REPORT: Marquette Men’s Basketball To Play In 2026 Battle 4 Atlantis

They’re probably going to play the basketball indoors | Credit: Getty Images Jon Rothstein just keeps on Jon Rothstein-ing it up! On Tuesday, everyone’s second favorite men’s college basketball non-conference schedule reporter let fly with an update on the participation for the 2026 Battle 4 Atlantis tournament at the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas. According to Jon’s reporting , YOUR Marquette Golden Eagles will be joined by Virginia and Texas A&M along with A MYSTERY TEAM at the event this coming November.

NEWS: Virginia, Marquette, Texas A&M, and one team that's currently TBD will headline one part of the 2026 Battle 4 Atlantis, according to multiple sources. https://t. co/QvdEjpvBEu — Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) May 12, 2026 Now, you might be saying, hey, wait a minute, wasn’t Battle 4 Atlantis an eight team event in the past?

Sure was, but Rothstein’s on top of that, too. According to Jon, B4A will be a pair of four team events this year. Normally I would say that the combination of “Marquette and two other teams will headline B4A” and “there’s another 4 team bracket” would indicate that the other four team group is a mid-major bracket.

If that were to be the case, perhaps that would mean MU would even get a home game against one of the four teams in that other bracket. However, just last week, Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway went on the radio and said that his Tigers team would be in Battle 4 Atlantis this year alongside Wake Forest and Penn State. I obviously trust Penny much more than I trust Jon Rothstein here, so that certainly seems like we have 75% of both of the 4 team brackets settled, right?