2007 Paradise Jam Tournament

The 2007 Paradise Jam was an early-season men's and women's college basketball tournament. The tournament, which began in 2000, was part of the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and 2007-08 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament was played at the Sports and Fitness Center in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Baylor won the men's tournament, in the women's tournament UConn won the Saint Thomas Division, and Wake Forest won the Saint John Division.

2007 Paradise Jam Tournament
Teams8 (men's), 10 (women's)
Finals siteSports and Fitness Center
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
ChampionsBaylor (men's)
UConn (women's Saint Thomas)
Wake Forest (women's Saint John)
MVPCurtis Jerrells, Baylor (men's)
Maya Moore, UConn (women's Saint Thomas)
Alex Tchangoue, Wake Forest (women's Saint John)
Paradise Jam Tournament

Men's Tournament
Baylor Team Photo 2007 Paradise Jam winners

Bracket
  5th Place Game
November 19		 Consolation 2nd Round
November 18		 First Round
November 16		 Semifinals
November 18		 Championship
November 19
                                               
       Charlotte  77  
       Georgia Tech  82  
     Charlotte  64        10  Georgia Tech  73  
     UIC  63          Winthrop  79  
     UIC  58
       Winthrop  72  
     Charlotte  56          Winthrop  54
     Monmouth  58          Baylor  62
       Baylor  64  
         Wichita State  55  
   Wichita State  50          Baylor  68
  7th Place Game        Monmouth  59          Notre Dame  64     3rd Place Game
     UIC  60      Monmouth  33      Georgia Tech  70
     Wichita State  67        Villanova  76        Notre Dame  69

Women's Tournament
Connecticut team photo - 2007 Paradise Jam Tournament winners

The 2007 edition of the tournament consisted of one division with four teams, and another division with six teams. The Saint Thomas Division was organized into two sub-divisions, Reef and Island. The three teams in the sub-divisions played each other in a round robin, results of the games were used to determine sees for the championship round games on November 25. The Saint John division, with four teams, played a round robin, with each team playing each other November 22-24.[1]

Reef Sub-Division

In the opening rounds, Duke beat Purdue and Temple to go 2–0 in the Reef division, The Duke-Purdue match up also featured two top 25 teams with Duke ranked 8th and Purdue 20th. Duke held Purdue to 29% shooting and won the game 53–41.[2]

Island Sub-Division

In the Island Sub-Division UConn defeated Stanford and Old Dominion to go 2–0 in the Island division. The match up between Stanford and Connecticut involved two of the top teams in the nation, with Stanford ranked 4th and UConn 2nd. The Huskies started out strong, opening up a 22–8 lead and went on to win 66–54. Freshman Maya Moore was the leading scorer with 19 points.[3]

Saint Thomas Division Championship Round

The Championship game matched up the two 2–0 teams, Duke and Connecticut. UConn pulled out to a 16-point lead by halftime, and extended the lead by another ten points in the second half. The Huskies ended up winning 74-48. This was the first meeting between the two schools since the prior year, when Duke won in overtime in the regional final to deny UConn a trip to the Final Four.[4]

Saint John Division

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References
  1. "Tournament History & Statistics". Basketball Travelers, Inc. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  2. "Thomas, Black help extend No. 8 Duke's start to 4–0". ESPN. 22 November 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  3. "Moore's double-double helps UConn dump Stanford". ESPN. 22 November 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  4. "No. 2 UConn convincingly drops No. 8 Duke from unbeaten ranks". ESPN. 25 November 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  5. "Women's "Saint John" Division 2007" (PDF). Basketball Travelers, Inc. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
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