2010 Paradise Jam

The 2010 Paradise Jam was an early-season men's and women's college basketball tournament. The tournament, which began in 2000, was part of the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and 2010–11 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament was played at the Sports and Fitness Center in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Old Dominion won the men's tournament, In the women's tournament Georgetown won the Island Division and West Virginia won the women's Reef Division.

2010 Paradise Jam

Season	2010–11
Teams	8
Finals site	Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Champions	Old Dominion (men's) Georgetown (women's Island) West Virginia (women's Reef)
MVP	Ben Finney, Old Dominion (men's) Summer Rodgers, Georgetown (women's Island) Liz Rapella, West Virginia (women's Reef)
Paradise Jam «2009 2011»

Men's tournament

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	5th Place Game November 21				Consolation 2nd Round November 20				First Round November 19				Semifinals November 20				Championship November 21
									Saint Peter's	52
									Old Dominion	59
					Saint Peter's	56							Old Dominion	61
					Long Beach State	68							Clemson	60
									Long Beach State	55
									Clemson	69
	Long Beach State	78															Old Dominion	67
	Iowa	72															Xavier	58
									Alabama	78
									Seton Hall	83
	7th Place Game				Alabama	47							Seton Hall	52			3rd Place Game
					Iowa	55							Xavier	57
	Saint Peter's	50							Iowa	73							Clemson	64
	Alabama	49							Xavier	86							Seton Hall	58

Women's tournament

 

Georgetown's Sugar Rodgers shoots over Tennessee's Shekinna Stricklen at the 2010 Paradise Jam

The woman's tournament is organized as two divisions of four teams, each playing each other in a round-robin format.^[2]

Island Division

On Thanksgiving, Tennessee beat Missouri 82–44, while Georgetown beat Georgia Tech 67–58.^[3] The next day, 12th ranked (AP) Georgetown lost to unranked Missouri 54–45, while Tennessee beat Georgia Tech 66–42.^[4] On the final day of the tournament, Georgia Tech beat Missouri, 61–46.

The other final game matched up Georgetown, with a 1–1 record, against Tennessee, who was ranked 4th in the AP poll. Georgetown's Sugar Rogers, who has not played particularly well in the first two game of the tournament, had 28 points to help lead her team to an upset victory over Tennessee. The Hoyas opened up with an 11–4 run and never trailed. Tennessee out rebounded Georgetown 42—24, but committed 29 turnovers. Both teams shot about 40% from the field, but the Hoyas had an advantage beyond the arc, hitting 10 of their 18 three point attempts, while the Volunteers hit only three of 18 attempts.^[5][6] The two team ended with 2–1 records, but with the head-to-head tie breaker, Georgetown was awarded the Island Division championship of the Paradise Jam.^[2][7]

November 25 Tennessee 82 Missouri 33

November 25 Georgetown 67 Georgia Tech 58

November 26 Missouri 54 Georgetown 45

November 26 Georgia Tech 42 Tennessee 66

November 27 Georgia Tech 61 Missouri 46

November 27 Georgetown 69 Tennessee 58

Reef Division

November 25 TCU 49 West Virginia^[8] 62

November 25 Virginia 48 Iowa State 66

November 26 West Virginia 57 Virginia 43

November 26 Iowa State 64 TCU 59

November 27 Iowa State 53 West Virginia 64

November 27 Virginia 59 TCU 55

References

1. "2010 Paradise Jam Bracket". Basketball Travelers, Inc. Retrieved October 5, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. . Basketball Travelers, Inc. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
3. "Scores for November 25, 2010". ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
4. "Scores for November 26, 2010". ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
5. "Rodgers scores 28 as Georgetown women top Tennessee". Washington Post. November 28, 2010. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
6. "Box score". ESPN. November 27, 2010. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
7. "Sugar Rodgers scores 28 as No. 12 Georgetown beats No. 4 Tennessee". ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
8. "West Virginia prevails in battle between ranked teams". ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2012.