The 2013 Paradise Jam was an early-season men's and women's college basketball tournament. The tournament, which began in 2000, was part of the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament was played at the Sports and Fitness Center in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Maryland won the men's tournament, in the women's tournament Duke won the women's Island Division and Syracuse won the women's Reef Division.
| Season | 2013–14 | ||||
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| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Finals site | Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands | ||||
| Champions | New Mexico (men's) Connecticut (women's Island) South Carolina (women's Reef) | ||||
| MVP | Dez Wells, Maryland (men's) Tricia Liston, Duke (women's Island) Brianna Butler, Syracuse (women's Reef) | ||||
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Men's tournament
editBracket
edit* – Denotes overtime period
| 5th-place game November 25 | Consolation 2nd Round November 24 | First Round November 22 | Semifinals November 24 | Championship November 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 90 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | 76 | Northern Iowa | 66 | |||||||||||||||
| Marist | 70 | Maryland | 80 | |||||||||||||||
| Marist | 43 | |||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | 68 | Maryland | 56 | |||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 77 | Providence | 52 | |||||||||||||||
| Providence | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7th-place game | Vanderbilt | 75 | Providence | 71 | 3rd-place game | |||||||||||||
| Morgan State | 66 | La Salle | 63 | |||||||||||||||
| Marist | 67 | Morgan State | 59 | Northern Iowa | 65 | |||||||||||||
| Morgan State | 74* | La Salle | 78 | La Salle | 50 | |||||||||||||
Women's tournament
editThe women's tournament consists of 8 teams split into two 4-team, round-robin divisions: Island and Reef.[1]
Island Division
editIn the opening round of the Island Division on November 29, Duke beat Xavier 81–54. Kansas followed with a 68—63 victory over Central Michigan.
The following day, Duke struggled early against Central Michigan; down 24–21 in the first half. The Blue Devils then went on an 18–2 run to take a large lead, and cruised to a 97–64 victory.[2] In the other Island Division match-up, Xavier was down 26–20 with a minute to go in the first half, but tied the game at halftime. Kansas again pulled into the lead in the second half, on an 11–2 run to start the half, but Xavier came back to win 64–59.[3]
On the final day of the tournament, Central Michigan beat Xavier 88—62 in the Island Division. In the other match-up, Duke held only a nine-point lead at halftime, but pulled away to win by 33 points, 73–40. With an undefeated record, Duke won the Island Division.[4]
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Reef Division
editIn the Reef Division first round Texas A&M defeated Memphis 69–59 and Syracuse defeated Texas 75–65.[5]
In the Reef Division, unranked Texas upset previously unbeaten and 12th-ranked Texas A&M 68–59. The Longhorns pulled out to a twelve-point lead at halftime, and the two teams played roughly even in the second half. Texas's Nneka Enemkpali scored 20 points, hitting seven of her eight field goal attempts and six of her eight free throw attempts.[6] In the other Reef Division game, Syracuse pulled out to a 15-point halftime lead against Memphis, and extended the lead in the second half to remain undefeated with a 77–58 win.[7]
In the Reef Division, Texas easily beat Memphis, 65–36 to go 2–1 in the tournament. Syracuse played 12th ranked Texas A&M in the other game. The Aggies led by six early in the game, but Syracuse took over and led by nine at halftime. They pulled out to a large lead in the second half. Texas A&M cut the lead back to single digits, but were unable to re-take the lead. Syracuse won the game 78–63 and won the Reef Division title.[8]
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References
edit- ^ "Tournament History & Statistics". Basketball Travelers, Inc. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
- ^ "No. 2 Duke rips Central Michigan in Paradise Jam". ESPN. November 29, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ "Complete Play-By-Play". ESPN. November 29, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ Gardner, James (November 30, 2013). "Duke Women Win Paradise Jam 'Island Division'". St. Thomas Source. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ "Bracket results". Basketball Travelers, Inc. 28–30 November 2013. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ "Nneka Enemkpali, Texas upset No. 12 Texas A&M". ESPN. November 29, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ "Syracuse Memphis Boxscore". ESPN. November 29, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ Farrell, Sean (1 December 2013). ""Another Day in Paradise" – Syracuse WBB Wins Paradise Jam Title". wftv.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.