2007 Paradise Jam

2007 Paradise Jam
Season	2007–08
Teams	8 (men's), 10 (women's)
Finals site	Sports and Fitness Center; Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Champions	Baylor (men's); UConn (women's Saint Thomas) ; Wake Forest (women's Saint John)
MVP	Curtis Jerrells, Baylor (men's) ; Maya Moore, UConn (women's Saint Thomas) ; Alex Tchangoue, Wake Forest (women's Saint John)
Paradise Jam
«2006	2008»

The 2007 Paradise Jam was an early-season men's and women's college basketball tournament. The tournament, which began in 2000, was part of the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and 2007–08 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament was played at the Sports and Fitness Center in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Baylor won the men's tournament, in the women's tournament UConn won the Saint Thomas Division, and Wake Forest won the Saint John Division.

Men's tournament

Baylor Team Photo 2007 Paradise Jam winners

Bracket


5th Place Game November 19		Consolation 2nd Round November 18		First Round November 16		Semifinals November 18			Championship November 19



				Charlotte	77

				Georgia Tech	82

		Charlotte	64			10	Georgia Tech	73

		UIC	63				Winthrop	79

				UIC	58

				Winthrop	72

Charlotte	56								Winthrop	54

Monmouth	58								Baylor	62

				Baylor	64

				Wichita State	55

7th Place Game		Wichita State	50			Baylor		68	3rd Place Game

		Monmouth	59			Notre Dame		64

UIC	60			Monmouth	33				Georgia Tech	70

Wichita State	67			Villanova	76				Notre Dame	69

Women's tournament

Connecticut team photo - 2007 Paradise Jam Tournament winners

The 2007 edition of the tournament consisted of one division with four teams, and another division with six teams. The Saint Thomas Division was organized into two sub-divisions, Reef and Island. The three teams in the sub-divisions played each other in a round robin, results of the games were used to determine sees for the championship round games on November 25. The Saint John division, with four teams, played a round robin, with each team playing each other November 22-24.^[1]

Saint Thomas Division

Reef Sub-Division

In the opening rounds, Duke beat Purdue and Temple to go 2–0 in the Reef division, 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.^[2]

	November 22

	Duke	53
	Purdue	41

	November 23

	Temple	53
	Duke	64

	November 24

	Purdue	47
	Temple	61

Island Sub-Division

In the Island Sub-Division UConn defeated Stanford and Old Dominion 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. 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.^[3]

	November 22

	UConn	66
	Stanford	54

	November 23

	UConn	86
	Old Dominion	43

	November 24

	Stanford	69
	Old Dominion	61

Saint Thomas Division Championship Round

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. The Huskies ended up winning 74-48. This was the first meeting between the two schools since the prior year, when Duke won in overtime in the regional final to deny UConn a trip to the Final Four.^[4]

	November 25 Saint Thomas Division Championship

	Duke	48
	UConn	74

	November 25 Saint Thomas Division 3rd Place Game

	Purdue	53
	Old Dominion	66

	November 25 Saint Thomas Division 5th Place Game

	Stanford	64
	Temple	53

Saint John Division

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	November 22

	Wake Forest	55
	Indiana	53

	November 22

	Texas A&M	70
	Wichita State	36

	November 23

	Indiana	64
	Wichita State	54

	November 23

	Wake Forest	63
	Texas A&M	56

	November 24

	Texas A&M	60
	Indiana	48

	November 24

	Wichita State	47
	Wake Forest	54

References

^ "Tournament History & Statistics". Basketball Travelers, Inc. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
^ "Thomas, Black help extend No. 8 Duke's start to 4–0". ESPN. 22 November 2007. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
^ "Moore's double-double helps UConn dump Stanford". ESPN. 22 November 2007. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
^ "No. 2 UConn convincingly drops No. 8 Duke from unbeaten ranks". ESPN. 25 November 2007. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
^ "Women's "Saint John" Division 2007" (PDF). Basketball Travelers, Inc. Retrieved 28 December 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[Tournament_History-1] "Tournament History & Statistics". Basketball Travelers, Inc. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012.

[Duke_Purdue-2] "Thomas, Black help extend No. 8 Duke's start to 4–0". ESPN. 22 November 2007. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2012.

[CT_Stanford-3] "Moore's double-double helps UConn dump Stanford". ESPN. 22 November 2007. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2012.

[CT_Duke-4] "No. 2 UConn convincingly drops No. 8 Duke from unbeaten ranks". ESPN. 25 November 2007. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2012.

[2007_Saint_John_scores-5] "Women's "Saint John" Division 2007" (PDF). Basketball Travelers, Inc. Retrieved 28 December 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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