Bahamas Bowl: Buffalo (7-5) vs. Charlotte (7-5), at Nassau, Bahamas, Dec. 20, 2 p.m. EST.

North Carolina (5-1) vs. Oregon (6-1)

Battle 4 Atlantis , Imperial Arena at Atlantis Resort, Nassau, Bahamas; Friday, 11:30 a.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: North Carolina and Oregon are set to...

Alabama (2-4) vs. Southern Miss (2-5)

Battle 4 Atlantis , Imperial Arena at Atlantis Resort, Nassau, Bahamas; Friday, 9:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Alabama and Southern Miss will take the...

Iowa State (4-2) vs. Seton Hall (5-2)

Battle 4 Atlantis , Imperial Arena at Atlantis Resort, Nassau, Bahamas; Friday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Iowa State and Seton Hall are set to clash...

Michigan (6-0) vs. Gonzaga (8-0)

Battle 4 Atlantis , Imperial Arena at Atlantis Resort, Nassau, Bahamas; Friday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Michigan and Gonzaga will go at it in the...

Michigan (5-0) vs. North Carolina (5-0)

Battle 4 Atlantis , Imperial Arena at Atlantis Resort, Nassau, Bahamas; Thursday, 1:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Michigan and North Carolina will go...

Iowa State (3-2) vs. Alabama (2-3)

Battle 4 Atlantis , Imperial Arena at Atlantis Resort, Nassau, Bahamas; Thursday, 6:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Iowa State is set to face Alabama in a...

Gonzaga (7-0) vs. Oregon (6-0)

Battle 4 Atlantis , Imperial Arena at Atlantis Resort, Nassau, Bahamas; Thursday, 4 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Gonzaga and Oregon are set to collide in the...

Southern Miss (2-4) vs. Seton Hall (4-2)

Battle 4 Atlantis , Imperial Arena at Atlantis Resort, Nassau, Bahamas; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST

Seton Hall (4-1) vs. Oregon (5-0)

Battle 4 Atlantis , Imperial Arena at Atlantis Resort, Nassau, Bahamas; Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Seton Hall and Oregon will meet in the...

Gonzaga (6-0) vs. Southern Miss (2-3)

Battle 4 Atlantis , Imperial Arena at Atlantis Resort, Nassau, Bahamas; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Gonzaga and Southern Miss will go at it...

Michigan (4-0) vs. Iowa State (3-1)

Battle 4 Atlantis , Imperial Arena at Atlantis Resort, Nassau, Bahamas; Wednesday, 12 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Michigan and Iowa State are set to clash...

North Carolina (4-0) vs. Alabama (2-2)

Battle 4 Atlantis , Imperial Arena at Atlantis Resort, Nassau, Bahamas; Wednesday, 2:30 p.m. EST

Milwaukee (5-2) vs. George Washington (2-4)

Islands of the Bahamas Showcase , Kendall G.L. Isaacs National Gymnasium, Nassau, Bahamas; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST

Rice (5-3) vs. East Carolina (2-4)

Islands of the Bahamas Showcase , Kendall G.L. Isaacs National Gymnasium, Nassau, Bahamas; Sunday, 5 p.m. EST

Morgan State (3-4) vs. Evansville (3-3)

Islands of the Bahamas Showcase , Kendall G.L. Isaacs National Gymnasium, Nassau, Bahamas; Sunday, 11 a.m. EST

Liberty (7-0) vs. Kansas City (4-3)

Islands of the Bahamas Showcase , Kendall G.L. Isaacs National Gymnasium, Nassau, Bahamas; Sunday, 8 p.m. EST

Liberty (6-0) vs. Rice (5-2)

Islands of the Bahamas Showcase , Kendall G.L. Isaacs National Gymnasium, Nassau, Bahamas; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST

George Washington (1-4) vs. Evansville (3-2)

Islands of the Bahamas Showcase , Kendall G.L. Isaacs National Gymnasium, Nassau, Bahamas; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

Morgan State (3-3) vs. Milwaukee (4-2)

Islands of the Bahamas Showcase , Kendall G.L. Isaacs National Gymnasium, Nassau, Bahamas; Saturday, 11 a.m. EST

Kansas City (3-3) vs. East Carolina (2-3)

Islands of the Bahamas Showcase , Kendall G.L. Isaacs National Gymnasium, Nassau, Bahamas; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST

Evansville (3-1) vs. East Carolina (1-3)

Islands of the Bahamas Showcase , Kendall G.L. Isaacs National Gymnasium, Nassau, Bahamas; Friday, 8 p.m. EST

Kansas City (2-3) vs. George Washington (1-3)

Islands of the Bahamas Showcase , Kendall G.L. Isaacs National Gymnasium, Nassau, Bahamas; Friday, 5 p.m. EST

Rice (4-2) vs. Milwaukee (4-1)

Islands of the Bahamas Showcase , Kendall G.L. Isaacs National Gymnasium, Nassau, Bahamas; Friday, 2 p.m. EST

Liberty (5-0) vs. Morgan State (3-2)

Islands of the Bahamas Showcase , Kendall G.L. Isaacs National Gymnasium, Nassau, Bahamas; Friday, 11 a.m. EST

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a JetBlue flight traveling from the Dominican Republic to Florida had to make an emergency landing in the Bahamas.

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — The Latest on a helicopter crash that killed seven people in the Bahamas (all times local):

11:45 a.m.

Leaders of industry, government and academics in West...

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Police in the Bahamas worked Friday to identify the bodies of seven Americans killed in a helicopter crash after being told that billionaire coal tycoon and Republican donor...

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. (AP) — A Chicago suburb's decision to sponsor a nationally televised college football bowl game in the Bahamas has won over some residents and local merchants despite receiving mixed reactions after the announcement last summer.

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Sayeed Pridgett hit two free throws with a second left to lift Montana to its second straight victory in the Islands of the Bahamas Showcase tournament in Nassau, a 73-71 win over Miami (Ohio) on Saturday.

Ahmaad Rorie hit a 3-pointer with :13 left to put Montana ahead, 71-69, but Darrian Ringo got to the basket for a layup with :06 left to tie the game at 71-71. Pridgett drew a foul on Dalonte Brown to earn his only free-throw attempts in the game.

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. (AP) — A Chicago suburb is spending $300,000 to be the title sponsor for a nationally televised college football bowl game in the Bahamas.

Elk Grove Village and ESPN on Tuesday announced the bowl sponsorship for the Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl. They said the Dec. 21 game in Nassau will mark the first time a non-tourist municipality has sponsored a bowl game.

WOODSTOCK, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman is dead and her husband badly hurt after a tour boat they were on in the Bahamas exploded over the weekend.

Cherokee County school officials say 39-year-old Maleka Jackson and her husband, Tiran, were among 10 people on the boat when it blew up about 9 a.m. Saturday off the coast of Exuma, which is 130 miles south of Nassau. The cause of the explosion remains under investigation.

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Authorities in the Bahamas are trying to determine what caused a fire on a tour boat in an incident that killed a U.S. citizen and injured nine people.

Royal Bahamas Police Force Superintendent Shanta Knowles says officials from the country's police, fire and civil aviation departments were on the island of Great Exuma on Monday conducting an investigation into the explosion and fire.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Coming off its first NCAA tournament appearance in 31 years, the Marshall men's basketball team will take an eight-day trip to the Bahamas in August.

Coach Dan D'Antoni says the Thundering Herd will depart Aug. 10, play three exhibition games in Nassau and return to Huntington on Aug. 17. NCAA rules allow Marshall to hold 10 days of practices prior to leaving Huntington.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Bahamian man has been restored to health at a Florida hospital after drifting on the Atlantic Ocean for 16 days.

Samuel Moss Jr. of Nassau, the Bahamas, spoke with reporters Friday at St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach.

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — The Bahamas military has detained 70 Haitians crossing the southern portion of the island chain in a sailboat.

A Royal Bahamas Defense Force statement says the suspected migrants were located Monday evening by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter after they were initially spotted the previous day by a Bahamian patrol plane.

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Authorities lost track of a small plane with six people on board Wednesday as it traveled between two islands in the Bahamas and searchers later found a debris field, suggesting the aircraft may have crashed into the ocean, officials said.

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Ohio (8-4, MAC) vs UAB (8-4, Conference USA), Dec. 22, 12:30 p.m. EST

LOCATION: Nassau, Bahamas.

TOP PLAYERS

UAB: RB Spencer Brown broke Jordan Howard's school freshman records with 1,292 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns. Ranks third on the program's single-season rushing chart.

Ohio: QB Nathan Rourke has passed for 2,018 yards and 15 touchdowns while also rushing for 882 yards.

YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — Eastern Michigan is going to a bowl game for the first time since 1987.

The Popeyes Bahamas Bowl said Tuesday that the Eagles have accepted an invitation to the Dec. 23 game, where they will play Old Dominion in Nassau in a game aired on ESPN.

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — The government of the Bahamas says it has reached an agreement that will lead to the completion of a stalled mega-resort financed and built by Chinese state-owned enterprises.

Prime Minister Perry Christie announced late Monday that China Construction will finish the Baha Mar project with financing from the Export-Import Bank of China. The complex will then be sold to a "world class" hotel and casino operator, he said.

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — The Bahamas on Friday issued a rare travel advisory for any of its citizens visiting the United States, recommending that young men in particular take care in cities affected by recent tensions over police shootings.

A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs warns visitors to "exercise appropriate caution" in light of recent episodes involving police officers and black men. It also advises people not to get involved in demonstrations and to...