Paradise Jam

Paradise Jam
Sport	College basketball
Founded	2000 (women's), 2001 (men's)
Founder	Basketball Travelers, Inc.
No. of teams	8 men's teams, 8 women's teams
Country	United States
Venue(s)	Sports and Fitness Center, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Most recent; champion(s)	Men: Drake ; Women:; -Reef: Arkansas ; -Island: Georgia
TV partner(s)	ESPN3 & ESPN+
Official website	Paradise Jam

The U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam is a NCAA college basketball tournament that takes place annually in late November. The men's tournament typically takes place the week before Thanksgiving, with the women's tournament occurring during Thanksgiving week. It is held in St. Thomas at the Sports and Fitness Center on the campus of the University of the Virgin Islands. Colorado State is the defending men's champion. Texas A&M and Arizona are the defending women's champions in the Reef and Island divisions, respectively.

Format

Paradise Jam began in 2000 as a women's basketball tournament; a men's tournament was added the following year. In its current format, both tournaments feature eight teams that each play three games.

Men's format

The men's tournament was introduced in 2001 with a six-team, three-game group play format. In 2006, the tournament was expanded to eight teams and a bracket format was adopted. All teams play three games in the tournament, with the final day's games determining the tournament standings: a championship game, third-place game, fifth-place game, and seventh-place game are all played.^[1]

Women's format

The format of the women's tournament has changed multiple times throughout the existence of Paradise Jam. The first tournament in 2000 featured four teams that played two games each.^[2] In 2001, the women's tournament was altered to include three divisions — St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix. The following year, the St. Croix division was dropped, and two divisions were used going forward. In 2008, the format was adjusted to its current form, which features the Reef and Island divisions with four teams playing in each division. All teams play three games in the tournament, with the final day's games determining placement in all positions, first through fourth in each division.^[3]

Tournament history

Men's tournament

Year	Champion	Runner-Up	Score	Third Place	Tournament MVP	Participating Teams
2001	Miami	Clemson	67–65	La Salle (63–58 over UAB)	John Salmons, Miami	Clemson Eastern Michigan La Salle Miami Morris Brown UAB
2002	BYU	St. Bonaventure	66–57	Virginia Tech (58–45 over Toledo)	Marques Green, St. Bonaventure	BYU Kansas State Michigan St. Bonaventure Toledo Virginia Tech
2003	Boston College	Wichita State	84–81	Monmouth (64–52 over Hampton)	Craig Smith, Boston College	Appalachian State Boston College Hampton La Salle Monmouth Wichita State
2004	Arkansas	Eastern Michigan	82–64	Winthrop (52–36 over Austin Peay)	Ronnie Brewer, Arkansas	Arkansas Austin Peay Eastern Michigan Saint Louis Troy Winthrop
2005	Wisconsin	Old Dominion	84–81	Georgia (76–68 over Eastern Kentucky)	Alando Tucker, Wisconsin	Eastern Kentucky Fordham Georgia Norfolk State Old Dominion Wisconsin
2006	Alabama	Xavier	63–56	Villanova (89–60 over Iowa)	Alonzo Gee, Alabama	Alabama Charleston Iowa Middle Tennessee Toledo Xavier VCU Villanova
2007	Baylor	Winthrop	62–54	Georgia Tech (70–69 over Notre Dame)	Curtis Jerrells, Baylor	Baylor Charlotte Georgia Tech Monmouth Notre Dame UIC Wichita State Winthrop
2008	Connecticut	Wisconsin	76–57	Miami (80–45 over San Diego)	Hasheem Thabeet, Connecticut	Connecticut Iona La Salle Miami San Diego Southern Miss Valparaiso Wisconsin
2009	Purdue	Tennessee	73–72	DePaul (58–51 over Saint Joseph's)	E’Twaun Moore, Purdue	Boston College DePaul East Carolina Northern Iowa Purdue Saint Joseph's South Dakota State Tennessee
2010	Old Dominion	Xavier	67–58	Clemson (64–58 over Seton Hall)	Ben Finney, Old Dominion^[4]	Alabama Clemson Iowa Long Beach State Old Dominion Saint Peter's Seton Hall Xavier
2011	Marquette	Norfolk State	59–57	Ole Miss (80–69 over TCU)	Darius Johnson-Odom, Marquette^[5]	Drake Drexel Marquette Norfolk State Ole Miss TCU Virginia Winthrop
2012	New Mexico	Connecticut	66–60	George Mason (74–58 over Quinnipiac)	Kendall Williams, New Mexico^[6]	Connecticut George Mason Iona Mercer New Mexico Quinnipiac UIC Wake Forest
2013	Maryland	Providence	56–52	Northern Iowa (65–50 over La Salle)	Dez Wells, Maryland^[7]	La Salle Loyola Marymount Marist Maryland Morgan State Northern Iowa Providence Vanderbilt
2014	Seton Hall	Illinois State	84–80	Old Dominion (56–48 over Gardner-Webb)	Sterling Gibbs, Seton Hall^[8]	Clemson Gardner-Webb Illinois State LSU Nevada Old Dominion Seton Hall Weber State
2015	South Carolina	Tulsa	83–75	Indiana State (67–66 over Hofstra)	Sindarius Thornwell, South Carolina^[9]	DePaul Florida State Hofstra Indiana State Norfolk State Ohio South Carolina Tulsa
2016	Creighton	Ole Miss	86–77	NC State (73–63 over Saint Joseph's)	Marcus Foster, Creighton^[10]	Creighton Loyola Montana NC State Ole Miss Oral Roberts Saint Joseph's Washington State
2017	Colorado	Mercer	79–70	Drake (90–88 over Drexel)	McKinley Wright IV, Colorado^[11]	Colorado Drake Drexel Houston Liberty Mercer Quinnipiac Wake Forest
2018	Kansas State	Missouri	82–67	Oregon State (74–58 over Penn)	Dean Wade, Kansas State^[12]	Eastern Kentucky Kansas State Kennesaw State Missouri Northern Iowa Old Dominion Oregon State Penn
2019	Nevada	Bowling Green	77–62	Cincinnati (81–77 over Valparaiso)	Jalen Harris, Nevada^[13]	Bowling Green Cincinnati Fordham Grand Canyon Illinois State Nevada Valparaiso Western Kentucky
2020*	Belmont	George Mason	77-67	Queens (N.C.) (85–71 over Howard)	Luke Smith, Belmont^[14]	Belmont George Mason Howard Queens
2021	Colorado State	Northeastern	71–61	Creighton (66–64 over Southern Illinois)	David Roddy, Colorado State^[15]	Bradley Brown Colorado Colorado State Creighton Duquesne Northeastern Southern Illinois
2022	Drake	Tarleton	71–64	Boston College (59–48 over Wyoming)	Tucker DeVries, Drake	Belmont Boston College Buffalo Drake George Mason Howard Tarleton State Wyoming
2023	Missouri State	Abilene Christian	87–69	Kent State (79–72 over Fordham)	Matthew Lee, Missouri State	Abilene Christian Florida Gulf Coast Fordham Hampton Kent State Missouri State Norfolk State San Jose State

*The 2020 tournament was condensed and played at Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Women's tournament

2015 Island tournament MVP, Rutgers' Kahleah Copper, with the Chicago Sky in 2018

Year	Division	Champion	Runner-Up	MVP	Participating Teams
2000	N/A	Texas Tech	Southwest Missouri State	Jackie Stiles, Southwest Missouri State	LSU Southwest Missouri State Penn State Texas Tech
2001	Saint Thomas	Texas	USC	Stacy Stephens, Texas	Texas USC
	Saint John	Arizona State	Kansas State	Amanda Levens, Arizona State	Arizona State Kansas State
	Saint Croix	Florida State	Saint Mary's	Shinikki Whiting, Florida State	Florida State Saint Mary's
2002	Saint Thomas	South Carolina	Boston College	Jocelyn Penn, South Carolina	Boston College Oregon South Carolina
2002	Saint John	Duke	Arkansas	Alana Beard, Duke	Arkansas Duke Hampton Old Dominion
2003	Saint Thomas	Virginia Tech	Mississippi State	Carrie Mason, Virginia Tech	Indiana Iowa State Mississippi State Virginia Tech
2003	Saint John	Southwest Missouri State	West Virginia	Kari Koch, Southwest Missouri State	Georgia Tech James Madison Southwest Missouri State West Virginia
2004	Saint Thomas	NC State	Louisville	Tiffany Stansbury, NC State	Hampton Louisville NC State Nebraska
2004	Saint John	Rutgers	Kentucky	Michelle Campbell, Rutgers	Kentucky Oregon State Rutgers South Dakota State
2005	Saint Thomas	Minnesota	Virginia	Jamie Broback, Minnesota	Alabama Minnesota Nevada Virginia
2005	Saint John	Tennessee	Maryland	Candace Parker, Tennessee	Gonzaga Maryland Michigan State Tennessee
2006	Saint Thomas	Arizona State & Rutgers† †The final game of the 2006 women's St. Thomas tournament was cancelled due to a family tragedy involving the death of a family member of one of the Arizona State players in Saint Thomas.^[16]		N/A	Arizona State Penn State Rutgers Western Kentucky
2006	Saint John	Marquette	Xavier	Christina Quaye, Marquette	Auburn Marquette Western Michigan Xavier
2007	Saint Thomas	Connecticut	Duke	Maya Moore, UConn	Duke Old Dominion Purdue Stanford Temple Connecticut
2007	Saint John	Wake Forest	Texas A&M	Alex Tchangoue, Wake Forest	Indiana Texas A&M Wake Forest Wichita State
2008	Reef	California	South Florida	Ashley Walker, California	California Iowa South Florida Texas Tech
2008	Island	Wisconsin	Baylor	Alyssa Karel, Wisconsin	Baylor UCF Villanova Wisconsin
2009	Reef	Rutgers	USC	Brittany Ray, Rutgers	Mississippi State Rutgers Texas USC
2009	Island	Notre Dame	Oklahoma	Skylar Diggins, Notre Dame	Notre Dame Oklahoma San Diego State South Carolina
2010	Reef	Georgetown	Tennessee	Summer Rodgers, Georgetown	Georgetown Georgia Tech Tennessee Missouri
2010	Island	West Virginia	Iowa State	Liz Rapella, West Virginia	Iowa State TCU West Virginia Virginia
2011	Reef	Michigan	Washington State	Courtney Boylan, Michigan	Marquette Michigan Prairie View A&M Washington State
2011	Island	Alabama	Seton Hall	Ericka Russell, Alabama	Alabama Louisiana Tech Old Dominion Seton Hall
2012	Reef	South Carolina	DePaul	Aleighsa Welch, South Carolina	DePaul Florida Gulf Coast Hampton South Carolina
2012	Island	Connecticut	Purdue	Breanna Stewart, Connecticut	Connecticut Marist Purdue Wake Forest
2013	Reef	Syracuse	Texas	Brianna Butler, Syracuse	Memphis Syracuse Texas Texas A&M
2013	Island	Duke	Kansas	Tricia Liston, Duke	Central Michigan Duke Kansas Xavier
2014	Reef	Kentucky	South Florida	Makayla Epps, Kentucky	Illinois Kentucky Oklahoma South Florida
2014	Island	Florida Gulf Coast	Wichita State	Whitney Knight, Florida Gulf Coast	Clemson Florida Gulf Coast Ohio State Wichita State
2015	Reef	Maryland	South Dakota State	Brionna Jones, Maryland	Maryland Old Dominion Pittsburgh South Dakota State
2015	Island	Rutgers	Green Bay	Kahleah Copper, Rutgers	Green Bay Rutgers Tulane Virginia
2016	Reef	Florida State	Michigan	Leticia Romero,Florida State^[17]	Florida State Gonzaga Michigan Winthrop
2016	Island	Kansas State	UTEP	Kindred Wesemann, Kansas State^[17]	Kansas State LSU NC State UTEP
2017	Reef	Syracuse	Vanderbilt	Tiana Mangakahia, Syracuse^[18]	George Washington Syracuse Vanderbilt Wisconsin
2017	Island	West Virginia	Virginia Tech	Teanna Muldrow, West Virginia^[18]	Butler Drexel West Virginia Virginia Tech
2018	Reef	UConn	Purdue	Napheesa Collier, UConn^[19]	Ole Miss Purdue St. John's UConn
2018	Island	Kentucky	North Carolina	Rhyne Howard, Kentucky^[20]	Kentucky North Carolina South Florida UCLA
2019	Reef	South Carolina	Baylor	Aliyah Boston, South Carolina^[21]	Baylor Indiana South Carolina Washington State
2019	Island	Louisville	Oregon	Dana Evans, Louisville^[21]	Louisville Oklahoma State Oregon UT Arlington
2020	The 2020 women's tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021	Reef	Texas A&M	Northwestern	Jordan Nixon, Texas A&M^[22]	Northwestern Pittsburgh South Dakota Texas A&M
2021	Island	Arizona	DePaul	Cate Reese, Arizona^[23]	Arizona DePaul Rutgers Vanderbilt
2022	Reef	Arkansas		Makayla Daniels, Arkansas	Arkansas Clemson Kansas State Northern Arizona
2022	Island	Georgia		Diamond Battles, Georgia	Georgia Seton Hall VCU Wisconsin
2023	Reef	Texas	Arizona State	Rori Harmon, Texas	Arizona State High Point South Florida Texas
2023	Island	NC State	Colorado	River Baldwin, NC State	Cincinnati Colorado Kentucky NC State

Men's tournament appearances

Team	Appearances	Years	Tournament Record
Clemson	3	2001, 2010, 2014	6–3 (.667)
Morris Brown	1	2001	0–3 (.000)
La Salle	4	2001, 2003, 2008, 2013	4–8 (.333)
UAB	1	2001	1–2 (.333)
Eastern Michigan	2	2001, 2004	3–3 (.500)
Miami (FL)	2	2001, 2008	5–1 (.833)
Saint Bonaventure	1	2002	2–1 (.667)
Virginia Tech	1	2002	2–1 (.667)
Michigan	1	2002	0–3 (.000)
BYU	1	2002	3–0 (1.000)
Toledo	2	2002, 2006	1–5 (.167)
Kansas State	2	2002, 2018	4–2 (.667)
Monmouth	2	2003, 2007	3–3 (.500)
Appalachian State	1	2003	1–2 (.333)
Boston College	3	2003, 2009, 2022	6–3 (.667)
Wichita State	2	2003, 2007	3–3 (.500)
Hampton	2	2003, 2023	2–4 (.333)
Austin Peay	1	2004	1–2 (.333)
Saint Louis	1	2004	1–2 (.333)
Arkansas	1	2004	3–0 (1.000)
Winthrop	3	2004, 2007, 2011	4–5 (.444)
Troy	1	2004	0–3 (.000)
Old Dominion	4	2005, 2010, 2014, 2018	8–4 (.667)
Georgia	1	2005	2–1 (.667)
Fordham	3	2005, 2019, 2023	3–6 (.333)
Wisconsin	2	2005, 2008	5–1 (.833)
Norfolk State	4	2005, 2011, 2015, 2023	4–8 (.333)
Eastern Kentucky	2	2005, 2018	2–4 (.333)
Middle Tennessee State	1	2006	1–2 (.333)
Alabama	2	2006, 2010	2–4 (.333)
Iowa	3	2006, 2008, 2010	4–5 (.444)
Xavier	2	2006, 2010	5–1 (.833)
VCU	1	2006	2–1 (.667)
Charleston	1	2006	1–2 (.333)
Villanova	1	2006	1–2 (.333)
Charlotte	1	2007	1–2 (.333)
Georgia Tech	1	2007	2–1 (.667)
UIC	2	2007, 2012	2–4 (.333)
Baylor	1	2007	3–0 (1.000)
Notre Dame	1	2007	1–2 (.333)
Southern Miss	1	2008	2–1 (.667)
UConn	2	2008, 2012	5–1 (.833)
San Diego	1	2008	1–2 (.333)
Valparaiso	2	2008, 2009	1–5 (.167)
DePaul	2	2009, 2015	3–3 (.500)
Northern Iowa	3	2009, 2013, 2018	6–3 (.667)
East Carolina	1	2009	1–2 (.333)
Tennessee	1	2009	2–1 (.667)
Saint Joseph's	2	2009, 2016	2–4 (.333)
South Dakota State	1	2009	0–3 (.000)
Purdue	1	2009	3–0 (1.000)
Saint Peter's	1	2010	1–2 (.333)
Long Beach State	1	2010	2–1 (.667)
Seton Hall	2	2010, 2014	4–2 (.667)
Drexel	2	2011, 2017	2–4 (.333)
TCU	1	2011	1–2 (.333)
Virginia	1	2011	2–1 (.667)
Drake	3	2011, 2017, 2022	6–3 (.667)
Ole Miss	2	2011, 2016	4–2 (.667)
Marquette	1	2011	3–0 (1.000)
Mercer	2	2012, 2017	2–4 (.333)
George Mason	3	2012, 2020, 2022	4–5 (.444)
New Mexico	1	2012	3–0 (1.000)
Wake Forest	2	2012, 2017	2–4 (.333)
Quinnipiac	2	2012, 2017	1–5 (.167)
Iona	1	2012	1–2 (.333)
Loyola Marymount	1	2013	1–2 (.333)
Marist	1	2013	0–3 (.000)
Maryland	1	2013	3–0 (1.000)
Providence	1	2013	2–1 (.667)
Vanderbilt	1	2013	2–1 (.667)
Morgan State	1	2013	1–2 (.333)
Gardner-Webb	1	2014	1–2 (.333)
Nevada	2	2014, 2019	3–3 (.500)
LSU	1	2014	1–2 (.333)
Illinois Sate	2	2014, 2019	2–4 (.333)
Weber State	1	2014	1–2 (.333)
Ohio	1	2015	1–2 (.333)
Tulsa	1	2015	2–1 (.667)
Indiana State	1	2015	2–1 (.667)
Hofstra	1	2015	1–2 (.333)
Florida State	1	2015	2–1 (.667)
South Carolina	1	2015	3–0 (1.000)
Loyola-Chicago	1	2016	1–2 (.333)
Oral Roberts	1	2016	0–3 (.000)
Montana	1	2016	1–2 (.333)
NC State	1	2016	2–1 (.667)
Washington State	1	2016	1–2 (.333)
Creighton	2	2016, 2021	5–1 (.833)
Liberty	1	2017	1–2 (.333)
Houston	1	2017	2–1 (.667)
Colorado	2	2017, 2021	5–1 (.833)
Oregon State	1	2018	2–1 (.667)
Kennesaw State	1	2018	0–3 (.000)
Missouri	1	2018	2–1 (.667)
Penn	1	2018	1–2 (.333)
Grand Canyon	1	2019	1–2 (.333)
Cincinnai	1	2019	2–1 (.667)
Bowling Green	1	2019	2–1 (.667)
Western Kentucky	1	2019	2–1 (.667)
Howard	2	2020, 2022	1–5 (.167)
Belmont	2	2020, 2022	5–1 (.833)
Queens	1	2020	1–2 (.333)
Bradley	1	2021	0–3 (.000)
Colorado State	1	2021	3–0 (1.000)
Brown	1	2021	1–2 (.333)
Northeastern	1	2021	2–1 (.667)
Duquesne	1	2021	1–2 (.333)
Southern Illinois	1	2021	1–2 (.333)
Buffalo	1	2022	1–2 (.333)
Wyoming	1	2022	1–2 (.333)
Tarleton State	1	2022	2–1 (.667)
Abilene Christian	1	2023	2–1 (.667)
San Jose State	1	2023	2–1 (.667)
Kent State	1	2023	2–1 (.667)
Missouri State	1	2023	3–0 (1.000)
Florida Gulf Coast	1	2023	0–3 (.000)

Women's tournament appearances

Team	Appearances	Years	Tournament Record
LSU	2	2000, 2016	2-3 (.667)
Missouri State	2	2000, 2003	3-2 (.600)
Penn State	2	2000, 2006	1-3 (.250)
Texas Tech	2	2000, 2008	2-3 (.667)
Texas	4	2001, 2009, 2013, 2023	9-2 (.818)
USC	2	2001, 2009	2-3 (.667)
Arizona State	3	2001, 2006, 2023	5-2 (.714)
Kansas State	3	2001, 2016, 2022	7-2 (.778)
Florida State	2	2001, 2016	5-0 (1.000)
Saint Mary's	1	2001	1-1 (.500)
Florida	1	2001	0-2 (.000)
Wisconsin	4	2001, 2008, 2017, 2022	4-7 (.364)
Richmond	1	2001	1-2 (.333)
Western Michigan	2	2001, 2006	1-4 (.200)
Dayton	1	2001	0-2 (.000)
Boston College	1	2002	1-1 (.500)
Oregon	2	2002, 2019	2-1 (.667)
South Carolina	4	2002, 2009, 2012, 2019	8-3 (.727)
Arkansas	2	2002, 2022	4-2 (.667)
Duke	3	2002, 2007, 2013	8-1 (.889)
Hampton	3	2002, 2004, 2012	0-8 (.000)
Old Dominion	4	2002, 2007, 2011, 2015	4-8 (.333)
Virginia Tech	2	2003, 2017	4-1 (.800)
Iowa State	2	2003, 2010	3-2 (.600)
Mississippi State	2	2003, 2009	2-3 (.667)
Indiana	3	2003, 2007, 2019	3-5 (.375)
West Virginia	3	2003, 2010, 2017	8-1 (.889)
Georgia Tech	2	2003, 2010	4-2 (.667)
James Madison	1	2003	0-3 (.000)
Louisville	2	2004, 2019	4-1 (.800)
NC State	3	2004, 2016, 2023	5-3 (.625)
Nebraska	1	2004	1-1 (.500)
Rutgers	5	2004, 2006, 2009, 2015, 2021	9-4 (.692)
Kentucky	4	2004, 2014, 2018, 2023	7-5 (.583)
South Dakota State	2	2004, 2015	2-4 (.333)
Oregon State	1	2004	1-2 (.333)
Nevada	1	2005	0-2 (.000)
Minnesota	1	2005	2-0 (1.000)
Alabama	2	2005, 2011	3-2 (.600)
Virginia	3	2005, 2010, 2015	3-5 (.375)
Michigan State	1	2005	2-1 (.667)
Tennessee	2	2005, 2010	4-2 (.667)
Gonzaga	2	2005, 2016	1-5 (.167)
Maryland	2	2005, 2015	5-1 (.833)
Western Kentucky	1	2006	1-1 (.500)
Marquette	2	2006, 2011	4-2 (.667)
Auburn	1	2006	0-2 (.000)
Xavier	2	2006, 2013	2-4 (.333)
Purdue	3	2007, 2012, 2018	3-6 (.333)
Temple	1	2007	1-2 (.333)
UConn	3	2007, 2012, 2018	9-0 (1.000)
Stanford	1	2007	2-1 (.667)
Wake Forrest	2	2007, 2012	3-3 (.500)
Texas A&M	3	2007, 2013, 2021	6-3 (.667)
Wichita State	2	2007, 2014	2-4 (.333)
Villinova	1	2008	1-2 (.333)
Baylor	2	2008, 2019	5-1 (.833)
UCF	1	2008	0-3 (.000)
Iowa	1	2008	1-2 (.333)
California	1	2008	3-0 (1.000)
South Florida	4	2008, 2014, 2018, 2023	6-6 (.500)
Oklahoma	2	2009, 2014	3-3 (.500)
Notre Dame	1	2009	3-0 (1.000)
San Diego State	1	2009	0-3 (.000)
Georgetown	1	2010	2-1 (.667)
Missouri	1	2010	1-2 (.333)
TCU	1	2010	0-3 (.000)
Seton Hall	2	2011, 2022	4-2 (.667)
Louisiana Tech	1	2011	1-2 (.333)
Michigan	2	2011, 2016	5-1 (.833)
Washington State	2	2011, 2019	2-4 (.333)
Prairie View A&M	1	2011	0-3 (.000)
DePaul	2	2012, 2021	4-2 (.667)
Florida Gulf Coast	2	2012, 2014	3-3 (.500)
Marist	1	2012	1-2 (.333)
Kansas	1	2013	1-2 (.333)
Central Michigan	1	2013	1-2 (.333)
Memphis	1	2013	0-3 (.000)
Syracuse	2	2013, 2017	5-1 (.833)
Clemson	2	2014, 2022	1-5 (1.67)
Ohio State	1	2014	2-1 (.667)
Illinois	1	2014	1-2 (.333)
Tulane	1	2015	1-2 (.333)
Green Bay	1	2015	1-2 (.333)
Pittsburgh	2	2015, 2021	2-4 (.333)
UTEP	1	2016	0-3 (.000)
Winthrop	1	2016	0-3 (.000)
Butler	1	2017	1-2 (.333)
Drexel	1	2017	1-2 (.333)
Vanderbilt	2	2017, 2021	3-3 (.500)
George Washington	1	2017	2-1 (.667)
North Carolina	1	2018	2-1 (.667)
UCLA	1	2018	0-3 (.000)
Ole Miss	1	2018	0-3 (.000)
St. John's	1	2018	2-1 (.667)
UT Arlington	1	2019	0-3 (.000)
Oklahoma State	1	2019	1-2 (.333)
Arizona	1	2021	3-0 (1.000)
South Dakota	1	2021	1-2 (.333)
Northwestern	1	2021	2-1 (.667)
VCU	1	2022	2-1 (.667)
Georgia	1	2022	2-1 (.667)
Northern Arizona	1	2022	0-3 (.000)
Cincinnati	1	2023	2-1 (.667)
Colorado	1	2023	2-1 (.667)
High Point	1	2023	0-3 (.000)

Tournaments held outside of the Virgin Islands

2017

The 2017 men's and women's tournaments were moved to the U.S. mainland due to heavy damage caused by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The tournament organizers decided to solicit hosting bids from all participating teams in both tournaments, with each tournament intended to be hosted by a participating school.^[24]^[25] The substitute venue for the 2017 men's tournament was Vines Center at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.^[26] The 2017 women's tournament took place in two different venues, with the Reef division playing at the Charles E. Smith Center on the campus of George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and the Island division at the neutral Titan Field House at Eastern Florida State College in Melbourne, Florida, presumably after no school in the Island division submitted a bid.^[27] The tournament moved back to the Virgin Islands in 2018.^[28]

2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 men's tournament was relocated to Washington, D.C., as travel restrictions prevented the tournament from being held in the U.S. Virgin Islands as normal. The tournament took place November 26–28, 2020 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.^[29] The tournament was condensed from the typical eight teams to just four teams — Belmont, George Mason, Howard, and Queens (N.C.). Belmont went undefeated, beating the three other teams to win the 2020 men's tournament. The 2020 women's tournament was cancelled.^[30]

References

External links

Official site of the U.S. Virgin Island Paradise Jam Tournament

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