2019 Paradise Jam

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 South Carolina won the women's Reef division, and Louisville won the Island division.

2019 Paradise Jam

Season	2019–20
Teams	8
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)
Paradise Jam «2018 2020»

* – Denotes overtime period

Men's tournament

Non–Bracketed games

	Non-bracketed games
	November 15
	Fairmount State		66
	Bowling Green		88
	November 27
	Trinity Christian		71
	Valparaiso		98

Bracket

^[1]

	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
	7th Place Game				Illinois State	69							Cincinnati	84*			3rd Place Game
					Western Kentucky	83							Bowling Green	91
	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.

Island Division

November 28       UT Arlington 67 8 Louisville 76

November 28       1 Oregon 89 Oklahoma State 72

November 29 Louisville 69 Oklahoma State 48

November 29 Oregon 91 UT Arlington 54

November 30 Oklahoma State 60 UT Arlington 47

November 30       8 Louisville 72 1 Oregon 62

Reef Division

November 28       Washington State 66 2 Baylor 89

November 28       17 Indiana 71 5 South Carolina 57

November 29       2 Baylor 77 17 Indiana 62

November 29       Washington State 53 5 South Carolina 68

November 30       Washington State 44 17 Indiana 78

November 30       5 South Carolina 74 2 Baylor 59