the first meeting between South Dakota and DePaul in program history.
For tournament information, including travel rates and hotel offers, visit
AtlantisBahamas.com/b4a/wb4a/south-dakota.