2007 Paradise Jam Tournament

The 2007 Paradise Jam Tournament was a men's and women's preseason college basketball tournament that took place in Saint Thomas at the Sports and Fitness Center. Baylor won the men's division while Connecticut won the women's St. Thomas Division and Wake Forest won the women's St. John Division.

Paradise Jam Tournament

Teams	8 men's, 10 women's
Finals site	Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Paradise Jam Tournament

Men's Tournament

2007 men

Baylor Team Photo 2007, Paradise Jam Tournament winner

	First Round 16 November					Semifinals 18 November					Championship 19 November
		Charlotte	77
		Georgia Tech	82
							Georgia Tech	73
							Winthrop	79
		UIC	58
		Winthrop	72
												Winthrop	54
												Baylor	62
		Baylor	64
		Wichita State	55
							Baylor	68
							Notre Dame	64
		Monmouth	33
		Notre Dame	76

	3rd Place game
		Georgia Tech	70
		Notre Dame	69

	Consolation 2nd Round					5th Place Game
		Charlotte	64
		UIC	63
							Charlotte	56
							Monmouth	58
		Wichita State	50
		Monmouth	59

	7th Place game
		UIC	60
		Wichita State	67

Women's Tournament

UConn team photo 2007, Paradise Jam Tournament winner

In 2007, the Tournament consisted of one division with four teams, and another division with six teams. The St. John division, with four teams, played a round robin, with each team playing each other on 22, 23 and 24 November. The St. Thomas division was organized into two sub-divisions, Reef and Island. Three teams were assigned to each, and they played each other in a round robin, with one off day. The results were used to seed the teams, and on 25 November, championship games, as well as games for third and fifth place were played.

Participating Teams

St. Thomas Division:[1]

• Reef Sub-Division
  • Purdue
  • Duke
  • Temple
• Island Sub-Division
  • UConn
  • Stanford
  • Old Dominion

St. John Division:[1]

• Wichita State
• Indiana
• Texas A&M
• Wake Forest

St. Thomas Division

In the opening rounds, Duke beat Purdue and Temple to go 2–0 in the Reef division, while Connecticut beat Stanford and ODU 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 in the nation. 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.[2]

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.[3]

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. This was the first meeting between the two team since the prior year, when Duke won in overtime in the regional final to deny Connecticut a trip to the Final Four.[4]

St. John Division

In the opening round Wake Forest beat Indiana 55–53, while Texas A&M beat Wichita State 70–36. In the second round Indiana beat Wichita State 64 015054, while Wake Forest beat Texas A&M 53–46.

On the final day, Wake Forest beat Wichita State 54–47 to finish with a 3–0 record and win the 2007 Paradise Jam Championship (St. John). Texas A&M beat Indiana 60–48 to earn the third place finish.[5]

References

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