Paradise Jam Tournament

Paradise Jam

Paradise Jam
Sport College basketball
Founded 2000
No. of teams 8 men's teams, 8 women's teams
Country  United States
Venue(s) Sports and Fitness Center
Most recent champion(s) Men South Carolina
Women Kentucky (Reef)
Women Florida Gulf Coast (Island)
TV partner(s) CBS Sports Network, SNY
Founder Basketball Travelers, Inc.
Official website Paradise Jam

The U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam is a preseason college basketball tournament that takes place in late November of each year, with the men usually playing the week before Thanksgiving and the women playing Thanksgiving week. It takes place in St. Thomas at the Sports and Fitness Center. The tournament began in 2000 as a women's tournament. There has been a men's tournament since 2001. The format was originally a six-team tournament, with teams divided into two groups of three for a round-robin competition, with group standings deciding the entrants to the fifth-place, third-place, and championship games. In 2006 the format was changed to a more traditional eight-team tournament where all teams play three games- with the final day's games determining placement in all positions, first through eighth. La Salle has the most appearances of any team (3).

South Carolina are the defending men's champions, defeating Tulsa in the 2015 final, 83-75.

Past championship games

Men's tournament

University of the Virgin Islands view from campus
Year Winner Score Opponent
2001 Miami 67–65 Clemson
2002 BYU 66–57 St. Bonaventure
2003 Boston College 84–81 Wichita State
2004 Arkansas 82–64 Eastern Michigan
2005 Wisconsin 84–81 Old Dominion
2006 Alabama 63–56 Xavier
2007 Baylor 62–54 Winthrop
2008 UConn 76–57 Wisconsin
2009 Purdue 73–72 Tennessee
2010 Old Dominion 67–58 Xavier
2011 Marquette 59–57 Norfolk State
2012 New Mexico 66–60 UConn
2013 Maryland 56–52 Providence
2014 Seton Hall 84–80 Illinois State
2015 South Carolina 83-75 Tulsa

Women's tournament

Year Paradise Jam Women's Tournament Champions
2000 Texas Tech    
Year St. Thomas Division St. John Division St. Croix Division
2001 Texas Arizona State Florida State
Year St. Thomas Division St. John Division  
2002 South Carolina Duke  
2003 Virginia Tech Southwest Missouri State  
2004 North Carolina State Rutgers  
2005 Minnesota Tennessee  
2006 Championship cancelled‡ Marquette  
2007 Connecticut Wake Forest  
Year Island Division Reef Division
2008 Wisconsin California
2009 Notre Dame Rutgers
2010 Georgetown West Virginia
2011 Alabama Michigan  
2012 Connecticut South Carolina  
2013 Duke Syracuse  
2014 Florida Gulf Coast Kentucky  
2015 Rutgers Maryland

‡In 2006, the final game was cancelled due to a family tragedy involving a family member of one of the Arizona State players.[1]


2002

Saint John Division
-Saint Bonaventure 91, Virginia Tech 78
-Saint Bonaventure 65, Michigan 53
-Virginia Tech 65, Michigan 53

Saint Thomas Division
-Brigham Young 71, Toledo 56
-Brigham Young 73, Kansas State 64
-Toldeo 58, Kansas State 50

Championship Round

Consolation 5th Place: Kansas State 82, Michigan 71
Consolation 3rd Place: Virginia Tech 58, Toledo 45
Championship: Brigam Young 66, Saint Bonaventure 57

2001

Saint John Division
-Clemson 70, Morris Brown 57
-La Salle 63, Morris Brown 49
-Clemson 81, La Salle 69

Saint Thomas Division
-UAB 79, Eastern Michigan 66
-Miami (FL) 93, Eastern Michigan 56
-Miami (FL) 81, UAB 79

Championship Round

Consolation 5th Place: Eastern Michigan 67, Morris Brown 55
Consolation 3rd Place: La Salle 63, UAB 58
Championship: Miami (FL) 67, Clemson 65

See also

Future Participants

2016[2]

NC State
Ole Miss
Creighton
Saint Joseph's
Loyola
Oral Roberts
Montana
Washington St

References

External links

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