Duke: ‘Nothing is official with our schedule’

By ADAM ZAGORIA

Duke was initially slated to play in the Battle 4 Atlantis but with many of those teams moving to play a similar event in South Dakota, it remains unclear if Duke will play in the new event.

“Nothing is official yet as it pertains to our schedule,” a Duke spokesman said Friday.

There has been lots of speculation that Duke will opt out of the event featuring Ohio State, Memphis, West Virginia, Wichita State, Utah, Texas A&M and Creighton.

One source said Duke is “doing their own event” and a second source close to Duke said, “Who wants to go to South Dakota?”

The Battle 4 Atlantis is officially on hiatus, but the new event is expected to take place at the Sanford Pentagon in South Dakota.

Atlantis President Audrey Oswell said the Battle 4 Atlantis basketball tournament will resume in November 2021.

“We have made the difficult decision to put on hiatus this year’s Battle 4 Atlantis basketball tournaments,” she said. pic.twitter.com/qpPPlQlDF9

— Jasper Williams-Ward (@jasperward94) September 17, 2020

Meantime, Duke is also expected to play in the Champions Classic with Kentucky, Kansas and Michigan State. That is expected to take place in Orlando between Dec. 1-5, possibly Dec. 2.

This post has been updated.

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