2009 Paradise Jam Tournament

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2009 Paradise Jam Tournament
Teams8
Finals site Sports and Fitness Center
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Champions Purdue (men's)
Notre Dame (women's Island)
Rutgers (women's Reef)
MVP E'Twaun Moore, Purdue (men's)
Skyler Diggins, Notre Dame (women's Island)
Brittany Ray, Rutgers (women's Reef)
Paradise Jam Tournament

The 2009 Paradise Jam was an early-season men's and women's college basketball tournament. The tournament, which began in 2000, was part of the 2009-10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and 2009-10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament was played at the Sports and Fitness Center in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Purdue won the men's tournament, the men's final game included a spectacular play where Purdue's 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. In the women's tournament Notre Dame won the women's Island Division and Rutgers won the women's Reef Division.

Contents

Men's Tournament

[1]

Bracket

5th Place Game
November 23		Consolation 2nd Round
November 22		First Round
November 20		Semifinals
November 22		Championship
November 23
DePaul 60
Northern Iowa 52
Northern Iowa74DePaul53
East Carolina6811Tennessee57
East Carolina 66
11 Tennessee 105
Northern Iowa8111Tennessee72
Boston College696Purdue73
Saint Joseph's 84
Boston College 80
7th Place GameBoston College75Saint Joseph's603rd Place Game
South Dakota State587Purdue85
South Dakota State73 South Dakota State 63DePaul58
East Carolina827 Purdue 74Saint Joseph's51

Women's Tournament

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

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. [2] The other match up featured two top 25 teams, Number 5 (AP) Notre Dame, and Number 23 (AP) and San Diego State. 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, 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 [3]

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. [4] 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. Notre Dame then scored 20 consecutive points to take a commanding lead, and ended up winning the 2009 Paradise Jam Championship 81–71. [5] Notre Dame's Skylar Diggins was named Island Division MVP. [6]

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 USC 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 Reef division champions. [7]

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References

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