The 2014 Paradise Jam was an early-season men's and women's college basketball tournament. The tournament, which began in 2000, was part of the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament was played at the Sports and Fitness Center in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Seton Hall won the men's tournament, in the women's tournament Florida Gulf Coast won the Island Division and Kentucky won the women's Reef Division.
| Season | 2014–15 | ||||
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| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Finals site | Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands | ||||
| Champions | Seton Hall (men's) Florida Gulf Coast (women's Island) Kentucky (women's Reef) | ||||
| MVP | Sterling Gibbs, Seton Hall (men's) Whitney Knight, Florida Gulf Coast (women's Island) Makayla Epps, Kentucky (women's Reef) | ||||
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Men's tournament
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edit| 5th Place Game November 24 | Consolation 2nd Round November 23 | First Round November 21 | Semifinals November 23 | Championship November 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gardner–Webb | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 59 | Gardner–Webb | 67 | |||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 50 | Seton Hall | 85 | |||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 64 | Seton Hall | 84 | |||||||||||||||
| LSU | 61 | Illinois State | 80 | |||||||||||||||
| LSU | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7th Place Game | LSU | 72 | Old Dominion | 45 | 3rd Place Game | |||||||||||||
| Weber State | 58 | Illinois State | 64 | |||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 56 | Illinois State | 73 | Gardner-Webb | 48 | |||||||||||||
| Weber State | 59 | Weber State | 64 | Old Dominion | 56 | |||||||||||||
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Women's tournament
editThe women's tournament was played from November 27–29. The women's tournament consisted of eight teams split into two 4-team, round-robin divisions: Island and Reef.
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References
edit- ^ Dauster, Rob (May 20, 2014). "Bracket is set for the 2014 Paradise Jam". NBC Sports. NBC Universal. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ Pugh, Cjad (June 19, 2014). "2014 U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam Women's Tournaments Matchups Announced". Nation of Blue. Nation of Blue LLC. Retrieved March 18, 2023.