2018 Paradise Jam Tournament

2018 Paradise Jam Tournament
Teams	8
Finals site	Sports and Fitness Center; Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Champions	Kansas State (men's); Kentucky (women's Island) ; UConn (women's Reef)
MVP	Dean Wade, Kansas State (men's) ; Rhyne Howard, Kentucky (women's Island) ; Napheesa Collier, UConn (women's Reef)
Paradise Jam Tournament

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 November 19			Consolation 2nd Round November 17				First Round November 16				Semifinals November 17				Championship November 19

								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 22

	Kentucky	85
17	South Florida	63

	November 22

	North Carolina		84
	UCLA		49

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

Rhyne Howard, Kentucky
Kennedy Burke, UCLA
Sydni Harvey, South Florida
Taylor Murray, Kentucky
Stephanie Watts, North Carolina

Reef Division

November 22

2	UConn	90
	Ole Miss	50

	November 22

	Purdue		62
	St. John's		68

	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

Napheesa Collier, Connecticut
Crystal Allen, Ole Miss
Tiana England, St. John's
Ae’Rianna Harris, Purdue
Katie Lou Samuelson, Connecticut

References

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