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
Results
Island Division All-Tournament team Rhyne Howard, Kentucky Kennedy Burke, UCLA Sydni Harvey, South Florida Taylor Murray, Kentucky Stephanie Watts, North Carolina
Reef Division
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
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