2019 Paradise Jam

The 2019 Paradise Jam was an early-season men's and women's college basketball tournament. The tournament, which began in 2000, was part of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament was played at the Sports and Fitness Center in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Nevada won the men's tournament defeating Bowling Green. in the women's tournament South Carolina won the women's Reef division, and Louisville won the Island division.

2019 Paradise Jam

Season	2019–20
Teams	8
Finals site	Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Champions	Nevada (men's) Louisville (women's Island) South Carolina (women's Reef)
MVP	Jalen Harris, Nevada (men's) Dana Evans Louisville (women's Island) Aliyah Boston, South Carolina (women's Reef)
Paradise Jam «2018 2020»

* – Denotes overtime period

Men's tournament

Non–Bracketed games

	Non-bracketed games
	November 15
	Fairmount State		66
	Bowling Green		88
	November 27
	Trinity Christian		71
	Valparaiso		98

Bracket

	5th Place Game November 25				Consolation 2nd Round November 24				First Round November 22				Semifinals November 23				Championship November 25
									Valparaiso	78
									Grand Canyon	74
					Grand Canyon	58							Valparaiso	59
					Fordham	70							Nevada	84
									Fordham	60
									Nevada	74
	Fordham	64															Bowling Green	62
	Western Kentucky	69															Nevada	77
									Illinois State	65
									Cincinnati	66
	7th Place Game				Illinois State	69							Cincinnati	84*			3rd Place Game
					Western Kentucky	83							Bowling Green	91
	Grand Canyon	68							Bowling Green	77							Cincinnati	81*
	Illinois State	63							Western Kentucky	75							Valparaiso	77

Women's tournament

The women's tournament was played from November 28–20. The women's tournament consists of 8 teams split into two 4-team, round-robin divisions: Island and Reef.

Island Division

	November 28
		UT Arlington	67
	8	Louisville	76

	November 28
	1	Oregon	89
		Oklahoma State	72

	November 29
	Louisville	69
	Oklahoma State	48

	November 29
	Oregon	91
	UT Arlington	54

	November 30
	Oklahoma State	60
	UT Arlington	47

	November 30
	8	Louisville	72
	1	Oregon	62

Reef Division

	November 28
		Washington State	66
	2	Baylor	89

	November 28
	17	Indiana	71
	5	South Carolina	57

	November 29
	2	Baylor	77
	17	Indiana	62

	November 29
		Washington State	53
	5	South Carolina	68

	November 30
		Washington State	44
	17	Indiana	78

	November 30
	5	South Carolina	74
	2	Baylor	59