Like all big ideas, this one started small. It was back in 2010 that sports marketing executive Lea Miller first approached government officials in the Bahamas with the brainstorm of bringing NCAA basketball outside the United States — to help lure visitors to the islands during what is an otherwise slow period. Five years later, the three-day Battle 4 Atlantis tournament at Nassau's Paradise Island is on par with the Maui Invitational as one of the premiere early-season events in college basketball. And It's the only one to host NCAA-sanctioned games outside a U.S.-controlled territory. Now, the island destination has set its...
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