2018 Paradise Jam
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{{Infobox college basketball tournament
| Type = Paradise Jam
| Gender = Men's, Women's
| Year = 2018
| Season = 2019
| Image =
| ImageSize = 200px
| Caption =
| Teams = 8
| FinalFourArena = Sports and Fitness Center
| FinalFourCity = Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
| Champions = Kansas State (men's)
Kentucky (women's Island)
UConn (women's Reef)
| MOP = Dean Wade, Kansas State (men's)
Rhyne Howard, Kentucky (women's Island)
Napheesa Collier, UConn (women's Reef)
}}
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 =
{{8TeamBracket-Consols
|boldwinner=yes
| RD3=First Round
November 16
| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Oregon State | RD3-score1=61
| RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Old Dominion | RD3-score2=56
| RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=Kennesaw State | RD3-score3=52
| RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=Missouri | RD3-score4=55
| RD3-seed5= | RD3-team5=Northern Iowa | RD3-score5=71
| RD3-seed6= | RD3-team6=Penn | RD3-score6=78
| RD3-seed7= | RD3-team7=Eastern Kentucky | RD3-score7=68
| RD3-seed8=12| RD3-team8=Kansas State | RD3-score8=95
| RD4=Semifinals
November 17
| RD4-Seed1= | RD4-team1=Oregon State | RD4-score1=63
| RD4-Seed2= | RD4-team2=Missouri | RD4-score2=69
| RD4-Seed3= | RD4-team3=Penn | RD4-score3=48
| RD4-seed4=12| RD4-team4=Kansas State | RD4-score4=64
| RD2=Consolation 2nd Round
November 17
|RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Old Dominion | RD2-score1=65
|RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Kennesaw State | RD2-score2=47
|RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Northern Iowa | RD2-score3=90
|RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Eastern Kentucky | RD2-score4=85
| RD5=Championship
November 19
| RD5-seed1= | RD5-team1=Missouri | RD5-score1=67
| RD5-seed2=12| RD5-team2=Kansas State | RD5-score2=82
| RD5b=3rd Place Game
| RD5b-seed1= | RD5b-team1=Oregon State | RD5b-score1=74
| RD5b-seed2= | RD5b-team2=Penn | RD5b-score2=58
| RD1=5th Place Game
November 19
| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Old Dominion | RD1-score1=53
| RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Northern Iowa | RD1-score2=54
| RD1b=7th Place Game
| RD1b-seed1= | RD1b-team1=Kennesaw State | RD1b-score1=81
| RD1b-seed2= | RD1b-team2=Eastern Kentucky | RD1b-score2=100
}}
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 =
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|team_order=UK,UNC,USF,UCLA
|win_UK= 3 |loss_UK= 0 |gf_UK= 245 |ga_UK= 212
|win_UNC= 2 |loss_UNC= 1 |gf_UNC= 230 |ga_UNC= 203
|win_USF= 1 |loss_USF= 2 |gf_USF= 192 |ga_USF= 212
|win_UCLA=0 |loss_UCLA=3 |gf_UCLA=179 |ga_UCLA=219
|name_UK=Kentucky |status_UK=C
|name_UNC=North Carolina
|name_USF=South Florida
|name_UCLA=UCLA
}}
==Results==
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| id = UK-USF
| bg = blank
| date = November 22
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| report = [https://ukathletics.com/news/2018/11/22/womens-basketball-kentucky-upsets-no-17-usf-in-paradise-jam/ Recap]
| team1 = Kentucky
| score1 = 85
| team2 = South Florida
| score2 = 63
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{{basketballbox
| id = UNC-UCLA
| bg = #e3e3e3
| date = November 22
| time = 4:00 p.m.
| report = [https://goheels.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats/2018-19/ucla/boxscore/16906 Box score]
| team1 = North Carolina
| score1 = 84
| team2 = UCLA
| score2 = 49
| overtime =
| Q1 = 25–19
| Q2 = 19–11
| Q3 = 23–12
| Q4 = 16–7
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| referee = Denise Brooks, Tiara Cruse, Saif Esho
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{{basketballbox
| id = UCLA-UK
| bg = blank
| date = November 23
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| report = [https://uclabruins.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats/2018-19/kentucky/boxscore/22678 Box score]
| team1 = UCLA
| score1 = 74
| team2 = Kentucky
| score2 = 75
| overtime = OT
| Q1 = 15–14
| Q2 = 16–27
| Q3 = 14–6
| Q4 = 21–19
| H1 =
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| OT = 8–9
| points1 = Michaela Oyenwere (28)
| rebounds1 = Lajahna Drummer (10)
| assist1 = Kennedy Burke (3)
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| points2 = Rhyne Howard (20)
| rebounds2 = Howard, Maci Morris (7)
| assist2 = Taylor Murray (3)
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| referee = Mark Resch, Katie Lukanich, Ed Sidlasky
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| bg = #e3e3e3
| date = November 23
| time = 4:00 p.m.
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| team1 = South Florida
| score1 = 69
| team2 = North Carolina
| score2 = 71
| overtime =
| Q1 = 20–16
| Q2 = 11–19
| Q3 = 20–23
| Q4 = 18–13
| H1 =
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| points1 = Laura Ferreira (22)
| rebounds1 = Tamara Henshaw (7)
| assist1 = Ferriera (7)
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| points2 = Stephanie Watts (24)
| rebounds2 = Janelle Bailey (7)
| assist2 = Shayla Bennett (3)
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| attendance = 715
| referee = Cissoko-Stevens Fatou, Tommi Parris, Barb Smith
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| date = November 24
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| report = [https://goheels.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats/2018-19/kentucky/boxscore/16908 Box score]
| team1 = North Carolina
| score1 = 85
| team2 = Kentucky
| score2 = 75
| overtime =
| Q1 = 25–23
| Q2 = 22–15
| Q3 = 13–16
| Q4 = 15–31
| H1 =
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| points1 = Stephanie Watts (27)
| rebounds1 = Taylor Koenen (11)
| assist1 = Shayla Bennett (4)
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| points2 = Rhyne Howard (25)
| rebounds2 = Howard (12)
| assist2 = Taylor Murray (10)
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| id = USF-UCLA
| bg = #e3e3e3
| date = November 24
| time = 4:00 p.m.
| report = [https://uclabruins.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats/2018-19/south-florida/boxscore/22679 Box score]
| team1 = South Florida
| score1 = 60
| team2 = UCLA
| score2 = 56
| overtime =
| Q1 = 6–9
| Q2 = 25–9
| Q3 = 16–20
| Q4 = 13–18
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| points1 = Sydni Harvey (19)
| rebounds1 = Team (10)
| assist1 = Elisa Pinzan (5)
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| points2 = Japreece Dean (17)
| rebounds2 = Lajahna Drummer (9)
| assist2 = Dean (5)
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| attendance = 814
| referee = Denise Brooks, Geraldine Smith, Jennifer White
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== Island Division All-Tournament team ==
- Rhyne Howard, Kentucky
- Kennedy Burke, UCLA
- Sydni Harvey, South Florida
- Taylor Murray, Kentucky
- Stephanie Watts, North Carolina
= Reef Division =
{{col-begin}}
{{col-4}}
{{2TeamBracket|compact=y|seeds=n
| RD1=November 22
| RD1-seed1 = 2
| RD1-team1 = UConn
| RD1-score1 = 90
| RD1-seed2 =
| RD1-team2=Ole Miss
| RD1-score2= 50
}}
{{col-4}}
{{2TeamBracket|compact=y|seeds=n
| RD1=November 22
| RD1-seed1 =
| RD1-team1 = Purdue
| RD1-score1 = 62
| RD1-seed2 =
| RD1-team2=St. John's
| RD1-score2=68
}}
{{col-4}}
{{col-end}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-4}}
{{2TeamBracket|compact=y|seeds=n
| RD1=November 23
| RD1-seed1 =
| RD1-team1 =Ole Miss
| RD1-score1 =59
| RD1-seed2 =
| RD1-team2=Purdue
| RD1-score2= 70
}}
{{col-4}}
{{2TeamBracket|compact=y|seeds=n
| RD1=November 23
| RD1-seed1 =
| RD1-team1 = St. John's
| RD1-score1 = 55
| RD1-seed2 = 2
| RD1-team2=UConn
| RD1-score2=65
}}
{{col-4}}
{{col-end}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-4}}
{{2TeamBracket|compact=y|seeds=n
| RD1=November 24
| RD1-seed1 =
| RD1-team1 = Purdue
| RD1-score1 = 40
| RD1-seed2 = 2
| RD1-team2=UConn
| RD1-score2=86
}}
{{col-4}}
{{2TeamBracket|compact=y|seeds=n
| RD1=November 24
| RD1-seed1 =
| RD1-team1 = Ole Miss
| RD1-score1 = 59
| RD1-seed2 =
| RD1-team2= St. John's
| RD1-score2=64
}}
{{col-4}}
{{col-end}}
== 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
{{Reflist}}
{{Paradise Jam Tournament}}