The 2018 Paradise Jam was an early-season men's and women's college basketball tournament. The tournament, which began in 2000, was part of the 2018-19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and 2018-19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season . After a year's absence due to major damage to the Virgin Islands from Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria , the tournament returned to the Sports and Fitness Center in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands , Kansas State won the men's tournament, in the women's tournament Kentucky won the Island Division and UConn won the Reef Division.
Men's Tournament [ ] Bracket [ ]
5th Place Game
Consolation 2nd Round
First Round
Semifinals
Championship
Oregon State
61
Old Dominion
56
Old Dominion
65
Oregon State
63
Kennesaw State
47
Missouri
69
Kennesaw State
52
Missouri
55
Old Dominion
53
Missouri
67
Northern Iowa
54
12
Kansas State
82
Northern Iowa
71
Penn
78
Northern Iowa
90
Penn
48
7th Place Game
Eastern Kentucky
85
12
Kansas State
64
3rd Place Game
Kennesaw State
81
Eastern Kentucky
68
Oregon State
74
Eastern Kentucky
100
12
Kansas State
95
Penn
58
Women's Tournament [ ] The women's tournament will be played from November 22–24. The women's tournament consists of 8 teams split into two 4-team, round-robin divisions: Island and Reef.
Island Division [ ]
November 23
North Carolina
71
17
South Florida
69
November 23
Kentucky
75*
UCLA
74
November 24
17
South Florida
60
UCLA
56
November 24
Kentucky
85
North Carolina
75
Island Division All-Tournament team [ ] Reef Division [ ]
November 23
Ole Miss
59
Purdue
70
November 23
St. John's
55
2
UConn
65
November 24
Purdue
40
2
UConn
86
November 24
Ole Miss
59
St. John's
64
Reef Division All-Tournament team [ ] References [ ]