More NCAA Basketball for Atlantis

OVER a year of lobbying and the hosting of a landmark basketball event in the country has led to the Bahamas being granted exempt status by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
 
The NCAA's Division I Board of Directors approved the Bahamas' proposal last weekend and the legislation will go into effect, August 1.
 
The newly awarded exempt status will give the Bahamas the authority to host a tournament which will count towards a team's 30 game schedule.
 
According to George Markantonis, President and Managing Director of Kerzner International Bahamas, tentative plans to host the tournament are scheduled for the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend, November 23-27.

Lofty expectations loom for the revamped and expanded "Battle At Atlantis" which organisers hope to eventually challenge the NCAA's most well known tournament outside the continental United States, the EA Sports Maui Invitational.

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