Future MTEs

[Shocker-maniac]

Battle for Atlantis in 2016/2017

http://www.kansas.com/sports/college/wichita-state/article1255328.html

Edit by RoyalShock: Make clickable link.

[WuShock Reaper]

2015 Field: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_4_Atlantis#2015

2015
Gonzaga
Syracuse

2016
Wichita State
Florida Gulf Coast

[Rocky Mountain Shock]

Wiki says schools are compensated $2 million for participating. That's a pretty big damn deal.

[Royals85]

Wiki says schools are compensated $2 million for participating. That's a pretty big damn deal.

That's $2M for all the teams combined (still better than what other tournaments pay). According to the President of the Atlantis "the resort dishes out almost $2 million in prize money. All eight teams get $150,000 just for taking the court. The two winners get $200,000 each, on top of the $150,000."

[shock]

2015 Field: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_4_Atlantis#2015

2015
Gonzaga
Syracuse

2016
Wichita State
Florida Gulf Coast
DePaul

FTFY

[Anthroshock]

Dayton, Notre Dame and Xavier in Orlando next November.

Wisconsin in Maui in 2017.

[Cdizzle]

Also of note in the Eagle article is the extension of the Saint Lewis series for 2 more years. Hopefully they can remain relevant, they seem like the type of Top 50-75 team that is great to have stapled into your schedule for awhile.

[Anthroshock]

Saint Lewis

Well done.

[RoyalShock]

Also of note in the Eagle article is the extension of the Saint Lewis series for 2 more years. Hopefully they can remain relevant, they seem like the type of Top 50-75 team that is great to have stapled into your schedule for awhile.

I want to believe SLU will be good for awhile, but two words give me pause . . . Jim Crews.

[Cdizzle]

I want to believe SLU will be good for awhile, but two words give me pause . . . Jim Crews.

Agreed. But with their league and the teams that seem willing to schedule them, they don't have to be great to keep a decent RPI. I'm hopeful. If you can lock in a couple of these games and then spend your time trying to fry bigger fish, I think the schedule could continue to improve.

[pogo]

Great road trips for the next 4 years.

[ShockerFever]

Big time.

It doesn't match the stellar MTE's schools in the Big East bring in, but it's something to build on.

[Rlh04d]

Big time.

That was my thought. That, and "respect."

It's really incredible watching what's going on right now. Piece by piece building a major, national program.

And that B4A 2016 lineup will be loaded, even if FGCU is the only other announced team at the moment.

[shocks02]

@GoodmanESPN 2h2 hours ago
Louisville will be in the Battle 4 Atlantis in 2016, source told ESPN. Set to be a loaded event once again.

Field so far:
WSU
Florida Gulf Coast
Louisville

[Speed]

Who Is St. Lewis? Never heard of them.