The Huskies are headed back to paradise, it appears.

The UConn mens basketball team will participate in the 2021 Battle 4 Atlantis, one of college basketballs preeminent pre-conference tournaments, Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports reported Thursday.

Syracuse, Arizona State, Auburn, VCU and Loyola-Chicago are also expected to be included in the field. There is one team yet to be determined, Rothstein wrote.

Matchups against the longtime rival Orange as well as against coach Bob Hurleys Sun Devils, creating a matchup of brothers with UConns coach Dan Hurley, certainly would appeal to Husky fans.

It would be the third appearance for the Huskies at the 10-year-old event, which is played annually at Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas around the Thanksgiving holiday.

UConn has a record of 3-3 in its previous two trips to Nassau for the tournament.

In the 2015-16 season UConn beat Michigan before losing to Syracuse and Gonzaga. In the 2011-12 event it beat UNC Asheville, losing to UCF, then beating Florida State.

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