2019 Paradise Jam Tournament

2019 Paradise Jam Tournament
Teams	8
Finals site	Sports and Fitness Center; Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Champions	Nevada (men's); Louisville (women's Island) ; South Carolina (women's Reef)
MVP	Jalen Harris, Nevada (men's) ; Dana Evans Louisville (women's Island) ; Aliyah Boston, South Carolina (women's Reef)
Paradise Jam Tournament

The 2019 Paradise Jam was an early-season men's and women's college basketball tournament. The tournament, which began in 2000, was part of the 2019-20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and 2019-20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament was played at the Sports and Fitness Center in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Nevada won the men's tournament defeating Bowling Green. in the women's tournament [2019–20 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team|South Carolina]] won the women's Reef division, and Louisville won the Island division.

* – Denotes overtime period

Men's Tournament[]

Non–Bracketed games[]

	November 15

	Fairmount State		66
	Bowling Green		88

	November 27

	Trinity Christian		71
	Valparaiso		98

Bracket[]

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5th Place Game November 25		Consolation 2nd Round November 24				First Round November 22				Semifinals November 23				Championship November 25

						Valparaiso		78
						Grand Canyon		74
		Grand Canyon		58						Valparaiso		59
		Fordham		70						Nevada		84
						Fordham		60
						Nevada		74
Fordham	64													Bowling Green		62
Western Kentucky	69													Nevada		77
						Illinois State		65
						Cincinnati		66
		Illinois State		69						Cincinnati		84*
7th Place Game			Western Kentucky		83						Bowling Green		91			3rd Place Game
Grand Canyon	68						Bowling Green		77						Cincinnati		81*
Illinois State	63						Western Kentucky		75							Valparaiso		77

Women's Tournament[]

^[2] The women's tournament was played from November 28–20. The women's tournament consists of 8 teams split into two 4-team, round-robin divisions: Island and Reef.

Island Division[]

November 28

	UT Arlington	67

8	Louisville	76

November 28

1	Oregon	89

	Oklahoma State	72

November 29

8	Louisville	69
	Oklahoma State	48

November 29

1	Oregon	91
	UT Arlington	54

	November 30

	Oklahoma State		60
	UT Arlington		47

November 30

8	Louisville	72

1	Oregon	62

Reef Division[]

November 28

	Washington State	66

2	Baylor	89

November 28

17	Indiana	71

5	South Carolina	57

November 29

2	Baylor	77

17	Indiana	62

November 29

	Washington State	53

5	South Carolina	68

November 30

	Washington State	44

17	Indiana	78

November 30

5	South Carolina	74

2	Baylor	59

References[]

^ "2019-2020 U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam Bracket". RealGM.com. Real G.M. LLC.
^ "Women's Paradise Jam Composite Schedule". Composite Schedule. BasketballTravelers.net.

[1] "2019-2020 U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam Bracket". RealGM.com. Real G.M. LLC.

[2] "Women's Paradise Jam Composite Schedule". Composite Schedule. BasketballTravelers.net.

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