2019 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.
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| 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)  | ||||
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Men's Tournament
    
    Non–Bracketed games
    
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Bracket
    
| 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.
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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.