2009 Paradise Jam Tournament

The 2009 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. Purdue won the men's division while Notre Dame won the women's Island Division and Rutgers won the women's Reef Division. The men's final game included a spectacular play where Purdue player Chris Kramer swam down the court in order to poke the ball from a dribbling Tennessee player, knocking the ball off another Tennessee player to give Purdue the ball.

Paradise Jam Tournament
Teams8 men's, 8 women's
Finals siteSports and Fitness Center
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Paradise Jam Tournament

Men's Tournament

Bracket

[1]

First Round
November 20 		Semifinals
November 22 		Championship
November 23
         
  DePaul 60
  Northern Iowa 52
  DePaul 53
11 Tennessee 57
  East Carolina 66
11 Tennessee 105
11 Tennessee 72
6 Purdue 73
  Saint Joseph's 84
  Boston College 80
  Saint Joseph's 60
7 Purdue 85
  South Dakota State 63
7 Purdue 74
3rd Place game
November 23
   
  DePaul 58
  Saint Joseph's 51
Consolation 2nd Round
November 21 		5th Place Game
November 23
      
  Northern Iowa 74
  East Carolina 68
  Northern Iowa 81
  Boston College 69
  Boston College 75
  South Dakota State 58
7th Place game
November 23
   
  South Dakota State 73
  East Carolina 82

Women's Tournament

The woman's tournament is organized as two divisions of four teams, each playing each other in a round-robin format.

Participating Teams

Island Division[2]

  • Notre Dame
  • Oklahoma
  • South Carolina
  • San Diego State

Reef Division[2]

  • Rutgers
  • USC
  • Texas
  • Mississippi State

Island Division

In the opening round, 20th ranked (AP) Oklahoma faced South Carolina. The Sooners opened up a 20-point lead in the first half which South Carolina cut to two points part way through the second half. Oklahoma then ran off nine consecutive points to expand the lead back to double digits, and went on to win 75–67.[3] The other match up featured two top 25 team, Notre Dame, ranked 5th (AP) and San Diego State, ranked 23rd (AP). The Irish held a 21-point lead in the first half, which was still 15 points at halftime. The Aztecs continued to chip away at the lead and cut the margin to two points with under 30 seconds to go in the game However, Brittany Mallory connected on three of four free throws in the final seconds to secure the win, 84–79. The win was the 500th of Notre Dame's head coach Muffet McGraw[4]

On the following day, Notre Dame played South Carolina and won 78–55. Oklahoma faced San Diego State, and opened up a 47–15 halftime lead, then cruised to a win with a score of 87–48.[5] On the final day, the two 2–0 teams faced each other for the championship. Although the Irish had an eight-point halftime lead, Oklahoma came back to take a three-point lead near the midpoint of the second half. Then Notre Dame scored 20 consecutive points to take a commanding lead, and ended up winning the 2009 Paradise Jam Championship 81–71.[6] Notre Dame's Skylar Diggins was named the tournament MVP.[2]

Reef Division

In the opening round, Rutgers beat USC 66–51, while Texas beat Mississippi State 73–55. The following day Rutgers beat Mississippi State 62–54 while Southern California beat Texas 61–54. On the final day, Rutgers, with a 2–0 record had a chance to win the tournament outright. They lost to Texas 70–67, because they had beaten USC, who also ended with a 2–1 after a win against Mississippi State, they were crowned the 2009 Paradise Jam Champions (Reef Division).[7]

See also

References
  1. "2009 Paradise Jam Bracket" (PDF). Basketball Travelers, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  2. "Tournament History & Statistics". Basketball Travelers, Inc. Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 23 Dec 2012.
  3. "Oklahoma uses 9–0 second-half surge to down South Carolina". ESPN. Retrieved 26 Dec 2012.
  4. "McGraw achieves milestone as No. 6 Irish escape with win". ESPN. Retrieved 26 Dec 2012.
  5. "Scores for November 27, 2009". Retrieved 26 Dec 2012.
  6. "Notre Dame's defense locks down Oklahoma". ESPN. Retrieved 26 Dec 2012.
  7. "2009 Women's "Reef" Division Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Basketball Travelers, Inc. Retrieved 26 Dec 2012.
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