2018 Paradise Jam Explained

Type:Paradise Jam
Gender:Men's, Women's
Year:2018
Season:2019
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

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

Island Division All-Tournament team

Reef Division

Reef Division All-Tournament team