Western Kentucky made the news official last week that it'll participate in next season’s Battle 4 Atlantis.
It’ll be the Hilltoppers’ first trip to the Thanksgiving week tournament held each year since 2011 at Atlantis Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas.
WKU coach Rick Stansbury has a history with the event. He took his Mississippi State team to Atlantis in December of 2010 for a nonconference game against Virginia Tech, back before the event grew into the eight-team tournament it is today.
Stansbury went back last season as an assistant at Texas A&M. His 25th-ranked Aggies beat Texas and No.